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	<title>Crikey &#187; COAG</title>
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		<title>Why we need to talk about COAG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-we-need-to-talk-about-coag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-we-need-to-talk-about-coag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The process has been hampered by a breakdown in trust between the Commonwealth and the states, writes <b>Paul Kildea</b> on <a href="http://www.inside.org.au" target="_blank"><em>Inside Story</em></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Crikey cure for all that ailes you podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/03/the-crikey-cure-for-all-that-ailes-you-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/03/the-crikey-cure-for-all-that-ailes-you-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canberra Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em>’s Canberra correspondent <b>Bernard Keane</b><b> and <em>Crikey</em> deputy editor </b><b>Jason Whittaker</b> discuss the the latest COAG health reform agreement and how the politics will play out.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health reform: does it go far enough?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/16/health-reform-does-it-go-far-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/16/health-reform-does-it-go-far-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Business Council of Australia have released a report that argues for a more transformative health reform agenda and process than what has been on the table to date, reports <b>Melissa Sweet</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/16/health-reform-does-it-go-far-enough/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>COAG and health: a mega-wrap of reaction</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/14/coag-and-health-reform-a-mega-wrap-of-reaction-and-comment/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/14/coag-and-health-reform-a-mega-wrap-of-reaction-and-comment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What will Sunday's COAG agreement mean for hospital financing, health reform and the community’s health? A range of expert contributors to Crikey's health blog <em>Croakey</em> share their thoughts. 
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>COAG health reform: a long road to … where?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/coag-health-reform-a-long-road-to-%e2%80%a6-where/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/coag-health-reform-a-long-road-to-%e2%80%a6-where/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reforms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So we have another "historic health reform deal" which is making loud promises while falling short on detail. Getting the agreement is one thing, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>, but there's a long road ahead.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/coag-health-reform-a-long-road-to-%e2%80%a6-where/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Howard was right on COAG &#8212; lips move but nothing sensible comes out</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/howard-was-right-on-coag-lips-move-but-nothing-sensible-comes-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/howard-was-right-on-coag-lips-move-but-nothing-sensible-comes-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national health reform agenda]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's COAG meeting was more of the same -- low farce from a useless collection of politicians.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aunty ABC&#8217;s soft spot for Sunday template journalism</title>
		<link>http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com/2011/02/ballad-of-thin-man.html</link>
		<comments>http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com/2011/02/ballad-of-thin-man.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the weekend a story published on the ABC website about COAG once again blatantly recycled the Opposition line. <b>Mr Denmore</b> warns of the perils of lazy  'Sunday template journalism.' ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Changing political landscape means changes to health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/changing-political-landscape-means-changes-to-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/changing-political-landscape-means-changes-to-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Victorian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Victorian Liberal government, like the old Victorian Labor government, is a major player in Australia’s health reforms, writes <b>Paul Dugdale</b>, director of the ANU Centre for Health Stewardship.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/changing-political-landscape-means-changes-to-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The invisible housing crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-housing-crisis-thats-invisible-to-politicians-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-housing-crisis-thats-invisible-to-politicians-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing approvals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=161311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want evidence of how devoid of serious content this election is -- as if we hadn't had enough already -- then look no further than the response to yesterday's housing approval figures.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-housing-crisis-thats-invisible-to-politicians-the-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Energy ministers accused of gagging criticism on policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/09/energy-ministers-accused-of-gagging-criticism-on-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/09/energy-ministers-accused-of-gagging-criticism-on-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter batchelor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=151563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new directive issued by the Ministerial Council of Energy (MCE) last month will infringe on the independence of the Consumer Advocacy Panel, consumer groups have told Crikey. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/09/energy-ministers-accused-of-gagging-criticism-on-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housing: another bloody review</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/housing-another-bloody-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/housing-another-bloody-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[COAG announced its "reform agenda" for addressing housing supply this week. It has a familiar ring to it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/housing-another-bloody-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Federalism is stuffed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/why-federalism-is-stuffed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/why-federalism-is-stuffed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eyjafjallajokull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One <em>Crikey</em> reader writes that all the brouhaha, posturing, chest beating, and COAGulation, shows what is wrong with federalism. Plus, readers weigh in on the GST, the ABC and human rights.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/why-federalism-is-stuffed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Waiting for Ruddo &#8212; mental health misses out at COAG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/waiting-for-ruddo-mental-health-misses-out-at-coag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/waiting-for-ruddo-mental-health-misses-out-at-coag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday may have been an historic occasion for some hospital patients, but for the four million Australians who have a mental illness, the wait for real reform goes on, writes <b>Sebastian Rosenberg</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/waiting-for-ruddo-mental-health-misses-out-at-coag/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keane: a big bucket of cash for a small step to reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The health deal yesterday is a useful economic reform, but won't do much for health outcomes. And it costs plenty. Every COAG meeting, the price of buying off the states seems to go up, partly because Kevin Rudd is so willing to pay.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tales from a volcano</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/tales-from-a-volcano/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/tales-from-a-volcano/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on airlines and volcanos. Is it so bad that aeroplane transport has stopped? Plus, thoughts on COAG, states and the death of Carl Williams. Oh, and the Pirate Party.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/tales-from-a-volcano/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>With hospitals out of the way, will Rudd turn to taxation?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/with-hospitals-out-of-the-way-will-rudd-turn-to-taxation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/with-hospitals-out-of-the-way-will-rudd-turn-to-taxation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd has achieved enough at his COAG meeting to defuse health and hospitals as an election campaign negative for Labor. Now it's time to tackle taxation. Plus, the budget deficit, mortgage rates and other business news.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/with-hospitals-out-of-the-way-will-rudd-turn-to-taxation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>A &#8216;planned negotiation process&#8217; &#8212; so that&#8217;s what it was&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/crikey-says-a-planned-negotiation-process-so-thats-what-it-was/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/crikey-says-a-planned-negotiation-process-so-thats-what-it-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So that's that whole health reform deal was. A "planned negotiation process" that started and ended with posturing by premiers who needed to appear macho to their constituencies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>How the health deal was done</title>
		<link>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-bitter-foes-cut-a-secret-deal/story-e6freuy9-1225856131734</link>
		<comments>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-bitter-foes-cut-a-secret-deal/story-e6freuy9-1225856131734#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Simon Benson</b> has the inside story of how the health deal was struck, with Kristina Keneally's powerful secret handshakes, John Brumby walking out of meetings and the last minute $800m sweetener.]]></description>
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		<title>Deal and no deal between PM and Premiers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/deal-and-no-deal-between-pm-and-premiers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/deal-and-no-deal-between-pm-and-premiers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brumby vs Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Daily media wrap</b>: All sides are declaring victory in the battle over public hospital reform, except no one seems to have <em>actually</em> won -- yet.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>States stick it up Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/health-reform-middle-class-welfare-via-a-blast-from-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/health-reform-middle-class-welfare-via-a-blast-from-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brumby vs Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All those commitments Kevin Rudd is making to the states to buy their support for health reform will add up to more middle-class welfare. Whoever wins out of this, taxpayers will be the losers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/health-reform-middle-class-welfare-via-a-blast-from-the-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Waiting for COAG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/waiting-for-coag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/waiting-for-coag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eyjafjallajokull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Failure to convince the Premiers on hospital reform would not really be a failure for Kevin Rudd, a coming of age for the Greens, mixing sport and politics (and Twitter) in India and more nuggets of political news.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/waiting-for-coag/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Bugger health, this is all about Howard&#8217;s GST stuff-up</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/COAG-Kevin-Rudd-GST-health-reform-economy-pd20100420-4NSGE?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/COAG-Kevin-Rudd-GST-health-reform-economy-pd20100420-4NSGE?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hosptial reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate about national control over health and hospitals is just Rudd's Trojan tax horse, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>. Kevin Rudd wants to wrestle back the GST from the states who've just wasted all the cash John Howard recklessly gave them.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/COAG-Kevin-Rudd-GST-health-reform-economy-pd20100420-4NSGE?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do we still need state govts?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/what%e2%80%99s-at-stake-today-maybe-a-lot-more-than-health-or-kevin-rudd%e2%80%99s-election-prospects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/what%e2%80%99s-at-stake-today-maybe-a-lot-more-than-health-or-kevin-rudd%e2%80%99s-election-prospects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brumby vs Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It isn’t the GST that should make the premiers fear the “thin end of the wedge”; the entire purpose of their existence is in question.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/what%e2%80%99s-at-stake-today-maybe-a-lot-more-than-health-or-kevin-rudd%e2%80%99s-election-prospects/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>60</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remember us? We’re called nurses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/remember-us-we%e2%80%99re-called-nurses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/remember-us-we%e2%80%99re-called-nurses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nurses are the people who will be critical to achieving health reform on the ground, since doctors aren't alone in providing front-line health care, writes mental health nurse <b>Kim Ryan</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/19/remember-us-we%e2%80%99re-called-nurses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd will win health reform at COAG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/16/rudd-will-win-health-reform-at-coag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/16/rudd-will-win-health-reform-at-coag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There might be a minor grumble or two from a Premier pretending that the offer should have been more but Kevin Rudd will get his health reform victory. Plus, Rudd get the Obama tick of approval and other political tidbits.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/16/rudd-will-win-health-reform-at-coag/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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