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		<title>Revealed: The high cost of the CPRS</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/myefo-figures-reveal-policy-disaster-that-is-cprs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/myefo-figures-reveal-policy-disaster-that-is-cprs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s MYEFO figures reveal in clear terms just what a policy disaster the current version of the CPRS is. It also gives the lie to the absurd line from ETS opponents that the CPRS is a giant tax.

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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hockey&#8217;s economic bombast will hurt him</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/hockeys-economic-bombast-will-hurt-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/hockeys-economic-bombast-will-hurt-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter walsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Hockey yesterday committed a Coalition Government to slashing spending by more than $40 billion. Then he tweeted through Question Time, before insulting several world leaders.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Share scheme backdown a victory for common sense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/share-scheme-backdown-a-victory-for-common-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/share-scheme-backdown-a-victory-for-common-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee share schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to Crikey's contentions, the original announcement was flawed and destined to fail: it was manifestly unfair and didn’t target actual concerns, writes <b>Andrew Carter</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/share-scheme-backdown-a-victory-for-common-sense/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>So where does the end of Budget week leave us?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/so-where-does-the-end-of-budget-week-leave-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/so-where-does-the-end-of-budget-week-leave-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far the Government’s stimulus strategy seems to be working. But at some point Kevin Rudd will run out of excuses to spend. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/so-where-does-the-end-of-budget-week-leave-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reflections on the Budget and Matthew Johns</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/58327/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/58327/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalist shield laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Johns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget 09, Matthew Johns, journalist shield laws and house foreclosures -- is the nothing Crikey readers won't chat about?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget? What Budget? What Australians actually read</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/14/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's third party endorsement hypocrisy, Budget passes Australians by and remembering other temporary federal government decisions.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Talkback wrap: the nation digests Budget 09</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/talkback-wrap-the-nation-digests-the-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/talkback-wrap-the-nation-digests-the-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talkback]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Caller Michael says the word politics comes from two Greek words meaning "many parasites," and Caller Nev says that he'll put his faith in his "old Labrador bitches because they're the only true believers left." ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Image wrap: Swan&#8217;s Budget has character. Apparently</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/image-wrap-swans-budget-has-character-apparently/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/image-wrap-swans-budget-has-character-apparently/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leigh Josey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the nation's newspaper editors, one of the most pressing items on the list of Federal Budget coverage considerations is the front page image...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget 09, created like no other chocolate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/57973/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/57973/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cadbury Schweppes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gunns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's readers weigh in on Budget 09. And more about Cadbury's chocolate block changes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget 09 leaks: a Crikey list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/budget-09-leaks-a-crikey-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/budget-09-leaks-a-crikey-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Oakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, with a GFC-affected Budget, leaks are being used to help people -- especially higher income earners -- adjust to the idea that it won't just be bonuses and handouts.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/budget-09-leaks-a-crikey-list/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Props to the Press Club for the Pinot Noir&#8230; pity about Malcolm&#8217;s performance.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/props-to-the-press-club-for-the-pinot-noir-pity-about-malcolms-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/props-to-the-press-club-for-the-pinot-noir-pity-about-malcolms-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canberra Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget estimates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who cares about the budget, how bad was Malcolm Turnbull today?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/props-to-the-press-club-for-the-pinot-noir-pity-about-malcolms-performance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>One morning in Canberra&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/one-morning-in-canberra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/one-morning-in-canberra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hello kitty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miley Cyrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[t shirt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget 2009 here we come!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mark Latham &#8230; the Budget &#8230; G20 &#8230; Therese Rein &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/07/mark-latham-the-budget-g20-therese-rein/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/07/mark-latham-the-budget-g20-therese-rein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Channel Seven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separated at birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therese Rein]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CRIKEY: In yesterday&#8217;s Crikey Mark Alridge was incorrectly attributed the byline of &#8216;South Australian Independent Legislative Councillor&#8217; but he is not currently a member of parliament. The mistake was made in the subbing process.
Mark Latham:
Niall Clugston writes: Re. Yesterday&#8217;s editorial. What is it about Mark Latham that he brings out all this compulsive psychobabble? Where is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/07/mark-latham-the-budget-g20-therese-rein/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ugliest Budget in decades way behind schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/the-ugliest-budget-in-decades-way-behind-schedule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/the-ugliest-budget-in-decades-way-behind-schedule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Budget process is significantly behind schedule, according to sources in the Canberra bureaucracy, delayed by the continuing collapse in revenue projections and the need to find all possible savings, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/the-ugliest-budget-in-decades-way-behind-schedule/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to use Indigenous health resources better</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/26/its-time-to-use-indigenous-health-resources-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/26/its-time-to-use-indigenous-health-resources-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When services are not designed with the needs of Indigenous people in mind, they are less likely to be effective in engaging with them, writes <b>Dr Tamara Mackean</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/26/its-time-to-use-indigenous-health-resources-better/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Liberal leadership anagrams ... "mean" testing ... Ministerial demands not unreasonable ... The Age and St Kilda ... ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull gave an excellent performance yesterday. Turnbull’s ego, however, remains at large, unstoppable and, probably, untameable, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-economy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Media Monitors&#8217; Top 20</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/the-media-monitors-top-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/the-media-monitors-top-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the week immediately following the Rudd Government’s first Budget, there was lots of coverage for Rudd, Swan, Nelson and... Wheatley, writes <b>Patrick Baume</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/the-media-monitors-top-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The $25 billion debt expansion and tax cut that wasn’t in the budget</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/the-25-billion-debt-expansion-and-tax-cut-that-wasnt-in-the-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/the-25-billion-debt-expansion-and-tax-cut-that-wasnt-in-the-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we discovered the Rudd government's media manipulation extended to actually delaying important debt and tax announcements until after the budget, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's hard to imagine that depriving old people of money will be anything but a plus for the Rudd government.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comitatus: What do the budget polls really tell us?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/comitatus-what-do-the-budget-polls-really-tell-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/comitatus-what-do-the-budget-polls-really-tell-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The two things you can guarantee from any federal budget are whining special interest pleaders and, of course, polls - no budget is complete without a poll or three, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/comitatus-what-do-the-budget-polls-really-tell-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pensioners can&#8217;t see the Budget benefits for the myopia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/pensioners-cant-see-the-budget-benefits-for-the-myopia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/pensioners-cant-see-the-budget-benefits-for-the-myopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s amusing (or sickening, for those with weak stomachs) to have pensioners stripping in protest, but this is a powerful lobby group that is, courtesy of our demographics, growing remorselessly, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alcopops are one thing, but what about the Reserve Bank?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/alcopops-are-one-thing-but-what-about-the-reserve-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/alcopops-are-one-thing-but-what-about-the-reserve-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcopops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’re been deluged with alcopops coverage, but why isn’t a completely irresponsible raid on the Reserve Bank being debated? asks <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/alcopops-are-one-thing-but-what-about-the-reserve-bank/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fighting climate change &#8212; a job for Budget 09?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/fighting-climate-change-a-job-for-budget-09/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/fighting-climate-change-a-job-for-budget-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week's Budget wasn't really green, or even greenish. Will Budget 09 take the environment more seriously? asks John Connor, CEO of the Climate Institute.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/fighting-climate-change-a-job-for-budget-09/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcopops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US08]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The budget, alcopops and Brendan Nelson ... judicial independence ... the US and isolationism ... baby bonus ... Israel ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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