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		<title>The fastest school spending spree in history doesn&#8217;t add up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-fastest-school-spending-spree-in-history-doesnt-add-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-fastest-school-spending-spree-in-history-doesnt-add-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's time for the national media to start asking questions about the execution of a program that the PM himself admits is the biggest national logistical challenge since World War 2, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Turnbull&#8217;s honeymoon over?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/is-turnbulls-honeymoon-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/is-turnbulls-honeymoon-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one steady factor in recent Newspolls has been the decline in Turnbull’s satisfaction ratings and the increase in his dissatisfaction ratings, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Australian economy is all over the shop</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/the-australian-economy-is-all-over-the-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/the-australian-economy-is-all-over-the-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boral]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scatty nature of the slowing Australian economy is showing up in the interim results from banks, retailers, media companies, property, building and some of our major global groups, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/the-australian-economy-is-all-over-the-shop/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is no time for playing Senatorial politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/30/this-is-no-time-for-playing-senatorial-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/30/this-is-no-time-for-playing-senatorial-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters are looking to the Government for action and the opposition had better not get in the way, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/30/this-is-no-time-for-playing-senatorial-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black promises are little white lies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/black-promises-are-little-white-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/black-promises-are-little-white-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Labor understands is that on issues like Australia Day, we are not capable of a sensible national debate. Oi, Oi, Oi! writes <b>Chris Graham</b>. 
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The world smirks at Conroy&#8217;s censorship plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/the-world-smirks-at-conroys-censorship-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/the-world-smirks-at-conroys-censorship-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rest of the world has been smirking at Stephen Conroy's ill-conceived plan to censor Australia's internet for a while now, but a new study published by Brooklyn Law School is a serious embarrassment, writes <b>Colin Jacobs</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Smith &amp; Kate Ellis: 2008&#8242;s sexiest politicians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/stephen-smith-kate-ellis-2008s-sexiest-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/stephen-smith-kate-ellis-2008s-sexiest-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And don't they look swell together?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Doing lunch, Darwin style</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/doing-lunch-darwin-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/doing-lunch-darwin-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paul toohey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A select crew were invited to lunch in Darwin, with at least two long-standing grudges that, stirred up by a bit of monsoonal heat and lashings of grog, could very likely bust open, writes <b>Bob Gosford</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>2008: Dashed dreams and mouldy political compromise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/2008-dashed-dreams-and-mouldy-political-compromise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/2008-dashed-dreams-and-mouldy-political-compromise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics is more or less based around people of high principles and good will discovering that the obtaining and exercising of power involves doing bad things. <b>Bernard Keane</b> on 2008.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/2008-dashed-dreams-and-mouldy-political-compromise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>The solar wars: hidden handouts for polluters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/the-solar-wars-hidden-handouts-for-polluters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/the-solar-wars-hidden-handouts-for-polluters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s environmental credibility, the future of renewable technologies and the reputation of Peter Garrett is at stake, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/the-solar-wars-hidden-handouts-for-polluters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s no reformer, he&#8217;s an economic conservative to the core</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/rudds-no-reformer-hes-an-economic-conservative-to-the-core/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/rudds-no-reformer-hes-an-economic-conservative-to-the-core/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a pattern emerging in Kevin Rudd’s approach to economic policy, and it’s not a healthy one, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/rudds-no-reformer-hes-an-economic-conservative-to-the-core/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Readers&#8217; choice awards: Golden Arsehat nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/readers-choice-awards-golden-arsehat-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/readers-choice-awards-golden-arsehat-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics govern,ent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here'e a sample of Arsehats suggested by our readers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/readers-choice-awards-golden-arsehat-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keane: We&#8217;re all missing the point</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/keane-were-all-missing-the-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/keane-were-all-missing-the-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I leafed through the vast folder looking for information, I became aware that a number of journalists around me had skipped straight to Chapter 17, where household assistance measures were discussed. <b>Bernard Keane</b> reports from the lock up.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Macintosh: This looks more like a 650 ppm plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/macintosh-this-looks-more-like-a-650-ppm-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/macintosh-this-looks-more-like-a-650-ppm-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What has been overlooked in this analysis is that the proposed abatement targets for Australia are more consistent with a 650 ppm outcome than a 550 ppm one, writes <b>Andrew Macintosh</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/macintosh-this-looks-more-like-a-650-ppm-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Possum: A lesson in political pragmatism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/possum-a-lesson-in-political-pragmatism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/possum-a-lesson-in-political-pragmatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[imagine the derailing that would have been done if no domestic target passed the Senate at all, as that is the political reality of proposing 25%+ cuts, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Denniss: By 2020 no Australian polluter will live in poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/denniss-by-2020-no-australian-polluter-will-live-in-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/denniss-by-2020-no-australian-polluter-will-live-in-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[only reason to introduce an emissions trading scheme is if you accept the scientific evidence that, unless we drastically reduce emissions, dangerous climate change will occur in our lifetimes. It therefore beggars belief that, if you accept the scientific case for action, you would completely ignore the scientific evidence about how much action to take, writes <b>Dr Richard Denniss</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our biggest polluters have won</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/our-biggest-polluters-have-won/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/our-biggest-polluters-have-won/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The surrender is virtually complete. Our biggest polluters have won, and the rest of us will be paying for it under a joke of an emissions trading scheme that encompasses a significant transfer of wealth to our largest polluters, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/our-biggest-polluters-have-won/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>As Westpac&#8217;s share price drops, its directors demand more</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/as-westpacs-share-price-drops-its-directors-demand-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/as-westpacs-share-price-drops-its-directors-demand-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market crash has exposed a myriad of corporate governance failings but its hard to top the Westpac board for sheer audacity in seeking a 50% increase in directors’ fees, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s stimulus package divides the pack</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/rudds-stimulus-package-divides-the-pack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/rudds-stimulus-package-divides-the-pack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re in the middle of the most perverse economic debate in years, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/rudds-stimulus-package-divides-the-pack/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nelsonian Newspoll figures for Turnbull</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/nelsonian-newspoll-figures-for-turnbull/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/nelsonian-newspoll-figures-for-turnbull/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only joy for the Coalition is surely that it cannot get any worse than this, so by definition it's all up from here, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/nelsonian-newspoll-figures-for-turnbull/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>ETS target whittled away by interest groups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/ets-target-whittled-away-by-interest-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/ets-target-whittled-away-by-interest-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noted when the Government’s Green Paper emerged that it proposed a scheme that was only two-thirds effective anyway, and would be watered down further under pressure from rentseekers and corporate sooks and whingers. Sadly, that appears to be exactly what has happened, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/ets-target-whittled-away-by-interest-groups/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rooted: Australian silence at UN climate change talks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/rooted-australian-silence-at-un-climate-change-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/rooted-australian-silence-at-un-climate-change-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to wonder why the Australian Government paid for 30 people to go on this Christmas junket if they weren’t going to discuss the issues on the agenda, writes <b>John Hepburn</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/rooted-australian-silence-at-un-climate-change-talks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull&#8217;s shocker of a week</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/turnbulls-shocker-of-a-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/turnbulls-shocker-of-a-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night’s split on the Government’s infrastructure bill capped off what turned out to be a shocker of a week for the Coalition, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/turnbulls-shocker-of-a-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government by <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Auditors pocket millions while asleep on the job</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/auditors-pocket-millions-while-asleep-on-the-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/auditors-pocket-millions-while-asleep-on-the-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collapsing markets have shown once more that the multi-national firms paid millions of dollars to audit public companies financial statements have been asleep on the job, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/auditors-pocket-millions-while-asleep-on-the-job/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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