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	<title>Crikey &#187; floods</title>
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		<title>The D word</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/crikey-says-the-d-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/19/crikey-says-the-d-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood clean up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, don't mention the D word. That explains this nervous talk, or non talk, around whether the projected Budget surplus should be abandoned to "pay for" the cost of recovering from the floods.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Floods around the world</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/18/floods-around-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/18/floods-around-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka floods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=197511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland and Victorian floods dominated local media this week, and rightly so. However, other nations, including Sri Lanka, Brazil and South Africa, are also suffering severe flooding, although their governments may not be as equipped to cope with the devastation, reports <b>Amber Jamieson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll be getting home tonight&#8217;: a tale from Toowoomba</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/14/i-dont-think-well-be-getting-home-tonight-a-tale-from-toowoomba/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/14/i-dont-think-well-be-getting-home-tonight-a-tale-from-toowoomba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toowoomba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toowoomba floods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toowoomba resident <b>Jim Forbes</b> left his wife and four-year-old daughter to head in to work in Brisbane on Monday, leaving just before the floods hit his family and his hometown.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qld floods compare and contrast: &#8220;&#8230;back in &#8217;74&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/12/qld-floods-compare-and-contrast-back-in-74/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/12/qld-floods-compare-and-contrast-back-in-74/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1974 Brisbane flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ipswich floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland flood maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland flood news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods 2011]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=196270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During this morning's press conference Queensland Premier Anna Bligh continued to evoke Queensland's devastating floods of 1974 to give Queenslanders, especially those in Ipswich and Brisbane today, an indication of what lay ahead.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bligh steps up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/12/crikey-says-bligh-steps-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/12/crikey-says-bligh-steps-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toowoomba floods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=196125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes leaders are afforded an opportunity to step up. We are witnessing Queensland Premier Anna Bligh doing just that.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>A very grim day</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/11/crikey-says-a-very-grim-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/11/crikey-says-a-very-grim-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inland tsunami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toowoomba weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["This is going to be I think a very grim day," said Premier Anna Bligh during this morning's press conference.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Situation continues to deteriorate&#8217;: QLD floods</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/11/inland-instant-tsunami-devastates-southern-qld/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/11/inland-instant-tsunami-devastates-southern-qld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1974 Brisbane flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brisbane floods photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inland tsunami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toowoomba flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toowoomba floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toowoomba weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The death of four-year-old boy swept into the floods at Marburg during a rescue attempt of his family takes the latest flood death toll to ten, announced Premier Anna Bligh.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rockhampton flood crisis: attack of the blood suckers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/10/rockhampton-flood-crisis-attack-of-the-blood-suckers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/10/rockhampton-flood-crisis-attack-of-the-blood-suckers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's not the saltwater crocs or the deadly brown snakes that are the most troublesome wildlife in flooded Queensland. It's the sandflies, tiny insects that leave itchy bites that last for weeks. And the supermarket is sold out of insect repellent, says <b>Anton Lang</b> from Rockhampton.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rockhampton flood crisis: flood peak arrives</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/06/rockhampton-flood-crisis-flood-peak-arrives-life-goes-on/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/06/rockhampton-flood-crisis-flood-peak-arrives-life-goes-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the expected flood peak of 9.4 metres in Rockhampton, a maximum of 9.2 was hit yesterday. <b>Anton Lang</b> took his camera and walked around his flood-affected city, snapping photos of submerged roads and ducks swimming through football fields.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rockhampton flood crisis: playing the waiting game</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/04/the-rockhampton-flood-crisis-playing-the-waiting-game/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/04/the-rockhampton-flood-crisis-playing-the-waiting-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The worst case scenario brings the edge of the water level to within 500 metres of our home, and at those edges, it’s just a matter of an inch or so deep, at the very creeping edge of this massive flood, writes <b>Tony from Oz</b> in Rockhampton.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Over 1,300 dead in Pakistan flooding</title>
		<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-braced-for-more-deaths-as-floods-spread-2041234.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-braced-for-more-deaths-as-floods-spread-2041234.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=160244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Monsoon floods in Pakistan have claimed the lives of over 1,000 people, with more disastrous rain expected in the week ahead and tens of thousands stranded. One of the worst hit areas is the Swat Valley, previously a Taliban stronghold.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Phillippines</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/letter-from-the-phillippines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/letter-from-the-phillippines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letter from...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/letter-from-the-phillippines/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent history of the Philippines reads like a catalogue of Hollywood blockbuster disaster movies. But locals are so focused on day-to-day survival -- getting enough food for tomorrow -- that the relative unlikelihood of a tsunami makes it not worth considering, writes resident <b>Wayne Smith</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swimming for survival: it&#8217;s our duty to teach</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/swimming-for-survival-its-our-duty-to-teach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/swimming-for-survival-its-our-duty-to-teach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/swimming-for-survival-its-our-duty-to-teach/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As stories emerge of people being swept away by floodwaters, it’s a source of frustration that there are very few large-scale survival swimming or lifesaving programs running in Asia and the Pacific, where these skills could literally be saving lives, writes <b>Justin Scarr</b>.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Once-in-a-century floods, drought and fire. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cherry-picking extreme weather events weakens your case, but both sides do it shamelessly in the climate debate, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Silk Road under threat from melting glaciers</title>
		<link>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17304-silk-road-threatened-by-melting-glaciers.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&#038;nsref=online-news</link>
		<comments>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17304-silk-road-threatened-by-melting-glaciers.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&#038;nsref=online-news#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=67138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese gateway to the Silk Road is under threat from climate change, suffering dramatic flooding from melting glaciers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Climate refugees to rise by 50% by 2015</title>
		<link>http://www.grist.org/article/2009-another-125-million/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grist.org/article/2009-another-125-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[droughts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new Oxfam report says a 50% increase in people affected by climate-related humanitarian disasters by 2015 could overwhelm emergency response and humanitarian aid systems.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate emergency in the Pacific</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/climate-emergency-in-the-pacific/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/climate-emergency-in-the-pacific/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific islands forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solomon islands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when Queenslanders are inundated with massive flooding, spare a thought for our island neighbours, writes <b>Nic Maclellan</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Neither flood nor fire can stay Shanahan&#8217;s delusions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/neither-flood-nor-fire-can-stay-shanahans-delusions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/neither-flood-nor-fire-can-stay-shanahans-delusions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest fires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull’s own proposals for a stimulus package aren’t much shy of the same level of debt, showing just how little difference there is between the major parties on this supposedly vast ideological issue, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>2007 is an expensive year for insurers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/24/2007-is-an-expensive-year-for-insurers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/24/2007-is-an-expensive-year-for-insurers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[estimates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and contents insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance council of australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of the storms and flooding in Australia and Britain looks set to top $A9 billion over the next few days, making higher rates for motor vehicle, business and home and contents insurance almost certain next year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Premiums may rise as Oz insurers hit upon hard times</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/23/premiums-may-rise-as-oz-insurers-hit-upon-hard-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/23/premiums-may-rise-as-oz-insurers-hit-upon-hard-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[association of british insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vehicle insurance premiums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How much have Australia's two biggest global insurers, QBE and Insurance Australia Group been impacted after the second round of big, expensive floods in Britain in a month? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>State of the planet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/23/state-of-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/23/state-of-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formula one racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saks fifth avenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Floods force many to face climate change reality ... Climate change fears even reach Formula One racing ... Satellites to combat illegal logging in Pacific ... Could climate change herald mass migration in the US?
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