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		<title>Of deficit, surplus and stimulus-a-thon</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/of-deficit-surplus-and-stimulus-a-thon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only a couple of weeks ago that the word on everyone’s lips was deficit, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>A little credibility deficit at Turnbull&#8217;s second coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull was busy creating a straw man out of the deficit when he spoke at the National Press Club yesterday, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Howard&#8217;s state deficit line doesn&#8217;t stand up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/27/howards-state-deficit-line-doesnt-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State government budget deficits are putting upward pressure on interest rates, the Prime Minister has claimed as a rate rise looms. 
Despite saying rates should not be lifted next month, the Prime Minister is warning that the states will run up a $70 billion deficit over the next five years.]]></description>
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