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		<title>Joe, onions aside, we should keep as much debt on issue as possible</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/05/joe-onions-aside-we-should-keep-as-much-debt-on-issue-as-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/05/joe-onions-aside-we-should-keep-as-much-debt-on-issue-as-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to wonder if Joe Hockey, the putative federal treasurer if the Gillard mob loses power, really has a handle on what's going on.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>What has the war on terror cost taxpayers, and did they get value for money?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/what-has-the-war-on-terror-cost-taxpayers-and-did-they-get-value-for-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/what-has-the-war-on-terror-cost-taxpayers-and-did-they-get-value-for-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attorney general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of the war on terror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on terror]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spending on the war on terror is higher now than at the height of 9/11 hysteria. Budget papers show the Howard, Rudd and Gillard governments have spent more than $15 billion on the war since 2001.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Good policy from a government in trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/17/come-in-spinner-good-policy-from-a-government-in-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/17/come-in-spinner-good-policy-from-a-government-in-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Come in Spinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most governments in political trouble immediately reach for a pot of populism and the pumps that spread the money around, writes <b>Noel Turnbull</b>, adjunct professor, media and communications, RMIT University.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Megalogenis: Anything you can spend, I can spend better</title>
		<link>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/meganomics/index.php/theaustralian/comments/the_spending_twins/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/meganomics/index.php/theaustralian/comments/the_spending_twins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This mini-spendathon by both the PM and the Opposition leader is cause for concern, says <b>George Megalogenis</b>. Announcing new expensive policies every week is about playing politics, not good financial management.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not about how much they spend, it&#8217;s what they spend it on</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/big-cuts-and-little-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/big-cuts-and-little-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's typical Labor government stuff at the moment: Labor had a big cash splash to avert the GFC and now the Coalition are blasting their 'spiralling debt'. But how <em>should</em> the government balance spending with saving? asks <b>Brian Toohey</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: What a difference a month makes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/mungo-what-a-difference-a-month-makes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/mungo-what-a-difference-a-month-makes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The smugness of the Howard years came at a price, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Horror budgets: a dummy&#8217;s guide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/horror-budgets-a-dummys-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/horror-budgets-a-dummys-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Properly managed, a horror Budget can both burnish a new Government’s economic credentials and boost its public standing, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The more readily Murdoched portions of the daily press are gunning hard for the Rudd Government over leaks that put sensitive examples of Howard Government largesse under stern razor gang scrutiny. Take money away from pensioners? Shameful. From carers? Disgusting. Or mealy mouthed as Malcolm Turnbull puts it. The Government should just pledge to renew the late term gifts of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Enterprise Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opium production]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Howard in Washington ... Afghan poppy crop ... Labor's razor gang ... Gunns and funding ... Females and public policy ... JFK ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>This razor gang might just be a cut above the rest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/07/this-razor-gang-might-just-be-a-cut-above-the-rest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/07/this-razor-gang-might-just-be-a-cut-above-the-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The warning that carers’ bonuses may be scrapped in the Budget is only the first of what are likely to be a number of razor slash stories between now and Budget night, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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