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	<title>Crikey &#187; Howard government</title>
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		<title>Myopia and forgetfulness the preferred direction on foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/myopia-and-forgetfulness-the-preferred-direction-on-foreign-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/myopia-and-forgetfulness-the-preferred-direction-on-foreign-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smuggling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the Rudd Labor government was elected two years ago, there were high hopes that it would leave behind the more negative foreign policies of its predecessor Howard coalition government. What we have, though, is a foreign policy shambles.
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate change: the Coalition&#8217;s new Hansonism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-coalition-need-howards-pragmatism-on-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-coalition-need-howards-pragmatism-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4 corners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change sceptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's a number of similarities between Howard-era Hansonism and climate denialism, but the biggest similarity is that both mean big trouble for the Coalition.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>193</slash:comments>
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		<title>The long, plodding March of Patriots</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/rundles-friday-book-review-the-long-plodding-march-of-patriots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/rundles-friday-book-review-the-long-plodding-march-of-patriots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keating government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The March of Patriots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Guy Rundle</b> reviews Paul Kelly's new book, <em>The March of Patriots</em>: the literary equivalent of cleaning out the garage on a grey Saturday afternoon.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/rundles-friday-book-review-the-long-plodding-march-of-patriots/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASIO can&#8217;t be bothered: less accountable, less productive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/asio-cant-be-bothered-less-accountable-less-productive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/asio-cant-be-bothered-less-accountable-less-productive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence agencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite ASIO's endlessly increasing budget, its latest annual report shows an organisation doing less work and being less accountable -- even the report itself is lazily cobbled together.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/asio-cant-be-bothered-less-accountable-less-productive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>My shovel&#8217;s better than yours: Rudd v Howard on infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warren truss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Federal politicians are falling over themselves to claim credit for spending taxpayer's money on infrastructure, writes <b>Alan Moran</b>. Too bad public projects are never judged with the same rigor as private projects.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Singing from Howard&#8217;s hymn book no help to Libs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition parties that have been in government for a long time often take just as long to realise that they are no longer in government and to start behaving accordingly, writes <b>Dr Aron Paul</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The issue is refugees, not boats</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/the-big-issue-is-how-many-refugees-we-accept-not-boats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/the-big-issue-is-how-many-refugees-we-accept-not-boats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/the-big-issue-is-how-many-refugees-we-accept-not-boats/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Left really wants to re-fight and win the asylum seeker issue, they’ll leave the ranting and rhetoric to reactionaries and stop being so easily goaded into elevating the issue into a test of the national character

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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/the-big-issue-is-how-many-refugees-we-accept-not-boats/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asylum at last from the sado-conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/rundle-asylum-at-last-from-the-sado-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/rundle-asylum-at-last-from-the-sado-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smugglers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/rundle-asylum-at-last-from-the-sado-conservatives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's a measure of how debased Australian politics became in the Tampa years that we can now be surprised that a government would confront its opponents with the fact that they imprisoned children, and score points from it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/rundle-asylum-at-last-from-the-sado-conservatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Possum: Coalition&#8217;s &#8220;economic legacy&#8221; in tatters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/coalitions-economic-legacy-in-tatters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/coalitions-economic-legacy-in-tatters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new Essential Report has found the public have a favourable view of the Rudd government's economic management, and they're dismissing every single economic angle the Opposition has been raising as an attack for the past six months.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meet Alex and Brindha: a media savvy bunch of boat people</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/meet-alex-and-brindha-a-media-savvy-bunch-of-boat-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/meet-alex-and-brindha-a-media-savvy-bunch-of-boat-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Black</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Manne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/meet-alex-and-brindha-a-media-savvy-bunch-of-boat-people/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest onset of asylum seekers isn't Rudd's <em>Tampa</em>, because this time the people aren't out of sight and out of mind of the media. Will it make the public care?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bolt: Spin overboard</title>
		<link>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/its-rudds-new-tampa/story-e6frfhqf-1225787339717</link>
		<comments>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/its-rudds-new-tampa/story-e6frfhqf-1225787339717#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=93301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Kevin Rudd's Tampa, says <b>Andrew Bolt</b>, so why isn't the media treating him with the same outrage and indignation they did Howard?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ghosts of SIEV X still shadow the corridors of power</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/ghosts-of-siev-x-still-shadow-the-corridors-of-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/ghosts-of-siev-x-still-shadow-the-corridors-of-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Siev X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/ghosts-of-siev-x-still-shadow-the-corridors-of-power/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Howard was full of dark xenophobic attitudes which Kevin Rudd does not share, writes <b>Tony Kevin</b>. But concerned Australians will need to remain vigilant about the future of Australian immigration policies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why people smugglers are smug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/crikey-says-107/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/crikey-says-107/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/crikey-says-107/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why are there suddenly an increase of boat people arriving on our shores? Because they're all looking to exploit Labor's bleeding heart and lax immigration laws. Right?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/crikey-says-107/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate aid to developing nations: what&#8217;s in it for us?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/climate-aid-to-developing-nations-whats-in-it-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/climate-aid-to-developing-nations-whats-in-it-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ausaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence White Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east timor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/climate-aid-to-developing-nations-whats-in-it-for-us/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the lead-up to Copenhagen, watch for countries such as Australia to unveil big-dollar commitments of climate aid to developing countries, particularly by proposing a strong "mutual obligation" framework.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/climate-aid-to-developing-nations-whats-in-it-for-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pulsing Quasars! It&#8217;s the intergalactic adventures of the Space Vixen!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/first-dog-on-the-moon-398/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/first-dog-on-the-moon-398/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evesham primary school]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space vixen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From another world...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberal Rule: historical epoch or chapter of accidents?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite what you may have seen on SBS series <em>Liberal Rule</em>, the rise and fall of the Howard government did not represent big shifts in national sentiment, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will we really love Coles? Thoughts on a female-friendly publicity stunt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/will-we-really-love-coles-thoughts-on-a-female-friendly-publicity-stunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/will-we-really-love-coles-thoughts-on-a-female-friendly-publicity-stunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel Campbell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminine hygiene products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is there much beyond Coles' special no-tax tampon offer than clever marketing? <b>Mel Campbell</b> suspects not. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fair Pay: the perils of politicians appointing &#8216;independent&#8217; experts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/fair-pay-the-perils-of-politicians-appointing-independent-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/fair-pay-the-perils-of-politicians-appointing-independent-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Pay Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/fair-pay-the-perils-of-politicians-appointing-independent-experts/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fair Pay Commission is a classic example of when politicians appoint independent experts, things often don’t turn out exactly the way they planned.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/fair-pay-the-perils-of-politicians-appointing-independent-experts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition &#8216;punch-up&#8217;: a regrettable incident</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/coalition-punch-up-a-regrettable-incident/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/coalition-punch-up-a-regrettable-incident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/coalition-punch-up-a-regrettable-incident/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition’s discipline, which held more or less solid for the eleven years of the Howard Government, has never really recovered from the election defeat. As this morning it showed. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/coalition-punch-up-a-regrettable-incident/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Circumspection please, Ken Henry is not the bunyip</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/circumspection-please-ken-henry-is-not-the-bunyip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/circumspection-please-ken-henry-is-not-the-bunyip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative columnists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Henry has become a new bogeyman for conservatives; obviously his years of loyal service to the Howard Government have been forgotten.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/circumspection-please-ken-henry-is-not-the-bunyip/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s boom-era Budget should sail</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swans-boom-era-budget-should-sail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swans-boom-era-budget-should-sail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The mixed message of handouts and infrastructure for everyone in a time of supposed austerity is still confusing but probably not enough to cause any difficulty for the Government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swans-boom-era-budget-should-sail/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tinkering with the electoral process: Liberal margin of error</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/05/tinkering-with-the-electoral-process-liberal-margin-of-error/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/05/tinkering-with-the-electoral-process-liberal-margin-of-error/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 03:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral enrolment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the 11 years of the previous government, more and more Australians have been losing their most basic democratic right -- their vote at a federal election, writes <b>Michael Danby</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/05/tinkering-with-the-electoral-process-liberal-margin-of-error/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget countdown: ASIO growth freeze imminent?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critical Infrastructure Protection program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Budget might finally spell the end of the remorseless growth of ASIO, the most successful government body of the Howard era.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget deficits and the grand hypocrisy of Peter Costello</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/budget-deficits-and-the-grand-hypocrisy-of-peter-costello/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/budget-deficits-and-the-grand-hypocrisy-of-peter-costello/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest public policy issue in Australia at the moment is the size of our budget deficit. The man most responsible is Peter Costello.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/budget-deficits-and-the-grand-hypocrisy-of-peter-costello/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget countdown: Tax revenue, recession, deficit, oops</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-tax-revenue-recession-deficit-oops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-tax-revenue-recession-deficit-oops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government revenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are worrying signs that the collapse in government revenue will reveal a budget in structural deficit.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/budget-countdown-tax-revenue-recession-deficit-oops/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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