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	<title>Crikey &#187; indigenous health</title>
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		<title>Aboriginal Australia: like the poorest of Africa, says Amnesty chief</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/aboriginal-australia-like-the-poorest-of-africa-says-amnesty-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/aboriginal-australia-like-the-poorest-of-africa-says-amnesty-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amnesty international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene Khan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary General of Amnesty International has likened conditions in Central Australia to the poorest parts of Africa and Asia, and described the gap between rich and poor in this country as the most stark she's even seen.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Travel tips for media on the Close the Gap bus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/travel-tips-for-media-on-the-close-the-gap-bus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/travel-tips-for-media-on-the-close-the-gap-bus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a lecture for Reconciliation Australia, <em>Koori Mai</em> Editor <b>Kirstie Parker</b> talks about the role that Australia's media can play in helping to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>After the NT intervention: violence up, malnutrition up, truancy up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest, and arguably most comprehensive findings, on progress in the Northern Territory intervention are damning of its effectiveness and extremely disappointing, says <b>Jon Altman</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/after-the-nt-intervention-violence-up-malnutrition-up-truancy-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Deconstructing swine flu: 12 things you didn&#8217;t know</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/deconstructing-swine-flu-12-things-you-didnt-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/deconstructing-swine-flu-12-things-you-didnt-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H1N1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influenza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You might be over the swine flue jokes, but Associate Professor <b>Heath Kelly</b> offers 12 things you may not know about the swine flu pandemic. How serious has the pandemic been?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it helpful to think about closing the gap as an economic, rather than ethical, issue?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/is-it-helpful-to-think-about-closing-the-gap-as-an-economic-rather-than-ethical-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/is-it-helpful-to-think-about-closing-the-gap-as-an-economic-rather-than-ethical-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The question of how much to pay for "closing the gap" in Aboriginal health ought to be debated more on ethical lines than on economic lines -- but the two inevitably intersect, writes <b>Professor Gavin Mooney</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>We really are the lucky country, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/crikey-says-92/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/crikey-says-92/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alright, we'll admit it. Politicians have done a fairly decent job of running the nation for the last 20 years. However, climate change failings won't be easily forgiven.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous smoking is finally out of the too-hard-basket</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/indigenous-smoking-is-finally-out-of-the-too-hard-basket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/indigenous-smoking-is-finally-out-of-the-too-hard-basket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Preventative Health Taskforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has put tackling high smoking rates amongst Indigenous people at the centre of its plans to "close the gap", writes <b>David Thomas</b>. 
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Authority: can it help?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/a-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-authority-can-it-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/a-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-authority-can-it-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Authority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed Indigenous health authority would act as a third-party payer for health care for Indigenous Australians. But would it work? asks <b>Professor Judith Dwyer and Stephanie Bell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/a-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-authority-can-it-help/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aboriginal people have good reason to be mistrustful of health services</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/aboriginal-people-have-good-reason-to-be-mistrustful-of-health-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/aboriginal-people-have-good-reason-to-be-mistrustful-of-health-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Historically speaking, health services have been part and parcel of racist policies. Which is why Aboriginal people have reason to be suspicious of Australian mainstream health services.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/aboriginal-people-have-good-reason-to-be-mistrustful-of-health-services/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fixing health: Crikey reviews the latest report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/fixing-health-crikey-reviews-the-latest-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/fixing-health-crikey-reviews-the-latest-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The much-anticipated report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission has landed. <b>Bernard Keane</b> gets to grips with the detail.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/fixing-health-crikey-reviews-the-latest-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aboriginal patients may end up the real losers in ACC victory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/aboriginal-patients-may-end-up-the-real-losers-in-acc-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/aboriginal-patients-may-end-up-the-real-losers-in-acc-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a long-running legal tussle, a remote Aboriginal health clinic has lost its battle against the Australian Crime Commission to safeguard the privacy of its patient records.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/aboriginal-patients-may-end-up-the-real-losers-in-acc-victory/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Closing the gap: let&#8217;s talk about things that work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Closing the Indigenous gap was never going to be easy, but the reception of the Productivity Commission report will unfortunately make it harder, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Closing the Gap&#8221; is like wrestling with smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As yet another round of headlines emerge about lack of progress on indigenous health and social indicators, the “Closing the Gap” initiative can look more than ever like wrestling with smoke.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd turns his back on closing the gap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/rudd-turns-his-back-on-closing-the-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/rudd-turns-his-back-on-closing-the-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labor's rhetoric on Indigenous health is better than in the Howard years, but the reality from Rudd and Macklin is no different from Howard and Vanstone, writes <b>Gavin Mooney</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous doctors thumbs down for NT intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/indigenous-doctors-thumbs-down-for-nt-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/indigenous-doctors-thumbs-down-for-nt-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If this is an independent and transparent process, then I’m a monkey’s uncle, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/indigenous-doctors-thumbs-down-for-nt-intervention/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can we close the gap? Not at this rate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/01/can-we-close-the-gap-not-at-this-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/01/can-we-close-the-gap-not-at-this-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government, through the health programs under its direct control, spends only 92 cents on Indigenous people for every $1 spent on the rest of the population, writes <b>Lesley Russell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to intervene in the employment of Intervention doctors</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/time-to-intervene-in-the-employment-of-intervention-doctors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/time-to-intervene-in-the-employment-of-intervention-doctors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Remote Area Health Corps Agency is to be established to recruit and deploy health professionals to remote Indigenous communities in the NT. About time, writes <b>Dr Glynis Johns</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Graham: A missed opportunity for Indigenous affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/14/graham-a-missed-opportunity-for-indigenous-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/14/graham-a-missed-opportunity-for-indigenous-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget 08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Indigenous affairs, it's not exactly bad news though Wayne Swan's a bit of a miser, writes <b>Chris Graham</b>.
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		<title>Indigenous funding fares better under the Liberals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/12/indigenous-funding-fares-better-under-the-liberals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/12/indigenous-funding-fares-better-under-the-liberals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget 08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What concerns Indigenous affairs watchers most is that if recent history is anything to go by, blackfellas are in for a bit of hiding. In budgetary terms, Indigenous affairs funding fares much better under the Liberals, writes Chris Graham. 
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		<title>Ministerial briefing note 1: To the next health minister</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/06/ministerial-briefing-note-1-to-the-next-health-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/06/ministerial-briefing-note-1-to-the-next-health-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private hospitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ideal health system, I suggest, is one where appropriate and effective care is provided to all who need it a timely and an efficient manner, writes Professor Stephen Leeder.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the media’s focus on Royal North Shore Hospital is unhealthy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/22/why-the-medias-focus-on-royal-north-shore-hospital-is-unhealthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/22/why-the-medias-focus-on-royal-north-shore-hospital-is-unhealthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality in health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality in health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital has been copping a media hammering for weeks now. Unfortunately, much of the coverage has been a waste of valuable media space. It’s time to give the RNSH a break, for the sake of our health, writes Melissa Sweet.]]></description>
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		<title>Why everyone’s election health policies are lacking</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/10/why-everyones-election-health-policies-are-lacking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/10/why-everyones-election-health-policies-are-lacking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commonwealth health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A sound health policy will not just spend money, it will spend it wisely. The AMA’s latest policy hits all the politically-correct buttons but are we getting the best value for our health spending?]]></description>
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		<title>Failure to consult dooms NT intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/09/failure-to-consult-dooms-nt-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/09/failure-to-consult-dooms-nt-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Pat Anderson and Rex Wild, QC, visited dozens of Aboriginal communities across the NT as part of their inquiry into child s-xual abuse, they were surprised that so many people were willing to share their stories. ]]></description>
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		<title>Not a single voice in support of intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/not-a-single-voice-in-support-of-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/not-a-single-voice-in-support-of-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stolen generation report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During a three-day conference here on Indigenous health, the message has come loud and clear from doctors, lawyers, researchers, public servants, economists and Aboriginal leaders. Not a single voice has been raised in defence of the Federal Government’s plans for the NT.

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		<title>Champion of  &#8216;caucasian&#8217; health meets the locals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/02/champion-of-caucasian-health-meets-the-locals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/02/champion-of-caucasian-health-meets-the-locals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ama president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal health minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minister tony abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gulkula in north east Arnhem Land will once again this weekend host Garma, the Territory’s leading Aboriginal festival of culture and ideas. This year’s theme: Indigenous health: real solutions for a chronic problem. But there’s a Caucasian in the woodpile.]]></description>
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