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	<title>Crikey &#187; manufacturing</title>
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		<title>Politicians and the awful reality of a strong dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/politicians-and-the-awful-reality-of-a-strong-dollar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/politicians-and-the-awful-reality-of-a-strong-dollar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strong dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For all her problems, Julia Gillard understands just how important the strong dollar will be not just for business but governments, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: strong support for manufacturing assistance and pokies reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/essential-strong-support-for-manufacturing-assistance-and-pokies-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/essential-strong-support-for-manufacturing-assistance-and-pokies-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies mandatory pre commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting intention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's strong support for mandatory pre-commitment from voters, and they also back handouts for the car industry.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/essential-strong-support-for-manufacturing-assistance-and-pokies-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: why unemployment is heading to 6%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/kohler-why-unemployment-is-heading-to-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/kohler-why-unemployment-is-heading-to-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Force figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an unfolding employment disaster going on in Australia, but compared with Greece and Spain, Portugal and Ireland, we’re doing just great.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/kohler-why-unemployment-is-heading-to-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Strong dollar will wreak havoc on the out of touch in business</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/strong-dollar-will-wreak-havoc-on-the-out-of-touch-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/strong-dollar-will-wreak-havoc-on-the-out-of-touch-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The continuing strong dollar will have implications for governments as well as the Australian economy. It's time we faced up to it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/strong-dollar-will-wreak-havoc-on-the-out-of-touch-in-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does automotive assistance work? We&#8217;ll know &#8216;in future years&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/does-automotive-assistance-work-well-know-in-future-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/does-automotive-assistance-work-well-know-in-future-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automotive industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department of innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We could better debate manufacturing assistance if we knew what worked and what didn't. But we can't, not yet.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/does-automotive-assistance-work-well-know-in-future-years/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>GDP: accept it &#8212; the economy is booming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/gdp-accept-it-the-economy-is-booming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/gdp-accept-it-the-economy-is-booming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining boom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's GDP numbers confirm that the AUstralian economy is in robust health. Without Europe, there'd have been no interest rate cuts, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/gdp-accept-it-the-economy-is-booming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Retail and building data stick to the two-speed trend</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/retail-and-building-data-stick-to-the-two-speed-trend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/retail-and-building-data-stick-to-the-two-speed-trend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A slew of economic data confirms existing trends in the economy -- and it's not all bad outside the mining sector.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/retail-and-building-data-stick-to-the-two-speed-trend/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is the jobs forum a summit in search of a problem?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/is-the-jobs-forum-a-summit-in-search-of-a-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/is-the-jobs-forum-a-summit-in-search-of-a-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protectionism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=246370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Employers and unions are unlikely to have much of a dialogue at the jobs forum in a few weeks. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/is-the-jobs-forum-a-summit-in-search-of-a-problem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Rudd preferred as crisis leader; election now, say voters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/essential-rudd-preferred-as-crisis-leader-election-now-say-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/essential-rudd-preferred-as-crisis-leader-election-now-say-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's the preferred choice of voters in the event there's another financial crisis. But more voters want an election held now.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/essential-rudd-preferred-as-crisis-leader-election-now-say-voters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Make or break: manufacturing should be weaned off the public teat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/make-or-break-manufacturing-should-be-weaned-off-the-public-teat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/make-or-break-manufacturing-should-be-weaned-off-the-public-teat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make or break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Huge industry subsidies by the taxpayer do little to preserve jobs or the industries themselves, writes <b>Ian Hanke</b>, of Agitate.com.au and the HR Nicholls Society.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/make-or-break-manufacturing-should-be-weaned-off-the-public-teat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The major economic reforms no one voted for</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/the-major-economic-reforms-no-one-voted-for-not-even-pollies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/the-major-economic-reforms-no-one-voted-for-not-even-pollies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online retailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources boom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian economy is facing massive restructuring without our politicians lifting a finger, thanks to a manufacturing industry that's in its longest period of decline since the 1990s recession.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/the-major-economic-reforms-no-one-voted-for-not-even-pollies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our fiscal props: financial services and mining</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/our-fiscal-props-financial-services-and-mining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/our-fiscal-props-financial-services-and-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick - what's the biggest sector of the Australian economy? The answer reveals a lot about what's happened since 2001, and what will happen in the next recession.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/our-fiscal-props-financial-services-and-mining/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>There&#8217;ll never be a better time for a carbon price</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/18/sorry-you-cant-support-a-carbon-price-but-not-want-any-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/18/sorry-you-cant-support-a-carbon-price-but-not-want-any-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protectionism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saying you support a carbon price but not if it costs any jobs is nonsensical. The point of a carbon price is change.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/18/sorry-you-cant-support-a-carbon-price-but-not-want-any-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>99</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to re-evaluate Chinese manufacturing? PacBrands fails to deliver</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/17/time-to-re-evaluate-chinese-manufacturing-pacbrands-fails-to-deliver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/17/time-to-re-evaluate-chinese-manufacturing-pacbrands-fails-to-deliver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Brands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=211017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At first glance, Pacific Brands' half-year profit announcement was disastrous. But the news was even worse: results showed the company's highly contentious move to manufacture offshore has not delivered, says <b>James Boston</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/17/time-to-re-evaluate-chinese-manufacturing-pacbrands-fails-to-deliver/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s keeping our cotton undies up?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/whats-keeping-our-cotton-undies-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/whats-keeping-our-cotton-undies-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cotton prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nike]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The giant global garment industry heaved a sigh of relief overnight, as the cotton price eased back slightly from the all-time peak of $1.90 a pound it reached last Friday, writes <i>Business Spectator</i>'s <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/whats-keeping-our-cotton-undies-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Megalogenis: Mining the tax boom</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/double-bind-of-the-minerals-bonanza/story-e6frg6zo-1225871309165</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/double-bind-of-the-minerals-bonanza/story-e6frg6zo-1225871309165#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Miners doubled the company tax they paid over the first four years of the resources boom, but paid a lower effective tax rate than other industries. <b>George Megalogenis</b> explains the new fascinating data.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/double-bind-of-the-minerals-bonanza/story-e6frg6zo-1225871309165/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Winners and losers in the great game of industry assistance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/08/winners-and-losers-in-the-great-game-of-industry-assistance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/08/winners-and-losers-in-the-great-game-of-industry-assistance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[industry assistance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protectionism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia stopped reducing its industry assistance in the 1990s and has been increasing it for years -- mainly to big multinationals in small industries with strong unions. And other sectors are paying the price.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/08/winners-and-losers-in-the-great-game-of-industry-assistance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Why moving offshore isn&#8217;t just about cutting costs</title>
		<link>http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2009/sb20091119_311230.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2009/sb20091119_311230.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn Industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Manufacturing in a Western country is hard. It's expensive, good machinists are difficult to find and many are working illegally or have poor language skills. But moving your manufacturing to China doesn't mean having to sell your soul.]]></description>
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		<title>The dollar is not an Aussie battler</title>
		<link>http://jdereport.com.au/?p=2041</link>
		<comments>http://jdereport.com.au/?p=2041#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aussie dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[export sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don't get too excited about the super cheap international holidays available right now. A weak Aussie dollar keeps our manufacturing up, our unemployment down and our exports competitive, writes <b>Tom Elliot</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Riding the coattails of Asia&#8217;s success</title>
		<link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33404855</link>
		<comments>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33404855#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=94277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite initially being the hardest hit by the GFC, Asian economies have proven more resilient than US and Europe. Manufacturers are hopping on board, exporting to developing countries like China and India and reaping the rewards.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carr has his head in the sand on exports</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/carr-has-his-head-in-the-sand-on-exports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/carr-has-his-head-in-the-sand-on-exports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing exports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/carr-has-his-head-in-the-sand-on-exports/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia might be free from recession and recovering, but the big traditional manufacturing (making) economies of the US, the UK, Germany, Japan, South Korea are still very sick. Demand for goods that are 'made' is going to be very weak for some time.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/carr-has-his-head-in-the-sand-on-exports/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tech-sploitation? Life inside a Chinese gadget sweatshop</title>
		<link>http://www.businessinsider.com/life-inside-a-chinese-gadget-factory-2009-7</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessinsider.com/life-inside-a-chinese-gadget-factory-2009-7#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The manufacturers of tech products recently came into the spotlight after a Chinese worker at an iPhone factory <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8162325.stm">committed suicide</a>. So what's life really like for the people who build your iPods, laptops and digital photo frames? Seriously depressing, according to this worker's account. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.businessinsider.com/life-inside-a-chinese-gadget-factory-2009-7/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Economic data puts Australia on the precipice</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business indicators fell in the March quarter, confirming expectations of a negative reading for first quarter growth.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/economic-data-puts-australia-on-the-precipice/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keffiyeh: Made in Palestine</title>
		<link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/Keffiyeh---Made-in-Palestine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/Keffiyeh---Made-in-Palestine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keffiyeh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The keffiyah: the scarf once a symbol of Palestinian nationalism and now an item of tragic Western hipster fashion. <i>Monocle</i> visits the last Palestinian keffiyeh factory, now in competition with cheaper Chinese manufacturers. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/Keffiyeh---Made-in-Palestine/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian manufacturing in record decline</title>
		<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8946&#038;page=1</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8946&#038;page=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 23:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swinburne University of Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia's manufacturing industry is at a cross-roads: it's sinking fast, but a new research centre at Swinburne Uni might offer a glimmer of hope.]]></description>
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