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		<title>Gillard&#8217;s rail pledge ends decades of disgraceful mismanagement</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/gillards-rail-pledge-ends-decades-of-disgraceful-mismanagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSW, no matter what the government, cannot be trusted with infrastructure dollars, as the mal-administration of transport projects is hard-wired into the state’s public service.]]></description>
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		<title>No argument for dumping Rudd&#8217;s tax cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/no-argument-for-dumping-rudds-tax-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/no-argument-for-dumping-rudds-tax-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the absence of a compelling case for ditching them, the Government is right to keep the tax cuts.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney&#8217;s Metro Line goes down the gurgler</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/sydneys-metro-line-goes-down-the-gurgler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/sydneys-metro-line-goes-down-the-gurgler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[railway trains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The train standing on platform 1 is the Labor Government special service to electoral oblivion. It will be leaving at the state election in March 2011, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW top bureaucrat quits with fatigue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/nsw-top-bureaucrat-quits-with-fatigue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/nsw-top-bureaucrat-quits-with-fatigue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops. NSW Pemier Nathan Ress has just lost Robyn Kruk, the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the State’s most powerful bureaucrat, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW infrastructure tzar takes his revenge on Rees</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/nsw-infrastructure-tzar-takes-his-revenge-on-rees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/nsw-infrastructure-tzar-takes-his-revenge-on-rees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Richmond has walked out of the $300,000-a-year job as NSW Coordinator General after just 18 months, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Costa to begin new life as a barista</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/michael-costa-to-begin-new-life-as-a-barista/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/michael-costa-to-begin-new-life-as-a-barista/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CentreLink’s office in Sydney’s CBD has become crowded with new clients from the political hierarchy – Premier Morris Iemma, Treasurer Michael Costa and Health Minister Reba Meagher, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/michael-costa-to-begin-new-life-as-a-barista/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW the bankrupt state, in more ways than one</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-the-bankrupt-state-in-more-ways-than-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-the-bankrupt-state-in-more-ways-than-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s all very dramatic of Costa to declare the state’s finances in near-crisis -- he was exaggerating, of course -- but we long suffering tax payers and voters have every right to ask why, writes <b>Michael Pascoe</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Premier Morris Iemma resigns</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/nsw-premier-morris-iemma-resigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/nsw-premier-morris-iemma-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[barry o'farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john watkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSW Premier Morris Iemma has been dumped, Treasurer Michael Costa has been sacked and Deputy Premier and Transport Minister John Watkins has resigned, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/nsw-premier-morris-iemma-resigns/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s obvious: Premier Iemma must sack Costa</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/its-obvious-premier-iemma-must-sack-costa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/its-obvious-premier-iemma-must-sack-costa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john watkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If NSW Premier Morris Iemma is fair dinkum about restoring some credibility and cohesion to his dysfunctional government, then tomorrow’s Cabinet reshuffle is a no-brainer, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/its-obvious-premier-iemma-must-sack-costa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW power privatisation dead: any life in Iemma?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/nsw-power-privatisation-dead-any-life-in-iemma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/nsw-power-privatisation-dead-any-life-in-iemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The utter failure of the power sale project can be sheeted home to two people – the Premier and his Treasurer, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Morris Iemma is an ex-premier, bereft of life, no more, etc.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/11/morris-iemma-is-an-ex-premier-bereft-of-life-no-more-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/11/morris-iemma-is-an-ex-premier-bereft-of-life-no-more-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSW Premier Morris Iemma's days are done, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The hunt for Iemma-Costa replacements begins</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/the-hunt-for-iemma-costa-replacements-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/the-hunt-for-iemma-costa-replacements-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Labor MPs, the long winter recess is time to get on the mobile to discuss what to do about the two architects of the government’s self-destruction, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>. That is, Premier Morris Iemma and Treasurer Michael Costa. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/the-hunt-for-iemma-costa-replacements-begins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government, <b>Richard Farmer</b> writes.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canberra rumour mill has picked up a murmur that one WA Liberal could be in big trouble for some questionable use of campaign funds&#8230; funds which were not his to start with. Party officials are apparently trying to get the funds back before it becomes public. Given that one of his colleagues seems keen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iemma&#8217;s new party of pick and choose</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/iemmas-new-party-of-pick-and-choose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/iemmas-new-party-of-pick-and-choose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW government has moved into its post-party phase, writes <b>Alex Micthell</b>.
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