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	<title>Crikey &#187; pensioners</title>
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		<title>Five reasons why the govt should be wary about set-top boxes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/17/five-reasons-why-the-govt-should-be-wary-about-set-top-boxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/17/five-reasons-why-the-govt-should-be-wary-about-set-top-boxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 02:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people with disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink batts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is the federal government's $308 million plan to provide pensioners with digital set-top boxes really a vital service for vulnerable Australians?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>No pensioner shall live in audio-visual poverty&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/09/no-pensioner-shall-live-in-audio-visual-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/09/no-pensioner-shall-live-in-audio-visual-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 03:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Ad Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital switchover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television transmission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new handout to pensioners for digital television joins the list of gifts to the TV networks. Television has now become a human right in Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oz taxpayers picking up the tab for UK pensioners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/oz-taxpayers-picking-up-the-tab-for-uk-pensioners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/oz-taxpayers-picking-up-the-tab-for-uk-pensioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aged care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centrelink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has never been much public sympathy for the frozen pensioners in the UK.  It seems they are envied and imagined to be endlessly sipping sundowners on golf club verandahs, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pummelling of pensioners just plain wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/pummelling-of-pensioners-just-plain-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/pummelling-of-pensioners-just-plain-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Penberthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday the editor of <em>The Punch</em>, David Penberthy, <a href="http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-message-to-the-pensioners-of-australia-get-stuffed/" target="_blank">verbally belted</a> the bejesus out of the 60 somethings. He seems unaware of age discrimination in the workplace, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gittins: Pollies pander to grey power</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/jobless-fall-by-the-wayside-in-crusade-to-harness-grey-power-20090929-gb0a.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/jobless-fall-by-the-wayside-in-crusade-to-harness-grey-power-20090929-gb0a.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single mothers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Single age pensioners <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/pension-v-dole-whats-the-dollar-difference/">received a pension increase</a> and concessions on their rent. Is it because they are the most 'worthy' pensioners? No. It's because their votes are critical, writes <b>Ross Gittins</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dealing with Centrelink is a full-time job for some pensioners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/dealing-with-centrelink-is-a-full-time-job-for-some-pensioners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/dealing-with-centrelink-is-a-full-time-job-for-some-pensioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centrelink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aged pensioners who supplement their pensions with paid employment, even occasionally, must now report their circumstances to Centrelink every fortnight, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/dealing-with-centrelink-is-a-full-time-job-for-some-pensioners/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>60 is not the new 40</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/age-discrimination-continues-in-the-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/age-discrimination-continues-in-the-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension age increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Age discrimination continues in the workplace, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>2009 budget is oversold and unfair</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/eva-cox-2009-budget-is-oversold-and-unfair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/eva-cox-2009-budget-is-oversold-and-unfair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid parental leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, there were good bits, but as a social document based on fairness, the 2009 federal budget wasn’t crash hot.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/eva-cox-2009-budget-is-oversold-and-unfair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Court of Human Rights&#8217; shock decision on UK pensions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/05/court-of-human-rights-shock-decision-on-uk-pensions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/05/court-of-human-rights-shock-decision-on-uk-pensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 500,000 elderly British expats, about half of them Australia-based, are reeling from the shock news that the European Court of Human Rights has rejected their claim that the UK's long-standing frozen pensions policy is discriminatory, writes <b>Ava Hubble</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/05/court-of-human-rights-shock-decision-on-uk-pensions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The needy miss out on Santa Kevin&#8217;s package</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/16/the-needy-miss-out-on-santa-kevins-package/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/16/the-needy-miss-out-on-santa-kevins-package/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Santa Kevin managed to miss out some of the most needy and give unnecessary money to some people one could call a tetch greedy, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/16/the-needy-miss-out-on-santa-kevins-package/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition continues pushing money to rich pensioners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A $30 rise is not enough for the really poor pensioners with no income and is too much for those well off pensioners that Peter Costello stuck on the public tit in his last couple of budgets, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senate passes payrise for pensioners in its own good time</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/senate-passes-payrise-for-pensioners-in-its-own-good-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/senate-passes-payrise-for-pensioners-in-its-own-good-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the pensioners' payrise through the Senate called on a steady-as-she-goes, good-process policy development much beloved by old-school bureaucrats, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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