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	<title>Crikey &#187; Rudd government</title>
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		<title>Is Rudd&#8217;s honeymoon over?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone today has an opinion or three on whether the latest Newspoll is the 47th end of the Rudd honeymoon or a polling outlier. The most likely answer is probably a bit of both.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Costello on each knee, Rudd plays for laughs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rundle-a-costello-on-each-knee-rudd-plays-for-laughs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rundle-a-costello-on-each-knee-rudd-plays-for-laughs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political appointments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rundle-a-costello-on-each-knee-rudd-plays-for-laughs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if Rudd's appointment of Peter Costello to the Future Fund was a little <em>too</em> clever? What does he do if Costello takes the piss: finding safe harbour aboard the ship of state, he refuses to leave, despite continuing to denounce the government by means of messages in bottles?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rundle-a-costello-on-each-knee-rudd-plays-for-laughs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Question Time fun: See Kevin run. See Kevin hide.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/question-time-fun-see-kevin-run-see-kevin-hide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/question-time-fun-see-kevin-run-see-kevin-hide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oceanic viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Ruddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The pursuit of the Prime Minister over the Oceanic Viking made, <em>inter alia</em>, for a rather more interesting Question Time yesterday than we’ve had in some months.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/question-time-fun-see-kevin-run-see-kevin-hide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The CPRS: what the Liberals want</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Malcolm Turnbull has convinced the Coalition to push amendments on the  Government’s CPRS. But what is it that the Liberals want?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boat people: driven by Rudd or war?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/latest-wave-of-boat-people-push-or-pull/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/latest-wave-of-boat-people-push-or-pull/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 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[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/latest-wave-of-boat-people-push-or-pull/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Has the Rudd Government’s bleeding heart softness encouraged refugees to head to our shores? Or are external factors at play?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/latest-wave-of-boat-people-push-or-pull/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
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		<title>Has Rudd really made it easier for refugees?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/crikey-clarifier-has-rudd-really-made-it-easier-for-refugees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/crikey-clarifier-has-rudd-really-made-it-easier-for-refugees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Clarifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/crikey-clarifier-has-rudd-really-made-it-easier-for-refugees/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How has Australia’s refugee processing system changed recently? And are those changes really significant enough to have invited a "surge" of boat people to our shores?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/crikey-clarifier-has-rudd-really-made-it-easier-for-refugees/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No government this morning</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-18/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subeditors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-18/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the media focus on the Opposition at the moment, the government are staying very very quiet. Plus, the sneaking humorous world of sub editors.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-18/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Rudd&#8217;s dividing and conquering, not leading, on ETS and Telstra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/kohler-rudds-dividing-and-conquering-not-leading-on-ets-and-telstra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/kohler-rudds-dividing-and-conquering-not-leading-on-ets-and-telstra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/kohler-rudds-dividing-and-conquering-not-leading-on-ets-and-telstra/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd and his ministers seem to think they are all just playing a political computer game, in which the aim is to kill as many bad guys as possible. But broadband and emissions trading are both nation-changing issues. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/kohler-rudds-dividing-and-conquering-not-leading-on-ets-and-telstra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Telstra decision is just good policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra split]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s an element of politics in Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s decision to break Telstra up. But it’s also good policy that finally corrects the huge mistake Bob Hawke and Kim Beazley made.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>School signs, spin and other half-smart Ruddy capers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school stimulus fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s proclivity for spin and half-smart political strategy is re-emerging, with its signs-in-front-of-schools plan and attempts to sell award modernisation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interconnected online services remain a government pipedream</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/interconnected-online-services-remain-a-government-pipedream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/interconnected-online-services-remain-a-government-pipedream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-Government Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/interconnected-online-services-remain-a-government-pipedream/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government's online services are in a total mess, says <b>Simon Bush</b>, with no central portal, no leadership  and far too much empty rhetoric.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/interconnected-online-services-remain-a-government-pipedream/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>McClelland&#8217;s new terror bill is soft totalitarian nonsense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert McClelland's new terror bill is based on the notion that people are simply psychological crash-test dummies, rather than robust and resilient citizens in a free society.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Rudd&#8217;s CPRS should be voted down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/essay-why-rudds-cprs-should-be-voted-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/essay-why-rudds-cprs-should-be-voted-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon leakage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[op-eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/essay-why-rudds-cprs-should-be-voted-down/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Passage of the CPRS bill will protect and entrench the very carbon pollution the scheme purports to address. The only sensible vote from any perspective is "No", writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/essay-why-rudds-cprs-should-be-voted-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP conference turtles pull their heads in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/alp-conference-turtles-pull-their-heads-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/alp-conference-turtles-pull-their-heads-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor fringe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/alp-conference-turtles-pull-their-heads-in/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a federal MP likens the ALP front bench to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you know the ALP National Conference has turned terminal.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/alp-conference-turtles-pull-their-heads-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The elephant in the child care reform strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-elephant-in-the-child-care-reform-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-elephant-in-the-child-care-reform-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-elephant-in-the-child-care-reform-strategy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the Government already spending over $56M to fund child care and save centres, it refuses to look at how the current funding model made such collapses inevitable.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-elephant-in-the-child-care-reform-strategy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Note to Parliament: truth is not the words you use</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/note-to-parliament-truth-is-not-the-words-you-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/note-to-parliament-truth-is-not-the-words-you-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/note-to-parliament-truth-is-not-the-words-you-use/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians and media hype about emergencies do not pass muster with the High Court when it comes to Canberra justifying the constitutional validity of its actions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/note-to-parliament-truth-is-not-the-words-you-use/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>News Ltd v the Rudd government &#8230; V for vendetta</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/news-ltd-v-the-rudd-government-v-for-vendetta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/news-ltd-v-the-rudd-government-v-for-vendetta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/news-ltd-v-the-rudd-government-v-for-vendetta/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd Government is exploiting a News Ltd vendetta to the hilt to avoid scrutiny and reinforce the Prime Minister’s popularity.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/news-ltd-v-the-rudd-government-v-for-vendetta/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Rudd&#8217;s ETS targets will crush climate justice</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/hamilton-how-cprs-targets-will-crush-climate-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/hamilton-how-cprs-targets-will-crush-climate-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Hamilton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When at some point poor countries take on emission reduction obligations their low-hanging fruit will have been harvested by our big polluters, leaving poor countries with more expensive options.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unions, thugs and Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/unions-thugs-and-labor-rudd-squares-off-in-obstruction-central/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/unions-thugs-and-labor-rudd-squares-off-in-obstruction-central/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Building and Construction Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Business Investment Partnership bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The union movement remains deeply angered at the Government’s insistence on retaining a separate enforcement mechanism for the construction industry. The next week should be exciting. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>There&#8217;s plenty Rudd could do about CBA&#8217;s gouging</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/theres-plenty-rudd-could-do-about-cbas-gouging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/theres-plenty-rudd-could-do-about-cbas-gouging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home loan rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The CBA home rate rise last week is typical of Australian banks' cartel behavior, but don't expect Rudd, Gillard and Swan to do anything about it, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dishonesty, hypocrisy, stimulus and The Australian</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/dishonesty-hypocrisy-stimulus-and-the-australian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/dishonesty-hypocrisy-stimulus-and-the-australian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Australian</em> newspaper’s current campaign against the Government’s stimulus package has to be one of the more dishonest and hypocritical of recent years.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>The future of the Australian public service</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/the-future-of-the-australian-public-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/the-future-of-the-australian-public-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Conversations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=65137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Podger is one of the most respected leaders in public administration in Australia. He chats with Crikey's Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane about the challenges facing the public service, under Rudd and beyond. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd reshuffle: a win for talent&#8230; and factional allegiances</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/rudds-reshuffle-adds-a-layer-to-the-levels-of-complexity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/rudds-reshuffle-adds-a-layer-to-the-levels-of-complexity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You have to hand it to the Prime Minister -- he sure likes making things complicated. <strong>Bernard Keane</strong> wraps the weekend reshuffle action after Joel Fistgibbon's resignation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hold the champagne on Australia&#8217;s growth figures</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/hold-the-champagne-on-australias-growth-figures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/hold-the-champagne-on-australias-growth-figures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keynesian economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/hold-the-champagne-on-australias-growth-figures/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The collective fawning over the March quarter growth figures by the press gallery shows a thorough misunderstanding of Australia’s economic predicament.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence Minister Fitzgibbon&#8217;s gone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/joel-fitzgibbons-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/joel-fitzgibbons-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standards of Ministerial Ethics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The beleaguered Defence minister is gone (read the back story <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/joel-fitzgibbon-time-to-step-aside/">here</a>). Who will replace him?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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