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		<title>White-collar Holden workers face the axe</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/white-collar-holden-workers-face-the-axe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/white-collar-holden-workers-face-the-axe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gm holden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Motors Holden have announced plans to lay off swathes of white collar workers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will Albo&#8217;s free kick be an own goal?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/tips-and-rumours-68/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/tips-and-rumours-68/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coober Pedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marrickville Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese gets his community offside over fig trees, things hot up in Coober Pedy, Sackwatch news, and more from our tipsters. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another refugee boat intercepted?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/tips-and-rumours-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/tips-and-rumours-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carmel tebbutt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtney gibson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chaser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rumours are surfacing that Immigration chiefs are worried stiff this morning about overcrowding on Christmas Island on the back of Unannounced Boat Number 14 (UBN14*)...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Utegate edition of tips &amp; rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/tips-and-rumours-41/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/tips-and-rumours-41/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CityRail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin Grech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMIT University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/tips-and-rumours-41/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who is Godwin Grech?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sackwatch 12: Unemployment figures may be staying put for a while&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/sackwatch-12-unemployment-figures-may-be-staying-put-for-a-while/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/sackwatch-12-unemployment-figures-may-be-staying-put-for-a-while/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centennial coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gunns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Monitors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mint Wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/sackwatch-12-unemployment-figures-may-be-staying-put-for-a-while/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> continues to track the job-loss carnage.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch 11: the shutters come down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/sackwatch-11-the-shutters-come-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/sackwatch-11-the-shutters-come-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment data released this morning has confirmed the suspicion among economists that the April jobless figure was a blip on the radar.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch 10: place your bets before the deluge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/sackwatch-10-place-your-bets-before-the-deluge-hits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/sackwatch-10-place-your-bets-before-the-deluge-hits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centrebet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Centrebet has launched a betting market on how high unemployment might go, with the smart money saying last month's jobless drop will be erased in May.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey&#8217;s SackWatch on ABC2</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/crikeys-sackwatch-on-abc2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/crikeys-sackwatch-on-abc2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Featuring: Andrew Crook&#8217;s beard, Sophie Black going home, the back of Jonathan Green&#8217;s head, First Dog kicking back with his foot on the desk, and our not-at-all-missed old website.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is a leak? Job losses at News Ltd?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/tips-and-rumours-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/tips-and-rumours-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage brokers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A robust round of SackWatch rumours in today's edition of tips and rumours. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Axe-o-meter, like Crikey&#8217;s SackWatch but worse</title>
		<link>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/05/the-new-establishment-axeometer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/05/the-new-establishment-axeometer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Vanity Fair</em> updates its New Establishment list with the numbers of jobs lost in recent months. The figures make Crikey's <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/sackwatch/">SackWatch</a> look like sunshine and rainbows.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>War against Taliban: military equivalent of global warming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/afghanistan-budget-fundraising-paying-for-newspaper-content-online-sackwatch-jumps-racing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/afghanistan-budget-fundraising-paying-for-newspaper-content-online-sackwatch-jumps-racing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney v Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial by jury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers weigh in on Afghanistan, Budget fundraising, paying for newspaper content online, SackWatch and jumps racing. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/afghanistan-budget-fundraising-paying-for-newspaper-content-online-sackwatch-jumps-racing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch 9: forget the ABS, we&#8217;ve got the real story</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/sackwatch-9-forget-the-abs-weve-got-the-real-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/sackwatch-9-forget-the-abs-weve-got-the-real-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey continues to document the jobs carnage at the front line with the ninth instalment of our SackWatch column. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/sackwatch-9-forget-the-abs-weve-got-the-real-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch compiled: Crikey&#8217;s list of corporate shame</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/sackwatch-compiled-crikeys-list-of-corporate-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/sackwatch-compiled-crikeys-list-of-corporate-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey has been following the jobs fallout since early January, with five items to date on the jobs crisis threatening to taint Kevin Rudd's leadership.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch 8: we track the jobs carnage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/29/sackwatch-8-we-track-the-jobs-carnage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/29/sackwatch-8-we-track-the-jobs-carnage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flight Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kleenmaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s looming unemployment crisis continues to gather momentum with economists scrambling to re-adjust their jobless forecasts.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Easter bunnyload of hot tips</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/tips-and-rumours-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/tips-and-rumours-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citylink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gruen Transfer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicpol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A bucketload of anonymous tips sent to Crikey. Has KPMG sacked 50 people in Perth? And is <em>The Gruen Transfer</em> offending its audience?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: The firings keep coming as job ads fall by 45%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/sackwatch-the-firings-keep-coming-as-job-ads-fall-by-45/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/sackwatch-the-firings-keep-coming-as-job-ads-fall-by-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluescope Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Crikey published its sixth SackWatch update last week, the tips box has again been running rampant with fresh tales of shoulder-tapping in businesses across the nation, reports <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: unemployment heads to double digits</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/sackwatch-unemployment-heads-to-double-digits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/sackwatch-unemployment-heads-to-double-digits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a three week hiatus, Crikey’s SackWatch is back in full swing.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bankers&#8217; bonuses are not entirely evil. However&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/bankers-bonuses-are-not-entirely-evil-however/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/bankers-bonuses-are-not-entirely-evil-however/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers argue that bankers' bonuses are indeed inflated: "It is misleading to compare bonuses in the financial sector to commissions for salespeople. Salespeople cannot expose their employer to the risk that traders can."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Google sacks 200 in sales and marketing</title>
		<link>http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135569</link>
		<comments>http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135569#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an unfamiliar place for the search giant, whose hockey-stick growth in search has funded massive expansion into new businesses and philanthropic activities. Google has doubled staff in the past two years, growing from 10,674 at the end of 2006 to 22,222 at the end of last year.]]></description>
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		<title>SackWatch update: corporate carnage continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/sackwatch-update-corporate-carnage-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/03/sackwatch-update-corporate-carnage-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey’s tips box has been running hot following last Friday’s SackWatch meta-list, with a number of new corporates pressing the panic button, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>SackWatch: PacBrands &#8230; Lonely Planet &#8230; Blakes &#8230; ATO</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/sackwatch-pacbrands-lonely-planet-blakes-ato/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/sackwatch-pacbrands-lonely-planet-blakes-ato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lonely planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Brands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's staggering announcement that manufacturing icon Pacific Brands will sack 1,850 workers could just be the tip of the iceberg, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/sackwatch-pacbrands-lonely-planet-blakes-ato/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>SackWatch: KPMG &#8230; CSR &#8230; Virgin Blue &#8230; Tanner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/sackwatch-kpmg-csr-virgin-blue-tanner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/sackwatch-kpmg-csr-virgin-blue-tanner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's SackWatch is now up to its fourth installment with another huge spate of lay-offs announced in the last week, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>SackWatch: Ninemsn&#8230; MacBank&#8230; Harvey Norman&#8230; GE&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/sackwatch-ninemsn-macbank-harvey-norman-ge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/sackwatch-ninemsn-macbank-harvey-norman-ge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unemployment in australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment numbers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey’s SackWatch continues apace with a spate of sackings, disappointing employment data and job surveys upping the pressure on the Senate to pass Kevin Rudd’s $42 billion stimulus package, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/sackwatch-ninemsn-macbank-harvey-norman-ge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: 1.5 million and counting</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/02/sackwatch-15-million-and-counting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/02/sackwatch-15-million-and-counting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Crikey army has responded in predictably feisty style to our inaugural SackWatch list, with tips piling in from across the country.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/02/sackwatch-15-million-and-counting/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: new Crikey list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/sackwatch-new-crikey-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/sackwatch-new-crikey-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sackings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment rate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia clearly isn’t immune from the global depression, so Crikey thought it was about time to assess the jobs carnage unfolding on the home front.]]></description>
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