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		<title>Why state governments need to get out of industry policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/why-state-governments-need-to-get-out-of-industry-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/why-state-governments-need-to-get-out-of-industry-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much damage can be done in the name of industry assistance by state governments.]]></description>
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		<title>How voters feel about state governments: it&#8217;s not healthy respect</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/how-voters-feel-about-state-governments-its-not-healthy-respect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters' attitudes towards their state governments vary considerably, depending on how they handle important issues. But everyone agrees they don't handle health well.]]></description>
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		<title>State governments get a handle on housing boom addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/03/state-governments-get-a-handle-on-housing-boom-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/03/state-governments-get-a-handle-on-housing-boom-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The adoption of commercial incentive tactics has lead to state governments in Australia becoming addicted to property taxes, collecting big on stamp duty and offering very little in return.]]></description>
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		<title>Nationalising our rainfall</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/nationalising-our-rainfall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/nationalising-our-rainfall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water catchment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water rules]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The right to use rain that falls on a person's roof is vested in state Governments by state legislation apparently, writes <b>Greg Cameron</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>US markets plunge as Fed cuts rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/12/us-markets-plunge-as-fed-cuts-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/12/us-markets-plunge-as-fed-cuts-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond insurer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bunch of drunks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open market committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Federal Reserve announced its latest 0.25% cut in the Federal Funds rate overnight, but like a bunch of drunks on a bender, the desperates on Wall Street wanted more, reports Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
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		<title>Crikey Policy Comparison Pt 2: Housing affordability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/crikey-policy-comparison-pt-2-housing-affordability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/crikey-policy-comparison-pt-2-housing-affordability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing affordability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing affordability crisis has been front and centre of this campaign, and when it comes to the two major parties, it's come down to the battling for the votes of first time home owners. Each party is promising to help save for that much needed deposit, the question is how?]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s pokies: a tour by numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/australias-pokies-a-tour-by-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/australias-pokies-a-tour-by-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pokies probably won’t become a hot button issue for the upcoming election, but there has been a recent rise in bad press. Here are some facts and figures on the role of pokies as entertainment and revenue collectors. ]]></description>
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		<title>Broadband projects an embarrassing, expensive failure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/22/broadband-projects-an-embarrassing-expensive-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/22/broadband-projects-an-embarrassing-expensive-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps John Howard is right – State Governments are stupid. When NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced its ambitious program to blanket Sydney with WiFi coverage, providing it for free to consumers, he explicitly referred to a San Franciscan project as one to emulate.]]></description>
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		<title>Exposing the federal and state accounting rorts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/10/exposing-the-federal-and-state-accounting-rorts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/10/exposing-the-federal-and-state-accounting-rorts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disingenuous]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Costello was back in the Parliament pushing the big lie yesterday – that the Commonwealth under John Howard “reduced its debt from $96 billion to zero”. In fact, they owe $50 billion, writes Stephen Mayne.]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra vs The States, Part XVI</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/canberra-vs-the-states-part-xvi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/canberra-vs-the-states-part-xvi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing new about John Howard's centralism. Like most
federal politicians, fighting the states comes naturally to him. But the most recent twist - trying to sell the idea that the states are to blame for upward pressure on interest rates - still comes as something of a
surprise, writes Charles Richardson.]]></description>
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		<title>John Howard’s island moments</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/john-howards-island-moments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/john-howards-island-moments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mersey hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mersey valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tasmanian government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only six days ago that the Prime Minister took a brief moment off from posing for his birthday pics with the troops in Dili to lay the foundations for the damage control that will be necessary should the Reserve Bank actually increase interest rates before the election. ]]></description>
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		<title>Howard’s federalist legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/25/howards-federalist-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/25/howards-federalist-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative prime minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Mr Howard’s 11 years in office, the move towards making State Governments mere administrative agents has accelerated at a pace Labor’s Gough Whitlam would only have dreamed of, writes Richard Farmer. ]]></description>
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