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	<title>Crikey &#187; stimulus package</title>
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		<title>G20: home of the real economic  debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/g20-swan-and-so-called-puffed-up-punditry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/g20-swan-and-so-called-puffed-up-punditry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did the stimulus package work? That’s the <em>only</em> economic debate the Opposition and much of Australia’s media are mired in. But a lot more went down at G20 over the weekend. Like the Rudd government's vindication.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Dyer Index: Black is back for GDP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/the-dyer-index-black-is-back-for-gdp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/the-dyer-index-black-is-back-for-gdp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building approvals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyer Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jb hifi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Business conditions are looking up with business confidence bouncing back to nearly its long term average, the latest NAB survey finds.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How rate cuts and a little stimulus saved Myer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/how-rate-cuts-and-a-little-stimulus-saved-myer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/how-rate-cuts-and-a-little-stimulus-saved-myer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without the $432 million in government stimulus spending that Myer received, the company would still be struggling under a mountain of debt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/how-rate-cuts-and-a-little-stimulus-saved-myer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Feds build 1000th home in three months&#8230; in Rudd’s electorate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/feds-build-1000th-home-in-three-months-in-rudd%e2%80%99s-electorate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/feds-build-1000th-home-in-three-months-in-rudd%e2%80%99s-electorate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stimulus package housing is one thing, intervention housing quite another, writes <b>Chris Graham</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/feds-build-1000th-home-in-three-months-in-rudd%e2%80%99s-electorate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to stimulate jobless, whatever conservatariat thinks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/time-to-stimulate-the-jobless-whatever-the-conservatariat-might-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/time-to-stimulate-the-jobless-whatever-the-conservatariat-might-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Quiggin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new issue is whether things are going well enough that the Government could actually ease off on the stimulus package. Not so fast.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/time-to-stimulate-the-jobless-whatever-the-conservatariat-might-think/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</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>

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		<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>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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/dishonesty-hypocrisy-stimulus-and-the-australian/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>The results are in: Labor&#8217;s stimulus worked</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/crikey-says-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/crikey-says-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government targeted retail and construction, two of the biggest-employing sectors, and bombed them with cash, and it has worked.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/crikey-says-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>From Costello Land to Wayne’s World of Shopping</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/from-costello-land-to-wayne%e2%80%99s-world-of-shopping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/from-costello-land-to-wayne%e2%80%99s-world-of-shopping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Economic models are as vacuous as fashion models: they look good but that can’t tell you anything that matters, writes <b>Paul Comrie-Thomson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/from-costello-land-to-wayne%e2%80%99s-world-of-shopping/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget deficits and the grand hypocrisy of Peter Costello</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/budget-deficits-and-the-grand-hypocrisy-of-peter-costello/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/budget-deficits-and-the-grand-hypocrisy-of-peter-costello/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest public policy issue in Australia at the moment is the size of our budget deficit. The man most responsible is Peter Costello.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/budget-deficits-and-the-grand-hypocrisy-of-peter-costello/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Education revolution brings stress and strain with the largesse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/education-revolution-brings-stress-and-strain-with-the-largesse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/education-revolution-brings-stress-and-strain-with-the-largesse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Schools across the country are suffering unexpected strain from their share of the government’s largesse.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/education-revolution-brings-stress-and-strain-with-the-largesse/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ATO stuff-up could pull $22 out of your stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/ato-stuff-up-could-pull-22-out-of-your-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/ato-stuff-up-could-pull-22-out-of-your-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A problem at the ATO is the reason why many Australians haven't got their $900 tax bonus from the Federal Government yet, says Crikey intern <strong>Elly Keating</strong>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/ato-stuff-up-could-pull-22-out-of-your-stimulus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>From The Chicago Tribune of 1934</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/from-the-chicago-tribune-of-1934/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/from-the-chicago-tribune-of-1934/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more things change...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>PJ O’Rourke: stimulating, like an untaxed leech</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/pj-o%e2%80%99rourke-stimulating-like-an-untaxed-leech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/pj-o%e2%80%99rourke-stimulating-like-an-untaxed-leech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bail out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians worship different gods than do believers in free markets, argues <b>PJ O’Rourke</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/pj-o%e2%80%99rourke-stimulating-like-an-untaxed-leech/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s Package III: Stimulate with a Vengeance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/rudds-package-iii-stimulate-with-a-vengeance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/rudds-package-iii-stimulate-with-a-vengeance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This might be the most difficult budget in decades, but at the moment, there’s no Opposition worthy of the name to pressure the Government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/rudds-package-iii-stimulate-with-a-vengeance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>KRudd stimulates Facebook and Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/krudd-stimulates-facebook-and-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/krudd-stimulates-facebook-and-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A growing number of Facebookers are using the social networking site to express their gratitude, or frustration, with Rudd and his $900 stimulus hand outs, writes Crikey intern <strong>Elly Keating</strong>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/krudd-stimulates-facebook-and-twitter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Three friends are discussing how they might spend their $950&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/three-friends-are-discussing-how-they-might-spend-their-950/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/21/three-friends-are-discussing-how-they-might-spend-their-950/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malcolm Turnbull, king of nuance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/malcolm-turnbull-king-of-nuance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/malcolm-turnbull-king-of-nuance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull's nuanced economic message has more nuance than, well, Nuanced Jack McNuance, winner of this year’s Mr Nuance competition, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/malcolm-turnbull-king-of-nuance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keating: a chance to remake the global financial system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/keating-a-chance-to-remake-the-global-financial-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/keating-a-chance-to-remake-the-global-financial-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until international monetary governance is democratised, or at least is more representative, no major developing country, creditor or otherwise, is going to put its head into the IMF cum US Treasury noose, writes <b>Paul Keating</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Data, recession, Turnbull and a load of old experts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/data-recession-turnbull-and-a-load-of-old-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/data-recession-turnbull-and-a-load-of-old-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[academic economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull has built his entire strategy for the economic crisis on an academic parlour game with zero real-world significance, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>“Operation Stimulus”: tinkering with Territory tenders</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/operation-stimulus-tinkering-with-territory-tenders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/operation-stimulus-tinkering-with-territory-tenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free market competition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the NT Government decides somehow that it wants something to happen, it does not first check on the marketplace or turn to the subtle tools of market intervention, writes <b>Dr David Curl</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housing up as Rudd cash splash continues to ripple</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/housing-up-as-rudd-cash-splash-continues-to-ripple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/housing-up-as-rudd-cash-splash-continues-to-ripple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's more tentative evidence emerging of the December cash splash working, despite what others might be saying, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/05/housing-up-as-rudd-cash-splash-continues-to-ripple/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Australia’s Kate Ellis wins Oscar for her portrayal of a Cabinet minister</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/australias-kate-ellis-wins-oscar-for-her-portrayal-of-a-cabinet-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/australias-kate-ellis-wins-oscar-for-her-portrayal-of-a-cabinet-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academy award nominations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kate ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Sports Minister in the Rudd Government Kate Ellis won an Oscar for her portrayal of a Cabinet minister. <b>Walter Slurry</b>. was there to see history in the making.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Queensland election is imminent</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/a-queensland-election-is-imminent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/a-queensland-election-is-imminent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey can now confirm that the "imminent election" in Queensland may in fact be imminent, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/a-queensland-election-is-imminent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will the $12 billion Rudd handout save the Bligh Government?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/19/will-the-12-billion-rudd-handout-save-the-bligh-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/19/will-the-12-billion-rudd-handout-save-the-bligh-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer debt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's time we looked more closely at the mechanics of how the Rudd Government will potentially lift the national debt to $200 billion over the next four years, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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