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	<title>Crikey &#187; stimulus package</title>
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		<title>Crikey says: it&#8217;s about confidence, isn&#8217;t it?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/crikey-says-its-about-confidence-isnt-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/crikey-says-its-about-confidence-isnt-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So did it or didn't it? Can't someone say definitively, once and for all, if the Rudd government's stimulus package kept Australia out of a major recession?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unemployment falls as stimulus is withdrawn</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/meanwhile-in-the-real-world-unemployment-falls-as-stimulus-is-withdrawn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/meanwhile-in-the-real-world-unemployment-falls-as-stimulus-is-withdrawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment has plummeted -- a small reminder that, for all its problems this week, the Government has got the big picture right.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/g20-swan-and-so-called-puffed-up-punditry/</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/g20-swan-and-so-called-puffed-up-punditry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australians get stimulated: where the money went</title>
		<link>http://andrewleigh.com/?p=2260</link>
		<comments>http://andrewleigh.com/?p=2260#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=82354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do stimulus packages work? To answer the question, you need to know what people <em>do</em> with the government handouts. <b>Andrew Leigh</b> looks at what Aussie households did with their $12 billion.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/the-dyer-index-black-is-back-for-gdp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business conditions are looking up with business confidence bouncing back to nearly its long term average, the latest NAB survey finds.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/the-dyer-index-black-is-back-for-gdp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big steps by Big Government saves US economy</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/opinion/10krugman.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/opinion/10krugman.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=79218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US economy might still be struggling, but it's not the Great Depression II that was feared. <b>Paul Krugman</b> says it's all thanks to one thing: Big Government. ]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/how-rate-cuts-and-a-little-stimulus-saved-myer/</guid>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/feds-build-1000th-home-in-three-months-in-rudd%e2%80%99s-electorate/</guid>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/time-to-stimulate-the-jobless-whatever-the-conservatariat-might-think/</guid>
		<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[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></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>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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/dishonesty-hypocrisy-stimulus-and-the-australian/</guid>
		<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>Why Australia&#8217;s economists are wrong about the stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2009/06/the-uselessness-of-useless-spending</link>
		<comments>http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2009/06/the-uselessness-of-useless-spending#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=65164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should it turn out that the stimulus packages have been quack remedies, writes <strong>Steven Kates</strong>, we are soon going to know. Economists don't need to write a letter about it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2009/06/the-uselessness-of-useless-spending/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/crikey-says-12/</guid>
		<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>Obama should to take a look around to succeed in the next 100 days</title>
		<link>http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-obama-can-succeed-in-next-hundred.html</link>
		<comments>http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-obama-can-succeed-in-next-hundred.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supercapitalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his first 100 days, Barack Obama has hit the ground sprinting and hasn't stopped. <b>Robert Reich</b> looks at how he can succeed for the next 100, and beyond.]]></description>
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		<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[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></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>
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		<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>The creativity stimulus they had to have</title>
		<link>http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090504/chang</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090504/chang#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richard florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the United States, government funding of popular culture is back on the table. But decades of neglect means the restoration of real creativity could take years.]]></description>
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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>

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		<description><![CDATA[The more things change...]]></description>
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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>

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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians worship different gods than do believers in free markets, argues <b>PJ O’Rourke</b>.]]></description>
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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>

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		<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>
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		<title>South Korea lights the way on emissions cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/21/south-korea-enviroment-carbon-emissions</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/21/south-korea-enviroment-carbon-emissions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon abatement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seoul's huge financial stimulus package pledges 81% for a swath of environmental projects. But activists fear a wave of construction may increase the country's carbon footprint.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/21/south-korea-enviroment-carbon-emissions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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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>

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		<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>
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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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