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	<title>Crikey &#187; tax</title>
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		<title>Crikey Clarifier: Scientology. WTF?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom cruise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who exactly are the Scientologists and why have they suddenly come up in the news? <b>Crikey intern Michelle Loh</b> waded into the morass…
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax Office won’t prosecute Australia’s worst tax cheat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/tax-office-won%e2%80%99t-prosecute-australia%e2%80%99s-worst-tax-cheat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/tax-office-won%e2%80%99t-prosecute-australia%e2%80%99s-worst-tax-cheat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Taxation Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Quigley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glenn wheatley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Wickenby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cheats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Wheatley is jailed for $300,000 in tax cheating. Yet an unnamed tax cheat who owed tax totalling $242million gets away with no prosecution, writes <b>Chris Seague</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/tax-office-won%e2%80%99t-prosecute-australia%e2%80%99s-worst-tax-cheat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fake contractors gouging our tax base: unions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is facing an ongoing drain on tax revenue as a result of the failure of the Howard Government’s attempts to prevent “bogus contracting” from undermining the tax base.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/fake-contractors-gouging-our-tax-base-unions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax and the family home</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-68/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-68/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community-funded journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foundation for Public Interest Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on tax and the family home, the idea of community-funded reporting and the continual fight for equal pay for women.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-68/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A hard, tough and brutal tax debate is brewing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/a-hard-tough-and-brutal-tax-debate-is-brewing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/a-hard-tough-and-brutal-tax-debate-is-brewing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Tax Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/a-hard-tough-and-brutal-tax-debate-is-brewing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax reform shouldn’t be easy. Yet it is not clear that any reform will actually flow from the Henry Review, writes <b>Sinclair Davidson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/a-hard-tough-and-brutal-tax-debate-is-brewing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips for tax cheats: who the ATO are going after this year</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/tips-for-tax-cheats-who-the-ato-are-going-after-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/tips-for-tax-cheats-who-the-ato-are-going-after-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Taxation Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael D’Ascenzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Want hints on how to be a tax cheat? Then read the new Australian Taxation Office compliance, where they actually tip you off on what they're looking for.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/tips-for-tax-cheats-who-the-ato-are-going-after-this-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>$34 to veterans, $31 to East Asia and $2.35 to the Library: your tax at work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/34-to-veterans-31-to-east-asia-and-235-to-the-library-your-tax-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/34-to-veterans-31-to-east-asia-and-235-to-the-library-your-tax-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayer funded]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, thanks to the glories of the internet, you can see exactly where your tax dollars are going. How much is being spent on welfare cheats or the communists at the ABC?
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/34-to-veterans-31-to-east-asia-and-235-to-the-library-your-tax-at-work/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Looking out for the ladies: Australia&#8217;s future tax system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/looking-out-for-the-ladies-australias-future-tax-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/looking-out-for-the-ladies-australias-future-tax-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Electoral Lobby]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/looking-out-for-the-ladies-australias-future-tax-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In considering the community's aspirations for the type of society that Australia should become over the next two decades and beyond, which key features should inform or drive the future design of the Australian tax-transfer system?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/looking-out-for-the-ladies-australias-future-tax-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Share scheme backflip a handout to the rich</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/share-scheme-backflip-a-handout-to-the-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/share-scheme-backflip-a-handout-to-the-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee share schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government is currently receiving advice from powerful special interest groups on how best to amend the taxation rules in their favour, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/share-scheme-backflip-a-handout-to-the-rich/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tea time in America for astroturfing Republicans</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/tea-time-in-america-for-astroturfing-republicans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/tea-time-in-america-for-astroturfing-republicans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA WTF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nascent "tea party" movement is having a series of, erm, tea parties across the land, to protest at the Obama-Democrat tax plans stimulus bailout]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/tea-time-in-america-for-astroturfing-republicans/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A word on so-called economic experts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/a-word-on-so-called-economic-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/a-word-on-so-called-economic-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expertology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Their views have become the staple diet of news services. On the hour, every hour we are treated to economic expert A from financial institution X, followed later in the day by Mr or Ms B from bank Y.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/a-word-on-so-called-economic-experts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Slashing middle class welfare will hurt women</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/slashing-middle-class-welfare-will-hurt-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/slashing-middle-class-welfare-will-hurt-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Electoral Lobby]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again -- the 'middle class welfare' pink flag is raised to justify cutting payments which essentially go to women, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/slashing-middle-class-welfare-will-hurt-women/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask the economists: Could a GST cut be coming?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/25/ask-the-economists-could-a-gst-cut-be-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/25/ask-the-economists-could-a-gst-cut-be-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could the Rudd Government be contemplating a cut in the GST?Crikey asked a group of leading Australian economists if a cut in the rate of GST is the best hope for boosting growth:
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/25/ask-the-economists-could-a-gst-cut-be-coming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gruen: Tax reform we can believe in? Count me in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/gruen-tax-reform-we-can-believe-in-count-me-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/gruen-tax-reform-we-can-believe-in-count-me-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Henry's speech yesterday contained some worthy ideas, writes <b>Dr Nicholas Gruen</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/gruen-tax-reform-we-can-believe-in-count-me-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ken Henry a welcome addition to the public tax debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/ken-henry-a-welcome-addition-to-the-public-tax-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/ken-henry-a-welcome-addition-to-the-public-tax-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Henry’s appearance at the Press Club yesterday was a thing of wonder, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/ken-henry-a-welcome-addition-to-the-public-tax-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition continues pushing money to rich pensioners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A $30 rise is not enough for the really poor pensioners with no income and is too much for those well off pensioners that Peter Costello stuck on the public tit in his last couple of budgets, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Essay: Churches, tax and deniability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/crikey-essay-churches-tax-and-deniability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/crikey-essay-churches-tax-and-deniability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian $80 billion not-for-profit sector is facing two reviews, one by Treasury and one by a Senate Committee, which entails a long overdue look at tax exemption for the unrelated-to-religion commercial businesses of the churches, writes <b>Max Wallace</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/crikey-essay-churches-tax-and-deniability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Phoenix companies: a lurk on the rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/18/phoenix-companies-a-lurk-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/18/phoenix-companies-a-lurk-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael D'Ascenzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phoenix]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A showdown is looming between the Australian Taxation Office and Liquidators over the explosion in use of phoenix companies, writes <b>Chris Seage</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Lowy tax settlement: I was there</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/25/the-lowy-tax-settlement-i-was-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/25/the-lowy-tax-settlement-i-was-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know nothing about the Lowy tax case except what I have read about in the papers. But that particular day I will never forget. It was as if the tax office had lost its innocence, writes a <b>former ATO officer who was there</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>457 visa argument revives anti-migrant sentiments</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/24/457-visa-argument-revives-anti-migrant-sentiments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/24/457-visa-argument-revives-anti-migrant-sentiments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The strained logic underprinning the thesis that 457 visas are supressing inflation and wages veers into Hanson-esque language in its argument against migration, writes <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/24/457-visa-argument-revives-anti-migrant-sentiments/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>10,000 457s a month keeping down inflation &#8212; and wages</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/10000-457s-a-month-keeping-down-inflation-and-wages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/10000-457s-a-month-keeping-down-inflation-and-wages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[457 visas are now being granted at a rate of more than 10,000 a month. In June, 1,200 of those visas took less than a week to process, writes <b>Michael Pascoe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/10000-457s-a-month-keeping-down-inflation-and-wages/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is carbon trading another GST?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/is-carbon-trading-another-gst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/is-carbon-trading-another-gst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carbon trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is an emissions trading scheme Kevin Rudd's GST? asks <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parliament greenlights dodgy tax office settlements</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/parliament-greenlights-dodgy-tax-office-settlements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/parliament-greenlights-dodgy-tax-office-settlements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a two and a half year inquiry into tax office administration that spanned two Parliaments, the Joint Committee Of Public Accounts and Audit have concluded...wait for it...drum role please...A simpler tax system is needed in Australia, writes <b>Chris Seage</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/parliament-greenlights-dodgy-tax-office-settlements/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welfare and the working family: someone do something</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/18/welfare-and-the-working-family-someone-do-something/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/18/welfare-and-the-working-family-someone-do-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elevation of Simon and Sonya Dorries of Brisbane to national fame is an elegant example of how utterly skewed political debate has become, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/18/welfare-and-the-working-family-someone-do-something/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Three cheers for Queensland’s coal royalty slug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/03/three-cheers-for-queenslands-coal-royalty-slug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/03/three-cheers-for-queenslands-coal-royalty-slug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst no-one likes tax rises, Wayne Swan and Anna Bligh should be congratulated for together slugging the North West Shelf and Queensland coal miners with a $1.1 billion tax rise for 2008-09, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/03/three-cheers-for-queenslands-coal-royalty-slug/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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