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	<title>Crikey &#187; Treasury</title>
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		<title>Mitch&#8217;s new public policy paradigm is just the old one continued</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/carbon-price-minerals-council-of-australia-mitch-hooke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/carbon-price-minerals-council-of-australia-mitch-hooke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Industry Greenhouse Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian public service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minerals Council of Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Hooke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The public policy process has changed significantly in recent years, but not in the way our most prominent rentseeker claims.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/carbon-price-minerals-council-of-australia-mitch-hooke/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Xstrata, competition and a new form of xenophobia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/xstrata-competition-and-a-new-form-of-xenophobia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/xstrata-competition-and-a-new-form-of-xenophobia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glencore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xstrata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xstrata Coal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mining multinational Xstrata refused to cooperate with Treasury over complaints that it engaged in anti-competitive behaviour. The reason? "Xenophobia".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/xstrata-competition-and-a-new-form-of-xenophobia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: the public enemy of productivity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/gottliebsen-the-public-enemy-of-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/gottliebsen-the-public-enemy-of-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Parkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasury boss Martin Parkinson has called for Australia to lift productivity and wants a return to structural reforms to boost our productivity, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/gottliebsen-the-public-enemy-of-productivity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor knows the rituals of communication but not their meaning</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/labor-knows-the-rituals-of-communication-but-not-their-meaning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/labor-knows-the-rituals-of-communication-but-not-their-meaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This time around, the Government is fighting back against rentseekers on climate change. But it still lacks a strategy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/labor-knows-the-rituals-of-communication-but-not-their-meaning/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Checking the docket on a carbon price</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/where-does-a-carbon-price-fit-in-an-average-household-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/where-does-a-carbon-price-fit-in-an-average-household-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=215610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasury's figures on the impact of a carbon price undermine the case for compensating middle-income households.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/where-does-a-carbon-price-fit-in-an-average-household-budget/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>64</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ken Henry&#8217;s unfulfilled legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/21/henry-an-outstanding-public-servant-ill-used-by-both-sides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/21/henry-an-outstanding-public-servant-ill-used-by-both-sides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=194303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Henry can leave Treasury knowing he was responsible for one of the greatest public policy successes since Federation, the response to the GFC. It's a pity both sides of politics treated him poorly.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/21/henry-an-outstanding-public-servant-ill-used-by-both-sides/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>War is a-ragin&#8217; between the RBA and Treasury</title>
		<link>http://housesandholes.blogspot.com/2010/12/internecine.html</link>
		<comments>http://housesandholes.blogspot.com/2010/12/internecine.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/03/war-is-a-ragin-between-the-rba-and-treasury/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A war is raging between the Reserve Bank of Australia, which is trying to ween Australians off debt addiction, and Treasury, which is using the budget to try and keep the population spending. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://housesandholes.blogspot.com/2010/12/internecine.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Everything&#8217;s up, except the deficit &#8212; and housing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/myefo-everythings-up-except-the-deficit-and-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/myefo-everythings-up-except-the-deficit-and-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's Mid-Year Economic Forecast (MYEFO) shows an appreciable acceleration in economic growth this year, but as expected the higher dollar has hit government revenue.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/myefo-everythings-up-except-the-deficit-and-housing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>New parliament, old hypocrisy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/01/keane-new-parliament-old-hypocrisy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/01/keane-new-parliament-old-hypocrisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solicitor general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=175726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little hypocrisy has always gone a long way in politics but in a hung Parliament it seems more important than ever.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/01/keane-new-parliament-old-hypocrisy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Oz has trouble keeping its story straight</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/07/the-oz-has-trouble-keeping-its-story-straight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/07/the-oz-has-trouble-keeping-its-story-straight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=169980</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to The Australian, the mining tax will either have too much effect on the mining industry, or not enough. Either way, of course, a partisan Treasury is to blame.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/07/the-oz-has-trouble-keeping-its-story-straight/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The hypocrisy of costings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/02/keane-the-costing-of-hypocrisy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/02/keane-the-costing-of-hypocrisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition costings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=169163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we were reminded once again that Tony Abbott is an economic lightweight. The Coalition "costings blowout" may be overstated, but its hypocrisy is much worse. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/02/keane-the-costing-of-hypocrisy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>77</slash:comments>
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		<title>Redefining competence</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/02/crikey-says-redefining-competence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/02/crikey-says-redefining-competence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition costings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=169063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much of the Coalition's enormous success in becoming not merely electorally competitive but to reach the verge of forming government lies in its successful selling of the idea of competence.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/02/crikey-says-redefining-competence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>A parliamentary budget office &#8212; great idea, but don&#8217;t get carried away</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/a-parliamentary-budget-office-great-idea-but-dont-get-carried-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/a-parliamentary-budget-office-great-idea-but-dont-get-carried-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget costings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=168447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Parliamentary Budget Office is a good idea, but it should be done properly and don't expect it to settle any arguments.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/a-parliamentary-budget-office-great-idea-but-dont-get-carried-away/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does WHK Horwath tell third parties they should seek independent advice on reports?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/does-whk-horwath-tell-third-parties-they-should-seek-independent-advice-on-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/does-whk-horwath-tell-third-parties-they-should-seek-independent-advice-on-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parliamentary costings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=168018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The auditing firm at the centre of the Coalition's costings debacle normally warns third parties not to rely on its reports, recommending they obtain independent advice. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/does-whk-horwath-tell-third-parties-they-should-seek-independent-advice-on-reports/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Big Bank recalcitrance behind lower housing investment forecasts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/15/the-big-bank-recalcitrance-behind-lower-housing-investment-forecasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/15/the-big-bank-recalcitrance-behind-lower-housing-investment-forecasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big 4 Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing industry association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=153353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's forecasts from Treasury spelt bad news for housing investment. The peak in housing approvals last year doesn't appear to be translating into bricks and mortar.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/15/the-big-bank-recalcitrance-behind-lower-housing-investment-forecasts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The magician&#8217;s assistant: Henry gives the game away</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/the-magicians-assistant-henry-gives-the-game-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/the-magicians-assistant-henry-gives-the-game-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minerals Resource Rent Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources Super Profits Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSPT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=150831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has confirmed that the changes to the government’s resource rent tax regime only reduced the revenue by $1.5 billion because commodity price forecasts were revised between the two taxes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/the-magicians-assistant-henry-gives-the-game-away/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let the facts get in the way</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/15/dont-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-part-75/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/15/dont-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-part-75/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matthew stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OneSteel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources Super Profits Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSPT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sam evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's further outrage as the government refuses to meet a major Australian manufacturer over the impact of the RSPT... or maybe not. <em>The Oz</em> is certainly in a tizz. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/15/dont-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-part-75/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>The emails that weren&#8217;t a Godsend for Treasury</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/26/the-emails-that-werent-a-godsend-for-treasury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/26/the-emails-that-werent-a-godsend-for-treasury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin Grech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OzCar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=101190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Godwin Grech emails tabled by the Senate Privileges Committee last night speak volumes about the judgment of the Liberal Party and the security of the Treasury.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/26/the-emails-that-werent-a-godsend-for-treasury/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>When minimal accountability and mind-numbing tedium reign in Canberra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/when-minimal-accountability-and-mind-numbing-tedium-reign-in-canberra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/when-minimal-accountability-and-mind-numbing-tedium-reign-in-canberra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget estimates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplementary Budget Estimates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/when-minimal-accountability-and-mind-numbing-tedium-reign-in-canberra/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Senators are conducting Supplementary Budget Estimates for the whole week, rather than sitting.  For the most part it’s a colossal waste of time and money.

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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/when-minimal-accountability-and-mind-numbing-tedium-reign-in-canberra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Exeunt Grech</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26176349-601,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26176349-601,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin Grech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public servents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The curtain has finally dropped on the long and controversial public service career of Godwin Grech, according to <em>The Oz</em>, making a quiet exit stage left from the Treasury last week.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Treasury advice: don&#8217;t stop stimulating</title>
		<link>http://business.smh.com.au/business/let-stimulus-funds-roll-on-says-treasury-20090830-f40y.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.smh.com.au/business/let-stimulus-funds-roll-on-says-treasury-20090830-f40y.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=82940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government's $42b stimulus package has been "more effective than first thought'", according to Treasury advice. That means phasing it out (let alone stopping it cold) could be problematic. <b>Philip Coorey</b> has the exclusive.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://business.smh.com.au/business/let-stimulus-funds-roll-on-says-treasury-20090830-f40y.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Saulwick: Treasury under fire</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/auditor-gives-treasury-rap-over-knuckles-too-20090804-e8or.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/auditor-gives-treasury-rap-over-knuckles-too-20090804-e8or.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin Grech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=78076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Treasury has come under much criticism in the national auditor's report for dodgy bookkeeping and putting too much pressure on Godwin Grech, writes <b>Jacob Saulwick</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/national/auditor-gives-treasury-rap-over-knuckles-too-20090804-e8or.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Treasury knew about my very poor health, by Godwin Grech</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/treasury-knew-about-my-very-poor-health-by-godwin-grech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/treasury-knew-about-my-very-poor-health-by-godwin-grech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin Grech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/treasury-knew-about-my-very-poor-health-by-godwin-grech/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public official at the centre of the Utegate scandal, Godwin Grech, says that Treasury were well aware of his significant and ongoing health issues.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/treasury-knew-about-my-very-poor-health-by-godwin-grech/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>How media&#8217;s myopia hurts economic analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/crikey-says-46/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/crikey-says-46/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/crikey-says-46/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Economic commentary in Australia is based on numbers of momentary significance, numbers which are loaded with meaning in the few minutes after their release and then promptly forgotten.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/crikey-says-46/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The good economic news just keeps on coming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an economy coping remarkably well with a collapse in its terms of trade and a collapse in business lending.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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