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	<title>Crikey &#187; Wayne Swan</title>
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		<title>Nostalgianomics and the ongoing rewriting of economic history</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/nostalgianomics-and-the-ongoing-rewriting-of-economic-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/nostalgianomics-and-the-ongoing-rewriting-of-economic-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's rewriting of economic history continues apace as part of its obsession with the Howard years.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>219</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan causing a credit squeeze? Get real</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks in australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Claims that Wayne Swan could hurt the banks by pressuring them to pass on rate cuts are rubbish.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Misogyny isn&#8217;t why Gillard is in trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/crikey-says-misogyny-isnt-why-gillard-is-in-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/crikey-says-misogyny-isnt-why-gillard-is-in-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is criticism of Julia Gillard's performance as prime minister sexist, as Bob Brown suggests? Is the current bout of leadership rumbling reflective of the febrile, misogynist minds of male media commentators?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/crikey-says-misogyny-isnt-why-gillard-is-in-trouble/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Muppets attack Fox News</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/the-muppets-attack-fox-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/the-muppets-attack-fox-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Muppets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss Piggy did not pull any punches with her judgment on Fox News at a London press conference this week. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/the-muppets-attack-fox-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who put the fun police in charge of racing?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/who-put-the-fun-police-in-charge-of-racing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/who-put-the-fun-police-in-charge-of-racing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the end of this month there will be new forms to fill in if you want to avoid the risk of someone else legally grabbing your horse.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/who-put-the-fun-police-in-charge-of-racing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keane&#8217;s 2011: year of the flake</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/keanes-2011-year-of-the-flake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/keanes-2011-year-of-the-flake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politics in 2011 was characterised by an intense dislike of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, and rampant denialism.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/keanes-2011-year-of-the-flake/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>The year of the non-lessons of fiscal stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/the-year-of-the-non-lessons-of-fiscal-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/the-year-of-the-non-lessons-of-fiscal-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 we all became monetarists again, despite the lessons of the GFC.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/the-year-of-the-non-lessons-of-fiscal-stimulus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asylum seekers: finding a Political Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Gillard government appeared willing to negotiate its Malaysia Solution even before the latest boat tragedy but the Opposition refuses to compromise on its asylum seeker policy, according to private letters released yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Swans and Christmas turkeys</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/black-swans-and-christmas-turkeys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/black-swans-and-christmas-turkeys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Swans and Christmas turkeys: Niall Clugston writes:  Re. &#8220;Power Shots: can Swan beat the banks? &#8230; biggest Power fails of 2011 &#8230;&#8220;  (yesterday, item 14). Well, in fact, Australian parliaments have all the power that previously resided with absolute monarchs. The only real restriction is the federal constitution, but that doesn&#8217;t mention interest rates. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/black-swans-and-christmas-turkeys/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interest rate rituals and Christmas pantomimes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/interest-rate-rituals-and-christmas-pantomimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/interest-rate-rituals-and-christmas-pantomimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again. A year on, we're having the same debate about banking regulation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/interest-rate-rituals-and-christmas-pantomimes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bank stand-off over interest rate cut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates by 0.25% earlier this week has turned into a stand-off with ANZ the only one of the Big Four banks to pass the cuts on to customers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bonhomie thick at ALP conference as the deal-making begins</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/bonhomie-thick-at-alp-conference-as-the-deal-making-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/bonhomie-thick-at-alp-conference-as-the-deal-making-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doug cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gillard kicked off ALP National conference proceedings at the Sydney Convention Centre this morning by adopting Obama's/Optus' “yes” refrain, presumably to distinguish Labor from Tony Abbott’s negativity.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/bonhomie-thick-at-alp-conference-as-the-deal-making-begins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>MYEFO and the twisted politics of illusion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/myefo-and-the-twisted-politics-of-illusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/myefo-and-the-twisted-politics-of-illusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Bonus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ratings agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are illusions everywhere in Wayne Swan's MYEFO documents. In effect, the budget will still be in deficit in 2012-13, it's just that enough of it has been tacked onto this year's deficit to get it out of the red.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/myefo-and-the-twisted-politics-of-illusion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tiny budget surplus causes big fuss</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/tiny-budget-surplus-causes-big-fuss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/tiny-budget-surplus-causes-big-fuss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b><em>Crikey</em> media wrap</b>: The Gillard government will achieve its election promise of a budget surplus by 2012-13, even if the wafer-thin $1.5 billion surplus is achieved for mainly political rather than economic reasons.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/tiny-budget-surplus-causes-big-fuss/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s MYEFO tricks to be overshadowed by EU?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/buoyant-swans-pea-and-thimble-trick-overshadowed-by-eu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/buoyant-swans-pea-and-thimble-trick-overshadowed-by-eu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2012-13 surplus has been preserved, at the cost of moving spending around, but Europe is still a huge threat to the economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/buoyant-swans-pea-and-thimble-trick-overshadowed-by-eu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>MYEFO: Swan cuts to save the thinnest of surpluses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/myefo-swan-cuts-to-save-the-thinnest-of-surpluses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/myefo-swan-cuts-to-save-the-thinnest-of-surpluses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has unveiled a range of spending cuts but they won't stop a big blowout in this year's budget deficit.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/myefo-swan-cuts-to-save-the-thinnest-of-surpluses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>The magic 2.5% in Swan&#8217;s Fiscal Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/the-magic-2-5-in-swans-fiscal-outlook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/the-magic-2-5-in-swans-fiscal-outlook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leveson Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When in doubt just wave the magic wand and declare across the board savings of whatever amount you need to make a promise sound plausible.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/the-magic-2-5-in-swans-fiscal-outlook/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s mini budget challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/swans-mini-budget-challenge-in-the-shadow-of-the-eurozone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/swans-mini-budget-challenge-in-the-shadow-of-the-eurozone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mini budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether things in Europe are catastrophic or merely disastrous has major implications for the coming mini-budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/swans-mini-budget-challenge-in-the-shadow-of-the-eurozone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>The get your shit together Europe podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/10/the-get-your-shit-together-europe-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/10/the-get-your-shit-together-europe-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canberra Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[World markets continue their volatility, so Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane joins Crikey editor Sophie Black to analyse the financial instability in Europe and how it it is and will effect Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/10/the-get-your-shit-together-europe-podcast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Things can only get better</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/10/things-can-only-get-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/10/things-can-only-get-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mal Washer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The labour force figures out from the Australian Bureau of Statistics this morning at least tell us that things are not getting worse.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/10/things-can-only-get-better/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Locking in a surplus with the carbon price pea-and-thimble trick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/locking-in-a-surplus-with-the-carbon-price-pea-and-thimble-trick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/locking-in-a-surplus-with-the-carbon-price-pea-and-thimble-trick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forgetting cutting emissions - the carbon price package has a shorter term benefit for the government. There's one minister relieved that the carbon pricing package is locked in, and not for anything to do with emissions abatement.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/locking-in-a-surplus-with-the-carbon-price-pea-and-thimble-trick/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Improved consumer sentiment is good news for Gilllard</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/improved-consumer-sentiment-is-good-news-for-gilllard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/improved-consumer-sentiment-is-good-news-for-gilllard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment perhaps provides a clue as to why Labor has been improving its standings in the recent opinion polls.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/improved-consumer-sentiment-is-good-news-for-gilllard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Millions of taxpayers&#8217; dollars propping up non-bank mortgages</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/millions-of-taxpayers-dollars-propping-up-non-bank-mortgages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/millions-of-taxpayers-dollars-propping-up-non-bank-mortgages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOFM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Office of Financial Management, under the auspices of the world’s greatest Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has been spending billions of dollars of taxpayer money propping up the non-bank mortgage sector.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/millions-of-taxpayers-dollars-propping-up-non-bank-mortgages/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan croaks his way to success, but how long until Labor ruins it?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/swan-croaks-his-way-to-success-but-how-long-until-labor-ruins-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/swan-croaks-his-way-to-success-but-how-long-until-labor-ruins-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas dispute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor is happier fighting on IR and Tony Abbott has come off the boil. But how long until Labor stuffs it up again?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/swan-croaks-his-way-to-success-but-how-long-until-labor-ruins-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: NAB keeps five to stay alive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan’s attack on National Australia Bank, labelling it "greedy" for "only" passing onto home loan borrowers 20 basis points of the Reserve Bank’s 25 basis point reduction in official interest rates, is churlish and betrays a poor memory.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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