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	<title>Crikey &#187; Wayne Swan</title>
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		<title>Mr Dog goes to Canberra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/first-dog-on-the-moon-448/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/first-dog-on-the-moon-448/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abigail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canberra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hello kitty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jasper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan: we are &#8220;fair dinkum&#8221; about sticking to our fiscal strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/swan-we-are-fair-dinkum-about-sticking-to-our-fiscal-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/swan-we-are-fair-dinkum-about-sticking-to-our-fiscal-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan has unveiled a significant improvement in the Government’s fiscal position from next year, with this morning’s Mid-Year Economic Forecasts showing far higher economic growth and lower unemployment than the Budget forecast back in May.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Changing of the Guard</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-427/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-427/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brendan nelson's hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brindha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey baby!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s Frontier moment shows just what Turnbull is up against</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/swans-frontier-moment-shows-just-what-turnbull-is-up-against/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/swans-frontier-moment-shows-just-what-turnbull-is-up-against/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Joye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frontier economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing is left to chance with the Rudd government. No detail is too small that it can’t be deployed in the remorseless bombardment of the Opposition. Like Wayne Swan picking holes in their CPRS proposal.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/swans-frontier-moment-shows-just-what-turnbull-is-up-against/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan&#8217;s $3.2b CPRS con job</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/wayne-swans-3-2b-cprs-con-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/wayne-swans-3-2b-cprs-con-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frontier economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan has told the media that Frontier Economics' greenhouse gas proposal has a $3.2b hole in it. There is no such black hole, writes Frontier chief <b>Danny Price</b>: it's just a good old-fashioned beat up. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/wayne-swans-3-2b-cprs-con-job/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Favourite Things</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/first-dog-on-the-moon-420/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/first-dog-on-the-moon-420/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julie andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my favorite things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my favourite things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sound of music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Federal Treasure Wayne Swan (age 6)]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/first-dog-on-the-moon-420/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essay: Labor acts to keep the bankers honest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Labor Party has a long and colourful history of trying to keep Australia’s banks on the straight and narrow. Has it succeeded? asks <b>Christopher Joye</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Twas ten weeks before Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/first-dog-on-the-moon-417/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/first-dog-on-the-moon-417/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather Ridout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the grinch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens, the truth!]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/first-dog-on-the-moon-417/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan rings hollow on executive pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasurer Wayne Swan and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd certainly know how to make the right noises about excessive executive pay. But will we see more than talk on the issue?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>G20 Summit too late to be useful</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/summit-in-the-air-albeit-a-bit-late/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/summit-in-the-air-albeit-a-bit-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/summit-in-the-air-albeit-a-bit-late/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Group of 20 Summit in Pittsburgh is probably three to four months too late for the politicians to make much of an impact. The recovery in financial markets has drained much of the impetus for re-regulation and change.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/25/summit-in-the-air-albeit-a-bit-late/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Putting the pop into population: Swan&#8217;s on the job</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/putting-the-pop-into-population-swans-on-the-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/putting-the-pop-into-population-swans-on-the-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/putting-the-pop-into-population-swans-on-the-job/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia keeps getting the sort of problems that other countries would pay good money to enjoy. Like, a far more rapidly growing population than previous Treasury estimates!]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/putting-the-pop-into-population-swans-on-the-job/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</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>Political economy: costs of economic stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/political-economy-costs-of-economic-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/political-economy-costs-of-economic-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Wayne Swan heads for London to talk to less successful finance ministers with a positive GDP for the last quarter under his belt, some economists are questioning whether the number is fair dinkum, writes <b>Henry Thornton</b>.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nothing more stimulating than press gallery groupthink</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/nothing-more-stimulating-than-press-gallery-groupthink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/nothing-more-stimulating-than-press-gallery-groupthink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Tingle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Coorey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The 7:30 Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This “debate” of whether the government should withdraw the stimulus package due to the economy's growth, is run entirely by the press gallery and the Federal Opposition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/nothing-more-stimulating-than-press-gallery-groupthink/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A case study in political reality and the real world</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/crikey-says-77/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/crikey-says-77/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News that the Australian economy grew at 0.6% in the June quarter is a political headache for Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan and the first bit of good luck for Malcolm Turnbull. Crikey explains.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/crikey-says-77/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask the economists: we&#8217;re seriously going gangbusters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/ask-the-economists-were-seriously-going-gangbusters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/ask-the-economists-were-seriously-going-gangbusters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ask the economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<i>Crikey</i> asked a varied bunch of leading economists for their views on the latest GDP figures, a rise of 0.6%.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The economic conservative pulls it off</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/the-economic-conservative-pulls-it-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/the-economic-conservative-pulls-it-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before the wind-back-the-stimulus debate gets too wound up, notice that most of the 0.6% in GDP growth is derived from the stimulus package.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Smith in top five</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-media-monitors-top-20-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-media-monitors-top-20-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Baume</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Media Monitors' Top 20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kokoda crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-media-monitors-top-20-16/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Airlines PNG crash and icy diplomatic conditions with China took Stephen Smith up ten places to a rare appearance in the top five, while Wayne Swan dropped off.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Libs left Rudderless, Rudd is all around etc</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/rundle-libs-left-rudderless-rudd-is-all-around-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/rundle-libs-left-rudderless-rudd-is-all-around-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/rundle-libs-left-rudderless-rudd-is-all-around-etc/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently senior Libs are looking to replace Malcolm Turnbull with Andrew Robb. It'll never work though, because Robb is just too similar to PM Kevin Rudd. Ruddbot II?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/rundle-libs-left-rudderless-rudd-is-all-around-etc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housing is overpriced, Swan is making it so</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/housing-is-overpriced-swan-is-making-it-so/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/housing-is-overpriced-swan-is-making-it-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a treasurer, Wayne Swan makes a fine politician. In a free-market economy, it is not the role of the government to prop up over-priced assets -- especially an asset as critical to millions of Australians as housing, says <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd and Swan totally exonerated by Auditor-General report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/rudd-and-swan-totally-exonerated-by-auditor-general-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/rudd-and-swan-totally-exonerated-by-auditor-general-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auditor-General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/rudd-and-swan-totally-exonerated-by-auditor-general-report/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most aggressive investigators in the Commonwealth have cleared the Prime Minister and, more notably, the Treasurer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/rudd-and-swan-totally-exonerated-by-auditor-general-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome to the ALP National Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peccary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investing in Australia's future whatever that means]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</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>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>That&#8217;s no green shoot, that&#8217;s Australia in full bloom: OECD</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's clear that Australia will have the best performing economy among the major economies this year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/thats-no-green-shoot-thats-australia-in-full-bloom-oecd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>One more revelation for Malcolm Turnbull. Who&#8217;s next?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/one-more-revelation-will-do-for-malcolm-turnbull-whos-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/one-more-revelation-will-do-for-malcolm-turnbull-whos-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/one-more-revelation-will-do-for-malcolm-turnbull-whos-next/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Opposition, and Malcolm Turnbull in particular, is mired in the fake email affair and, it seems, slowly sinking.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/one-more-revelation-will-do-for-malcolm-turnbull-whos-next/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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