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		<title>Where is the Australian Economy heading in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/where-is-the-australian-economy-heading-in-2012/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=where-is-the-australian-economy-heading-in-2012</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=4376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian economy is either poised for a tough year or will be protected by the strong demand for commodities from China. There is a lot of mixed signals out there so in which direction is the economy likely to be heading this year?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>North Korea&#8217;s Khrushchev.</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/north-koreas-khrushchev/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=north-koreas-khrushchev</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/north-koreas-khrushchev/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Clark</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=4297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scenes of Pyongyang citizens wailing the death of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il remind us how easily dictatorships can manipulate public opinion. But are the rest of us so immune to similar manipulation? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s economic morality play.</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/japans-economic-morality-play/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japans-economic-morality-play</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/japans-economic-morality-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deflation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=4050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[World attention focuses on the problems of the Greek economy — no doubt with a large helping of schadenfreude added: There, but for the grace of God, go the rest of us is the thought. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A bear market, the G-20 circus &amp; another report.</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/stockmarket/a-bear-market-the-g-20-circus-another-report/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-bear-market-the-g-20-circus-another-report</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/stockmarket/a-bear-market-the-g-20-circus-another-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stockmarket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all ordinaries]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week the Australian stock market slid into bear market territory but never fear, the G-20 are working on Plan B (or C) and Ken Henry will work on another report.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>The stampede towards global economic pessimism</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/stockmarket/the-stampede-towards-global-economic-pessimism/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-stampede-towards-global-economic-pessimism</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/stockmarket/the-stampede-towards-global-economic-pessimism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sure sign that an economic trend has been established is when the OECD finally jumps on the trend bandwagon and recently the OCED has joined the group of recently converted economic pessimists.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the stupid Australian economy, stupid.</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/its-the-stupid-australian-economy-stupid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-the-stupid-australian-economy-stupid</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/its-the-stupid-australian-economy-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months media commentary regarding the Australian economy has turned decidedly gloomy. House prices are showing signs of weakness, major job losses have been announced an even the wonders of the mining boom are being questioned.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s lazy 2011 budget and Australian economic madness</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/swans-lazy-2011-budget-and-australian-economic-madness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=swans-lazy-2011-budget-and-australian-economic-madness</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/economy/swans-lazy-2011-budget-and-australian-economic-madness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 02:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On budget night Wayne Swan could have saved us all a lot of time by simply standing up and saying that his plan for the Australian economy was to simply sit back and hope the mining boom continued. The 2011 Australian Federal Budget lacks visions and will not help the economy withstand a future economic downturn.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard, Rudd, Brown, Wilkie, the nightmare continues</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/gillard-rudd-brown-wilkie-the-nightmare-continues/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gillard-rudd-brown-wilkie-the-nightmare-continues</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/gillard-rudd-brown-wilkie-the-nightmare-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 03:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard Government is adrift at a time when reforms are needed to make the Australian economy more robust. After four years of Rudd and Gillard government debt is up and business confidence is down.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon, a new tax and Gillard&#8217;s Lifeform Levy</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/carbon-a-new-tax-and-gillards-lifeform-levy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=carbon-a-new-tax-and-gillards-lifeform-levy</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/carbon-a-new-tax-and-gillards-lifeform-levy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The plans to introduce a carbon tax by the Gillard Government are another example of poor policy planning. The carbon tax will drive up inflation and fail to result in any significant greenhouse gas emission reductions.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>The floods, the loony Greens and a new tax</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/the-floods-the-loony-greens-and-a-new-tax/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-floods-the-loony-greens-and-a-new-tax</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/the-floods-the-loony-greens-and-a-new-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=3040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard Government is shamelessly trying to use the tragic flooding in Australia as an excuse for it's own economic mismanagement and wasteful spending.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASX All Ordinaries drifts sideways, the NBN and political turmoil</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/stockmarket/asx-all-ordinaries-drifts-sideways-the-nbn-and-political-turmoil/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=asx-all-ordinaries-drifts-sideways-the-nbn-and-political-turmoil</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/stockmarket/asx-all-ordinaries-drifts-sideways-the-nbn-and-political-turmoil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=2938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian stock market has been moving sideways for months and seem unable to rally above 5000. It appears the political turmoil in Canberra is keeping investors away from the market and this is unlikely to change soon.]]></description>
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		<title>43 ways to spend the National Broadband Network&#8217;s $43 billion</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/43-ways-to-spend-the-national-broadband-networks-43-billion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=43-ways-to-spend-the-national-broadband-networks-43-billion</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/43-ways-to-spend-the-national-broadband-networks-43-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=2901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps instead of spending $43 billion on the National Broadband Network there are other areas where Australian taxpayers money could be more wisely spent such as flood prevention and aged care?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>The great Australian election hangover.</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/the-great-australian-election-hangover/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-great-australian-election-hangover</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/the-great-australian-election-hangover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=2831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a few weeks of uncertainty following the federal election in Australia the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has managed to pull together a ragged alliance and hold onto power. But will this alliance be good for the nation?]]></description>
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		<title>A federal election, selfish voters and the media circus.</title>
		<link>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/a-federal-election-selfish-voters-and-the-media-circus/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-federal-election-selfish-voters-and-the-media-circus</link>
		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/a-federal-election-selfish-voters-and-the-media-circus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=2790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully one of the least productive uses of resources on a national scale, a federal election, will soon be over. So which voters will decide the outcome of the election? The selfish ones of course!]]></description>
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		<title>A tall poppy is cut down: Gillard could bloom awhile.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysis of the removal of Kevin Rudd and the Australian political landscape by Gregory Clark. How will Julia Gillard fare as Prime Minister?]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell Rudd, Gillard takes power and the palace coup.</title>
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		<comments>http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/politics/farewell-rudd-gillard-takes-power-and-the-palace-coup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazingly Kevin Rudd is no longer the Prime Minister of Australia and lost his position without a single vote being cast. Does this mean the days of the Government borrowing and wasting money are over or is Julia Gillard going to be an even bigger spender than Rudd?]]></description>
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		<title>The tax review, health reform and Rudd fatigue.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 01:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=2564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is now becoming obvious even to the Ruddites in the media that Kevin Rudd is man who is committed to nothing but holding onto power and trying to remain popular.]]></description>
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		<title>Pink batts, a revived Federal Opposition and an election year.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reckless manner in which the Government has been spending taxpayers money has tragically been highlighted by the deaths of four home insulation installers. But now that the Opposition appears revived we may finally see the Government being held to account.]]></description>
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		<title>China’s Harmful Economic Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China is rightly proud of its aid to struggling economies around the globe, Africa especially. But can it be proud if its flood of cheap exports to those economies?]]></description>
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		<title>The madness of King Malcolm and the Emissions Trading Scheme.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Emissions Trading Scheme is a flawed piece of legislation so let's hope that common sense prevails and the legislation is not passed at least until after Copenhagen.]]></description>
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