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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>When the wheels fall off</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/19/when-the-wheels-fall-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The $6.2 billion being handed over by the Australian government to local automotive manufacturers is starting to look rather pitiful amid industry bailout talks in the United States. America&#8217;s major car makers &#8212; Chrysler, Ford and General Motors &#8212; are in a parlous state. Chief executives from the Big Three testified before Congress yesterday, warning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buckets at the ready</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/18/buckets-at-the-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating once famously observed the danger of standing in between state premiers and a bucket of money. It&#8217;s a lesson the current PM, Kevin Rudd, is fast learning &#8212; even where he&#8217;s dealing with state counterparts from the same party. The hot topic on the funding agenda nowadays is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Kevin Rudd let you read this?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/14/will-kevin-rudd-let-you-read-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/14/will-kevin-rudd-let-you-read-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is one of the paradoxes of modern civil societies. Politicians are widely distrusted, yet on some of the most important policy issues, voters are prepared to vest near-absolute trust in their elected officials. The public often expects that their government knows more than they do. At times this can be true. Governments are able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road to nowhere</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/13/road-to-nowhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s car industry has hardly been a paragon of Australian entrepreneurialism. Yet it has still been popular with politicians, who have been keen to prop the industry up with trade barriers, handouts and other government interventions ever since the first cars rolled off local production lines. To be fair, tariffs on imported vehicles have gradually been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return from exile</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/12/return-from-exile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a strange couple of weeks. This has been my sixth year at Monash University, having commenced my Arts/Commerce course in 2003. Last week I had my last exam ever. On Monday I cleared out the office I&#8217;ve inhabited as a tutor for much of this year. As is always the case, 2008 has flown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A half-hearted endorsement</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/03/a-half-hearted-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[America Votes 08]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The road to the White House has proven especially long and torturous. After well over a year of campaigning, Americans will finally cast their ballots on Tuesday to decide who will be their President for the next four years. Many will surely be relieved to have reached the end of this near-farcical (at times) spectacle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A hell freezes over</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/10/freezing-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Crisis]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the world&#8217;s attention in the current financial crisis has been on Wall Street. But spare a thought for events in Reykjavik. Not normally considered in most analyses of global markets, the small island nation of Iceland has been badly hit by the credit crunch. This is saying something. After all, the US has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock move for monetary policy</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/07/shock-move-for-monetary-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/07/shock-move-for-monetary-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a stunning decision announced today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut interest rates by a full percentage point, taking the cash rate from seven to six per cent. Analysts had been expecting rates to fall, but by only 50 basis points. Shares rallied on the news, with the benchmark ASX200 index up 1.7 per cent on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t shout</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/03/do-not-shout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/03/do-not-shout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[law and order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[victoria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in an age of conflict. Western forces are involved in major combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, under the broader umbrella of the &#8216;war on terror&#8217;. Ideological hostilities are playing out in the US, as Democrats and Republicans fight to seize control of the White House for the next four years. And amid the financial crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who can rescue the rescuers?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/01/who-can-rescue-the-rescuers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/01/who-can-rescue-the-rescuers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The near-trillion dollar bailout for the United States&#8217; financial sector which collapsed spectacularly at the start of this week prompted dramatic falls on global stock markets. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777 points (though some might have thought 666 more fitting given the machinations on Capitol Hill). Yet just a day [...]]]></description>
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