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  <title><![CDATA[Swan Dashes Hope of Tax Relief for World’s Wealthiest Woman, but Govt Allows Rinehart’s Company to Bring in Foreign Workers]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Earning $1 million every 30 minutes has its disadvantages too. For Gina Rinehart who was named this week by BRW Magazine as the world&#039;s wealthiest woman with $29 billion to her name, it meant more public scrutiny of her companies as well as her private life, particularly the ongoing family court feud.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:27:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[School Bullies at Risk of Not Finding Work]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[If school bullies destroyed many young lives during their grade and high school days, when it comes to the workplace, it would be their turn to be on the other side of the fence.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 22:54:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[64,000 Subscribers Hang up on Vodafone in March Quarter]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A high-profile advertising campaign failed to convince thousands of subscribers to remain with Vodafone.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345195/20120524/64-000-subscribers-hang-up-vodafone-march.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345195/20120524/64-000-subscribers-hang-up-vodafone-march.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:56:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Qantas, Jetstar Add 900,000 Seats on East Coast Routes]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Qantas and Jetstar will add about 900,000 more seats on its east coast routes by July in a bid to improve the company&#039;s finances. The addition of capacity, announced Thursday, is part of the revamp initiated this week by Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:38:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Prostitute Linked with Craig Thomson Worked as a Horse Strapper in NSW]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The sex trade worker who claimed to have embattled MP Craig Thomson as her client is real, not an imaginary person created to embarrass the legislator. The Daily Telegraph provided more details of the former prostitute whose tell-all interview with Channel 9&#039;s Current Affairs may be the final nail to Mr Thomson&#039;s crumbling political career.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345184/20120524/prostitute-linked-craig-thomson-worked-horse-strapper.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345184/20120524/prostitute-linked-craig-thomson-worked-horse-strapper.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:55:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Opposition Blames Carbon Tax for Closure of Hunter Valley Smelter]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Although operators of the soon-to-be shuttered smelter plant in Hunter Valley cited the high Australian dollar and weak prices in the international market for aluminium as the short-term reasons why it would close its Kurri Kurri facility, the Opposition seized the closure of the plant to blame again the carbon tax for the economic woes of companies in Australia.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344726/20120523/opposition-blames-carbon-tax-closure-hunter-valley.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344726/20120523/opposition-blames-carbon-tax-closure-hunter-valley.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 23:26:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In Spite of BHP, Union Talks Resumption Coal Miners’ Strike Continues]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Coal miners employed by the BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi alliance made good their threat to strike on Thursday as over 3,000 started their week-long industrial action.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344691/20120523/spite-bhp-union-talks-resumption-coal-miners.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344691/20120523/spite-bhp-union-talks-resumption-coal-miners.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:54:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Craig Thomson Scandal: Sex Trade Worker Claims He was a Client]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Craig Thomson saga continues to unfold like a soap opera as an anonymous female sex trade worker claimed that the embattled MP was her client.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344688/20120523/sex-trade-worker-claims-craig-thomson-client.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:30:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NT Tourism at Risk with Cutback of Qantas, Jetstar Services]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Besides Qantas aircraft maintenance engineers who were at the receiving end this week of Chief Executive Alan Joyce&#039;s ax, another victim to the announced revamp of the flag carrier would be the tourism sector in the Northern Territory.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344684/20120523/nt-tourism-risk-cutback-qantas-jetstar-services.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344684/20120523/nt-tourism-risk-cutback-qantas-jetstar-services.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:50:57 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart, World’s Richest Woman, Fails to Snag Fairfax Board Seat]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australian mining mogul Gina Rinehart may have just snagged on Wednesday the title World&#039;s Richest Woman, but her earning more than $1 million every 30 minutes was not impressive enough to gain her a seat in Fairfax Media board.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344680/20120523/gina-rinehart-gets-world-s-richest-woman.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344680/20120523/gina-rinehart-gets-world-s-richest-woman.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:02:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[MPs Won’t Debate Yet on Censure Motion for Craig Thomson]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Liberals withdrew on Wednesday a motion to suspend embattled crossbencher MP Craig Thomson from the Australian Parliament. Christopher Payne, the manager of Opposition business, initially sought the suspension of Mr Thomson for 14 days and a possible longer suspension following Mr Thomson&#039;s statement of Parliament on Monday.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344233/20120523/mps-won-t-debate-censure-motion-craig.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 01:42:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Schoolgirl Disfigured in Camp Fire Files Lawsuit vs Government]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A former Mac Robertson Girls&#039; High School female student in Melbourne whose face was disfigured in a camp fire filed a lawsuit against the federal government of Australia, the school and the Victorian government.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344216/20120523/schoolgirl-disfigured-camp-fire-files-lawsuit-vs.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:40:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Revenue Pressures Cause Aussie Banks to Lower Lending Standards for Home Loans]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Credit Suisse, in a new report released on Wednesday, warned Australian banks not to lower their lending standards for home loans to make up for the flat growth of lending across the banking industry,.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344200/20120522/revenue-pressures-cause-aussie-banks-lower-lending.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344200/20120522/revenue-pressures-cause-aussie-banks-lower-lending.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:20:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NAB Blames Battle for Deposits for High Mortgage Interest Rates]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[National Australia Bank (NAB) Chief Executive Cameron Clyne blamed on Wednesday the battle for deposits among Australian lenders for the high mortgage interest rates in the country. In effect, he belied claims by the other banks that the European crisis, which caused wholesale funding cost to rise, is the culprit.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344188/20120522/nab-blames-battle-deposits-high-mortgage-interest.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344188/20120522/nab-blames-battle-deposits-high-mortgage-interest.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 21:18:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[What's Next for Qantas?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Qantas Monday announcement of the closure of the air carrier&#039;s Tullamarine Airport maintenance facility was just the tip of the iceberg. On Wednesday, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce made an even bigger announcement of more revamps in the company.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344182/20120522/joyce-revamps-qantas-splits-domestic-intl-operations.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344182/20120522/joyce-revamps-qantas-splits-domestic-intl-operations.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:37:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Peter Slipper Continues Speaker Duties Behind the Scenes]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[While defending charges over sexual harassment charges filed by staff James Ashby, Australian Parliament House Speaker Peter Slipper continues to perform his duties, but away from the public eye.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343768/20120522/peter-slipper-continues-speaker-duties-behind-scenes.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343768/20120522/peter-slipper-continues-speaker-duties-behind-scenes.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:28:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Few Brothels Have CCTV, Dashes Hope of Clearing Craig Thomson]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[An official of a sex industry consulting firm dashed hopes of embattled MP Craig Thomson for video footage of people who enter and leave brothels in New South Wales the past six years.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343676/20120521/few-brothels-cctv-dashes-hope-clearing-craig.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343676/20120521/few-brothels-cctv-dashes-hope-clearing-craig.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:09:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BofA Analysis: David Jones a Good Buy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[An analysis by Bank of America (BofA) showed that Australian retailer David Jones would be a good buy for now following the drop in company shares at its lowest level since the global financial crisis.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343673/20120521/bofa-analysis-david-jones-good-buy.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343673/20120521/bofa-analysis-david-jones-good-buy.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:42:13 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Qantas Confirms Loss of 500 Jobs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Qantas confirmed on Monday that it will shutter is maintenance hub in Melbourne, which meant engineering jobs would be lost.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343669/20120521/qantas-confirms-loss-500-jobs.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343669/20120521/qantas-confirms-loss-500-jobs.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:16:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Coal Unions Reject 15% Pay Hike Offer of BHP; 4,000 Miners to Join Thursday Strike]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The ongoing strike by BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) miners is expected to reach a peak on Thursday with about 4,000 employees from six mines expected to walk off their jobs following a deadlock in enterprise bargaining discussion.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343661/20120521/coal-unions-reject-15-pay-hike-offer.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343661/20120521/coal-unions-reject-15-pay-hike-offer.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:26:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Labor Seeks Sanction for Liberal Senator Heffernan ala Craig Thomson]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The shoe is now on the other foot in Australian politics as Opposition leader Tony Abbott is under pressure to remove a Liberal backbencher under investigation for alleged assault.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343450/20120521/labor-seeks-sanction-liberal-senator-heffernan-ala.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343450/20120521/labor-seeks-sanction-liberal-senator-heffernan-ala.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:26:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Poll: Majority of Aussies Back Gay Marriage]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More Australians are in favour of gay marriages. According to the latest Galaxy poll, half of the survey respondents back same-sex unions while 33 opposite it and 17 per cent are uncommitted,]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343395/20120521/poll-majority-aussies-back-gay-marriage.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343395/20120521/poll-majority-aussies-back-gay-marriage.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 08:39:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Xenophon Supports Repeal of Carbon Tax, If…]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Independent Senator Nick Xenophon said on Monday that he would not stand in the way of a repeal of the carbon tax if Opposition leader Tony Abbott becomes the next prime minister of Australia.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343167/20120520/xenophon-supports-repeal-carbon-tax.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343167/20120520/xenophon-supports-repeal-carbon-tax.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 20:35:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Qantas Shutters Maintenance Hub at Tullamarine, Sheds 400 Jobs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The nightmare of Qantas&#039; aircraft maintenance engineers is about to happen as the flag carrier announces likely on Monday the closure of its maintenance bay at Tullamarine Airport. The shutter would lead to the axing of more than 400 jobs.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343159/20120520/qantas-shutters-maintenance-hub-tullamarine-sheds-400.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343159/20120520/qantas-shutters-maintenance-hub-tullamarine-sheds-400.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 20:08:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[CBA Warns Greek Exit from Eurozone May Bring A$ Below 90c]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Bank of Australia warned on Monday that Greece&#039;s expected exit from the eurozone may cause the Australian dollar to plummet below 90 cents. G8 leaders rushed over the weekend to battle the financial crisis to hit the region over the Greek debt.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343151/20120520/cba-warns-greek-exit-eurozone-bring-below.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343151/20120520/cba-warns-greek-exit-eurozone-bring-below.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 19:08:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Craig Thomson Blames HSU Official for Destruction of Evidence that Would Clear Him of Charges]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Embattled independent MP Craig Thomson is expected to blame in Australia&#039;s Parliament on Monday a Health Services Union (HSU) official for allegedly destroying documents that would clear him of charges.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342605/20120518/craig-thomson-blames-hsu-official-destruction-evidence.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342605/20120518/craig-thomson-blames-hsu-official-destruction-evidence.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:59:53 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[More Musical Chairs in Australia’s Retail Industry]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More changes are taking place in Australia’s embattled retail industry as Centro Retail Australia sold half of its stakes in three premium shopping centres, while Retravision Southern is teetering towards administration.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342590/20120518/more-musical-chairs-australia-s-retail-industry.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342590/20120518/more-musical-chairs-australia-s-retail-industry.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:21:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Exxon, Santos Foresee Australia Becoming Top Global Exporter of LNG]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two major players in the oil and gas exploration industry agree that Australia would be the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the end of the decade.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342544/20120518/exxon-santos-foresee-australia-becoming-top-global.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342544/20120518/exxon-santos-foresee-australia-becoming-top-global.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:14:41 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Albanese, Sydney Airport Clash Over Plane Delays]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The debate between Transport Minister Anthony Albanese and Sydney Airport authorities over the reason behind plane delays continues.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342521/20120518/albanese-sydney-airport-clash-over-plane-delays.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342521/20120518/albanese-sydney-airport-clash-over-plane-delays.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:37:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[New Queensland Government Tries to Save $100 Million by Removing Tea, Coffee from Pantry]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Although Queensland state public employees could still take their morning and afternoon tea break, under cost-cutting measures initiated by the new state government, they must bring their own tea and coffee sachets.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342505/20120517/new-queensland-government-tries-save-100-million.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342505/20120517/new-queensland-government-tries-save-100-million.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:55:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Government Fines 2 Aussie Cattle Exporters for Using Substandard Indonesia Abattoirs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A day after the New South Wales government released strict guidelines in response to a video of a local abattoir that practiced animal abuse, the federal Agriculture Department announced that it fined two Australian cattle exports that used substandard Indonesian slaughterhouses.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342497/20120517/government-fines-2-aussie-cattle-exporters-using.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342497/20120517/government-fines-2-aussie-cattle-exporters-using.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:06:37 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aussie Milk Farmers Told to Brace for 10-15% Drop in Milk Prices Due to Global Supply Glut]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[There is too much milk supply available globally that Dairy Australia warned Aussie farmers to expect a 10 per cent to 15 per cent drop in milk prices in 2013.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342036/20120517/aussie-milk-farmers-told-brace-10-15.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342036/20120517/aussie-milk-farmers-told-brace-10-15.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:14:42 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sloppy NSW Slaughterhouse Conditions Brings Back Memories of Abattoirs in Indonesia]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The New South Wales (NSW) government is set to announce tougher standards for abattoirs in the state following the release of videos that showed pigs being hit on the head with metal poles as part of the slaughter process.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342029/20120517/sloppy-nsw-slaughterhouse-conditions-brings-back-memories.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342029/20120517/sloppy-nsw-slaughterhouse-conditions-brings-back-memories.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:48:26 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Macquarie Consortium Buys E.ON Gas Grid for $4.1 Billion]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A Macquarie consortium purchased for $4.1 billion the gas grid of German energy firm E.ON. Open Grid Europe runs Germany&#039;s biggest gas transmission system and is about 12,000 kilometres long.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342018/20120517/macquarie-consortium-buys-e-gas-grid-4.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342018/20120517/macquarie-consortium-buys-e-gas-grid-4.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:12:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[2 Months After Winning Bid for Public Housing Projects in NSW, St Hilliers Goes into Voluntary Administration]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[St Hilliers Construction, which two months ago won major public housing projects in New South Wales, went into voluntary administration on Wednesday. The move created havoc on the company&#039;s building projects in Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Coffs Harbour and Victoria.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342010/20120516/2-months-winning-bid-public-housing-projects.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342010/20120516/2-months-winning-bid-public-housing-projects.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:13:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[PM Julia Gillard Blogs for 1 Hour About Carbon Tax, Other Hot Issues in Aussie Newsroom]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hot issues such as the carbon tax and income tax rates were thrown to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday when she served for one hour as live blogger on The Telegraph.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341995/20120516/pm-julia-gillard-blogs-1-hour-carbon.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341995/20120516/pm-julia-gillard-blogs-1-hour-carbon.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:32:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NSW Teachers Strike Friday over More Powers Given to Principals]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Teachers would be pitted against school principals on Friday when tutors from 2,200 schools in New South Wales (NSW) strike over more powers to be given to principals.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341533/20120516/nsw-teachers-strike-friday-over-more-powers.htm</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[More Aussies Chuck the Cheque]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[IMF Conducts Stress Test on Big 4]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are in Sydney to conduct stress test on ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[China is ANZ's New Target with $300M to Invest]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s fourth largest bank, ANZ, said on Wednesday that it would invest million more on its China expansion venture. In 2010, ANZ initially invested $395 million which resulted in the opening of six branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongquing and Guangzhou.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 23:09:26 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[More Bad News for Aussie Retailers as Consumers Hold Tighter to Purses]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[If 2011 was a bad year for Australian retailers, the industry should not expect an improvement for 2012 since new research shows that Aussie consumers plan to hold tighter to their purses this year.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:23:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aussie Kids Believe Their Parents Work Too Hard]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Majority of Australian children believe their parents are spending too much time on their jobs and it affects their family time, a study released on Tuesday by the Australian Institute of Family Studies found.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:45:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cash Handouts Boost ALP, Julia Gillard’s Primary Vote but Craig Thomson Saga Drags Party]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Labor Party may have benefitted somehow from the cash handouts announced last week in the federal budget in terms of more primary votes. However, the Craig Thomson scandal continues to drag the party.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:11:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Carbon Tax Worries Australian Businesses]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[About 64 per cent of 1,000 Australian businesses surveyed by the Pricewaterhouse Cooper&#039;s (PwC) Private Business Barometer worry about the direct hit their business will suffer from the carbon tax.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:12:41 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mining Grows at Staggering 12% A Year, Rest of Aussie Economy Drags at 1%]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s mining sector continues to gallop, while the rest of the economy trails behind.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Another Rate Cut from RBA?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Many analysts and economists believe that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would likely not cut the overnight cash rate in the near future because of the release last week of the unemployment data which surprisingly went down to 4.9 per cent in April instead of the expected 5.3 per cent.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:41:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Union Suggests Millionaire’s Tax in Australia]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) proposed a millionaire&#039;s tax on wealthy Aussies such as Gina Rinehart, Clive Palmer and Andrew Forrest. The proposed levy is similar to the Buffett Rule in the U.S.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:48:13 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fair Works Ombudsman Investigates Charges of Staff Abuse by Adelaide Food Outlets]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Fair Work Ombudsman will go over the books of about 120 cafes, restaurants and fast food outlets in Adelaide to check abuse of workers, particularly in the area of wages.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:23:53 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Crown Chairman Eyes Chinese Middle Class Casino-Goers to Save Australia’s Tourism Industry]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Crown Chairman James Packer sees middle-class Chinese casino-goers as the possible saving grace of Australia&#039;s tourism industry. He compared the value of that market segment to the importance of the Internet to the modern world.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:56:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia’s Gas Reserves Could Last 2 Centuries]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s identified gas reserves is enough to power the country&#039;s needs for almost two centuries, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said on Sunday.]]></description>
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