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		<title>State Treasurers Not Impressed After Meeting With Swan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christian Porter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audio of media conferences held by Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and state Liberal Treasurers Porter (WA), Nicholls (Qld), Baird (NSW) and Wells (Vic) ahead of the COAG meeting.]]></description>
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		<title>Julia Gillard Meets With Campbell Newman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gillard has met with Queensland Premier Campbell Newman for the first time since last weekend&#8217;s election. The advent of the Liberal National government in Queensland means that Gillard now faces non-Labor premiers in the four largest states: NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. Gillard also maintained her criticism of Tony Abbott over his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Committee Proposes Reform Of Australian Federation</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/06/30/senate-committee-proposes-federation-reform.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/06/30/senate-committee-proposes-federation-reform.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download a copy of the Senate Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation.]]></description>
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		<title>COAG Meets In Shadow Of Global Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/02/coag-meets-in-shadow-of-financial-crisis-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/02/coag-meets-in-shadow-of-financial-crisis-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audio of COAG press conference and PDF download of the COAG Communique.  It was the first COAG meeting since the election of the Rudd Government which included a Liberal Premier, Colin Barnett, from Western Australia.  COAG agreed that the present unprecedented upheaval in global financial markets and renewed international scrutiny of their regulation underlines the importance of pressing forward with the COAG reform agenda. ]]></description>
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		<title>Business Council Calls For New Commonwealth-States Contract</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2006/10/28/bca-federalism-report.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2006/10/28/bca-federalism-report.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Council of Australia has released a report proposing reforms to the Australian federal system. The BCA says in the report: &#8220;In the past, the debate has been mainly framed around political and constitutional reasons for change. The extent of the problems and dysfunctions of the current system of federal–state relations – marked by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BCA Booklet: Reshaping Australia&#8217;s Federation</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2006/10/28/bca-booklet-reshaping-australias-federation.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2006/10/28/bca-booklet-reshaping-australias-federation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Council of Australia has released a booklet analysing the state of Australia's federation and proposing a 12-point plan of action to revitalise it.  Download a copy here.]]></description>
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		<title>Howard Announces Federal Government Attack on Gambling</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/12/16/howard-gambles-on-co-operative-federalism.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/12/16/howard-gambles-on-co-operative-federalism.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Bacon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new foray into the social policy area, the Prime Minister, John Howard, has announced a federal government attack on problem gambling. Following his opposition to safe heroin injecting rooms, particularly those announced by the new Victorian government, Howard has adopted a moral line on the spread of gambling, especially poker machines, and attacked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premiers&#8217; Conference: Howard and Costello Press Conference</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/04/09/howard-costello-premiers-conference.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/04/09/howard-costello-premiers-conference.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 1999 12:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of the press conference held by the Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Treasurer, Peter Costello. It follows the Premiers&#8217; Conference which reached a new agreement on Commonwealth-State financial arrangements. PRIME MINISTER: Ladies and gentlemen, today we have had an extraordinarily successful Premiers&#8217; Conference. We&#8217;ve reached agreement on all outstanding matters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/04/09/1999-agreement-on-commonwealth-state-financial-arrangements.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/04/09/1999-agreement-on-commonwealth-state-financial-arrangements.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 1999 12:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, John Howard, has signed an agreement with State and Territory leaders to reform Commonwealth-State financial relations. This is the text of a statement released by John Howard: I am pleased to announce that Commonwealth, State and Territory leaders have today signed a landmark Agreement that will transform Commonwealth-State financial relations, as promised [...]]]></description>
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