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			<title>Hockey says 12,000 PS job cull just a start</title>
			<description>Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says the loss of 12,000 public service jobs in Canberra would be just a starting point in the first two years of a Liberal government, reports The Canberra Times.</description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31259.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Time to come clean on public service cuts, Mr Abbott </title>
			<description>The union representing federal public sector workers is calling on Tony Abbott to come clean and tell the public which public services he plans to cut if he is elected.
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31257.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Cuts Hurt campaign delivers some Budget relief</title>
			<description>Months of action through our Cuts Hurt campaign has paid off with the Government confirming that the across-the-board efficiency dividend will be reduced from 4% to 1.25%. </description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31253.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>MEDIA RELEASE: Tough budget recognises pressure on public services</title>
			<description>The CPSU is disappointed that the public sector will lose 1262 jobs, while warning the Coalition plans to cut much deeper if elected. </description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31229.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Abbott pressed to come clean on planned job cuts</title>
			<description>Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a Liberal government will cut public service jobs more effectively than Labor, reports the Canberra Times.

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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31197.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 08:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>New figures confirm public services under pressure, says union</title>
			<description>The union representing federal public sector workers is warning that essential services will suffer if the Government cuts public sector budgets, with latest figures showing the public service has already shed more than 2500 jobs in the second half of 2012. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31181.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Further cuts in the Budget will hurt services, says union - media release</title>
			<description>The union representing federal public sector workers is warning against any across the board cuts in the forthcoming budget saying that essential services will suffer. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31088.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:28:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Union calls for more federal public service jobs in Tassie</title>
			<description>The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has welcomed the opportunity to participate in today&amp;#39;s roundtable forum on the Prime Minister&amp;#39;s jobs plan for Tasmania. 

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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/31076.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>PS &amp;#39;suffers plight of the anorexic&amp;#39; says think tank</title>
			<description>A leading independant think-tank is warning against further cuts to the public service in next month&amp;#39;s budget, saying too many politicians have tunnel vision about the merits of the private sector.

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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30931.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>CPSU launches new Cuts Hurt advert</title>
			<description>Members of the Community and Public Sector Union are set to endorse a campaign to fight a Coalition blueprint to inflict savage public sector cuts. 

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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30832.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Union vows to fight Big Society reforms</title>
			<description>THE union movement has vowed to fight Tony Abbott introducing British Conservative Party-style reforms, under which local communities pool welfare funds sent from the top-tier of government and decide how to spend them</description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30801.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Getting our message heard</title>
			<description>Since our 2013 Federal Budget submission was released  late last year, CPSU officials and delegates have been working hard to get members&amp;#39; concerns about jobs and funding heard by Government Ministers, MPs and the media.</description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30770.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:26:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>WA Election -  Save Our Services </title>
			<description>As a CPSU member, you understand the vital role the public service plays in our community. </description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30761.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Big Society revisited: are we swimming with sharks?</title>
			<description>New research has found Opposition Leader Tony Abbott&amp;#39;s ongoing support for the UK Government&amp;#39;s radical &amp;quot;Big Society&amp;quot; outsourcing agenda poses a real threat to Australian public services. </description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30751.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Abbott&amp;#39;s APS numbers a &amp;#39;fiction&amp;#39; says Public Service Minister </title>
			<description>Federal Minister for the Public Service and Integrity, Gary Gray, tackles Coalition leader Tony Abbott&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;unsophisticated and dangerous&amp;#39; approach to the public sector.   </description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/campaigns/news/30639.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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