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	<title>Financial Standard Comments - Can the cash-fest save our competitiveness?</title>
	<description>Just as well the Federal Government included some infrastructure and education spending in the Budget, but considering the money wont begin to flow until 2009 our global competitiveness ranking is likely to continue to be cut-down.</description>
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	<copyright>Copyright 2026 Financial Standard</copyright>
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