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	<title>Crikey &#187; Greg Barns</title>
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		<title>WA chief justice tells it like it is</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/24/wa-chief-justice-tells-it-like-it-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/24/wa-chief-justice-tells-it-like-it-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wayne martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Western Australian Chief Justice Wayne Martin’s refreshingly honest view of the world, delivered to a criminology conference in Perth yesterday will fortify his growing reputation as perhaps the most progressive leader of a court in the nation, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>News Limited, the police and Operation Unite</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/news-limited-the-police-and-operation-unite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/19/news-limited-the-police-and-operation-unite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adelaide Advertiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol-fuelled violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the courier mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Townsville Bulletin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every major News Limited masthead has all given over their front pages today to what is essentially an unpaid advertisement for the police forces. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prisoners take drugs and have sex. Shock.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/prisoners-take-drugs-and-have-s-x-shock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/prisoners-take-drugs-and-have-s-x-shock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dame Phyllis Frost prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[womens' prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To those familiar with the criminal justice system, the revelations in today’s <i>Age</i> about drug abuse and sex in Victoria’'s womens' prison will come as no surprise.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Karadzic is not getting a fair trial</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/why-karadzic-is-not-getting-a-fair-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/why-karadzic-is-not-getting-a-fair-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bosnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genocide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O-Gon Kwon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radovan Karadzic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Hague]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yugoslavia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic’s plea to be allowed more time to prepare his defence against serious of charges, including two counts of genocide, is in fact an entirely legitimate one.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Drugs expert shown the door for disagreeing with government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/drugs-expert-shown-the-door-for-disagreeing-with-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/drugs-expert-shown-the-door-for-disagreeing-with-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Nutt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UK's most prominent drugs expert has been kicked off a drugs advisory board for disagreeing with the government's view that cannabis should be classified as a lethal drug. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>The front page is no place to judge a terror trial</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/the-front-page-is-no-place-to-judge-a-terror-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/the-front-page-is-no-place-to-judge-a-terror-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning dodgy pictures and quotes of Australian terror suspects were splashed across the front pages of <em>The Age</em> and <em>Herald Sun</em>. Is it time to regulate the way media report criminal proceedings where the subject matter is terrorism?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free markets means free movement of labour</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/free-markets-means-free-movement-of-labour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/free-markets-means-free-movement-of-labour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Forrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kay Hulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharman Stone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Asylum seekers risking their lives on leaky boats and enduring intolerably harsh conditions in makeshift camps, are a vital ingredient in the supply of labour for the skills shortage ridden Australian economy. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why televising the Patel case is a recipe for disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/why-televising-the-patel-case-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/why-televising-the-patel-case-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jayant patel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[televised courts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/why-televising-the-patel-case-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Televising what happens in a courtroom is a brilliant idea for a range of reasons, but the case involving Dr Jayant Patel in Queensland is an unsuitable guinea pig.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/why-televising-the-patel-case-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>MSO left without an Oleg to stand on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/mso-left-without-an-oleg-to-stand-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/mso-left-without-an-oleg-to-stand-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oleg Caetani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchestras]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra board and management are not smart. They have succumbed to the markets and salespeople who care little for the quality of music, instead focusing on revenue.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/mso-left-without-an-oleg-to-stand-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s chicken Kev when it comes to asylum seekers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/its-chicken-kev-when-it-comes-to-asylum-seekers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/its-chicken-kev-when-it-comes-to-asylum-seekers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Post-Malcolm Fraser, there has been something grossly immoral about Australian government attitudes towards asylum seekers and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is showing that he, too, is not immune from this trait.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/its-chicken-kev-when-it-comes-to-asylum-seekers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brennan: we want human rights protection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/brennan-we-want-human-rights-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/brennan-we-want-human-rights-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brennan Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Brennan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Human Rights Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The human rights ball is now with the government, with the core message of the Brennan Committee's report on human rights indicating that Australians want better human rights protection.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rann&#8217;s happy family pics care of The Advertiser</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ranns-happy-family-pics-care-of-the-advertiser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ranns-happy-family-pics-care-of-the-advertiser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adelaide Advertiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of today's breathtaking act of media manipulation in <i>The Advertiser</i> is to take the heat off Mr Rann over a messy story involving the Premier, a man who allegedly attacked him last week at a function and the man’s former wife.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW prison operator has a very chequered past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/nsw-prison-operator-has-a-very-chequered-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/nsw-prison-operator-has-a-very-chequered-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GEO Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New South Wales government has allowed the GEO Group to take over Sydney’s Parklea prison, despite the company's questionable history.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/nsw-prison-operator-has-a-very-chequered-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Could the Wilderness Society lose its charity status?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/aidwatch-stripped-of-charity-status-is-the-the-wilderness-society-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/aidwatch-stripped-of-charity-status-is-the-the-wilderness-society-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aid/Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wilderness society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a ruling by the Federal Court, Aid/Watch is not a charity for the purposes of tax laws in Australia, due to its focus on campaigning. Is the Wilderness Society really so different?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/aidwatch-stripped-of-charity-status-is-the-the-wilderness-society-next/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice in the balance &#8230; bank balance, that is</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/courts-justice-in-the-balance-bank-balance-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/courts-justice-in-the-balance-bank-balance-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite decades of lip service from governments and the legal community, the price of justice is still prohibitively expensive for most Australians.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dupas can get a fair trial. On Mars.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/dupas-can-get-a-fair-trial-on-mars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/dupas-can-get-a-fair-trial-on-mars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contempt of court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ashley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fawkner Cemetery case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Carlyon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Dupas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The treatment of criminal investigations and proceedings by elements of the media in this country has now become so sensational that it is getting harder and harder for people to get a fair trial.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice on the cheap could be coming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/justice-on-the-cheap-could-be-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/justice-on-the-cheap-could-be-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Nicola Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Small groups suing corporate behemoths could benefit from a recent NSW court ruling, with capped fees and easier access. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Judith Troeth one of the last of the reasonable members of the coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/judith-troeth-one-of-the-last-of-the-reasonable-members-of-the-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bruce baird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concetta Fierravanti-Wells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judith troeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Moylan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petro Georgiou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russell broadbent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian liberal party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Judith Troeth spoke eloquently about the need for the Liberal Party to come to terms with the damage it did to thousands of people who sought asylum in this country, a contrasting view to most of her colleagues.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Productivity Commission owes nothing to anyone &#8212; that&#8217;s why we need it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/productivity-commission-owes-nothing-to-anyone-thats-why-we-need-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/productivity-commission-owes-nothing-to-anyone-thats-why-we-need-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industries Assistance Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louise adler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If it were not for the foresight of Paul Keating in developing the Productivity Commission in 1987, the Australian economy would still be mired in protectionist self-interest.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Court ruling: hope for detainees in the land of the free</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/court-ruling-new-hope-for-detainees-in-the-land-of-the-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/court-ruling-new-hope-for-detainees-in-the-land-of-the-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[september 11 attacks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush Administration’s secretive arrests of Arab-Americans and Muslims after 9/11 doesn’t get much airplay, but that may be about to change.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Official: Taser guns can and do kill</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/official-taser-guns-can-and-do-kill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/official-taser-guns-can-and-do-kill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police brutality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queensland police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tasers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weapons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So it’s official: Taser guns can and do kill. They're used more often than the media and law enforcement agencies report, and people are dying or suffering long-term injury as a result.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Racial tolerance: is Canada a better option than Australia?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/racial-tolerance-is-canada-a-better-option-than-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/racial-tolerance-is-canada-a-better-option-than-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to convincing Indian students that they are safe to study in Australia, won't be racially abused, and can do something about it if it does happen, we should look to Canada.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bill of Rights: John Howard v Anthony Mason</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/bill-of-rights-john-howard-v-anthony-mason/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/bill-of-rights-john-howard-v-anthony-mason/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Mason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Menzies Lecture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is extraordinary that John Howard should be given any credibility when it comes to criticising judicial protection of rights.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malcolm Turnbull, my part in his Liberal conversion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/malcolm-turnbull-my-part-in-his-liberal-conversion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/malcolm-turnbull-my-part-in-his-liberal-conversion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Republic Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Telegraph]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The <em>Sunday Telegraph</em>'s "exclusive" on Malcolm Turnbull's flirtations with the Labor Party in the late '90s was anything but, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tasmania tries the luck of the Irish, cashes up call centre</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/tasmania-tries-the-luck-of-the-irish-cashes-up-call-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/tasmania-tries-the-luck-of-the-irish-cashes-up-call-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bartlett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tasmanian alp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vodafone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Bartlett, facing diving opinion polls and a general election early next year, will hand over $3.5 million of Tasmanian taxpayers’ money to Vodafone so that it retains its call centre near Hobart.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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