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	<title>Crikey &#187; Margot Saville</title>
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		<title>ICAC inquiry: &#8216;drunk, sore and distressed&#8217; minister caught napping</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/icac-inquiry-ian-macdonald-speaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/icac-inquiry-ian-macdonald-speaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucky gattellari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McGurk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After six days of evidence about Ian Macdonald’s infamous night at room 1119 in the Four Seasons Hotel with Tiffanie, it was a huge relief to finally hear it from the horse’s mouth.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>ICAC inquiry: Medich explains happy endings to the court</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/icac-inquiry-medich-explains-happy-endings-to-the-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/icac-inquiry-medich-explains-happy-endings-to-the-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McGurk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most people approach a day at ICAC in total dread, but multimillionaire property developer Ron Medich appeared insouciant, verbally wrangling with counsel assisting, Geoffrey Watson SC and even the commissioner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ICAC inquiry: Ron Medich details night with sex worker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/icac-inquiry-ron-medich-details-night-with-s-x-worker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/icac-inquiry-ron-medich-details-night-with-s-x-worker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Commission Against Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McGurk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich inquiry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Multimillionaire Sydney businessman Ron Medich this morning made his long-awaited appearance in the witness box at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/icac-inquiry-ron-medich-details-night-with-s-x-worker/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>ICAC learns rough kissing meant no breakfast with Tiffanie</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/icac-learns-rough-kissing-meant-no-breakfast-with-tiffanie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/icac-learns-rough-kissing-meant-no-breakfast-with-tiffanie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ian mcdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Commission Against Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["If you knew who I was, you would be surprised." When Ian Macdonald allegedly said this to an Asian sex worker in a Sydney hotel room in 2009, he could not have imagined that his words would end up in a corruption inquiry.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Minister &#8216;Sir Lunchalot&#8217; &#8212; did Medich put the &#8216;lay&#8217; into Labor?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/minister-sir-lunchalot-did-medich-put-the-lay-into-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/minister-sir-lunchalot-did-medich-put-the-lay-into-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ian mcdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucky gattellari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McGurk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas came early for political voyeurs yesterday when the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption opened an inquiry into whether a former Labor minister had accepted s-xual services.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Medich, the pr-stitute and the cabinet minister: ICAC inquiry begins</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/medich-the-pr-stitute-and-the-cabinet-minister-icac-inquiry-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/medich-the-pr-stitute-and-the-cabinet-minister-icac-inquiry-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ian mcdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Commission Against Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McGurk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Medich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is currently hearing evidence a NSW cabinet minister in 2009 receiving the services of a sex worker paid for by Ron Medich.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s statesman&#8217;s hat is so unfashionably last year</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/abbotts-statesmans-hat-is-so-unfashionably-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/abbotts-statesmans-hat-is-so-unfashionably-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-commitment for pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended Tony Abbott’s address to The Sydney Institute last night with real enthusiasm, expecting to hear something good. However, what we got was 2010 revisited.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/abbotts-statesmans-hat-is-so-unfashionably-last-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Media inquiry: Disney calls for Press Council funding to be doubled</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/media-inquiry-disney-calls-for-press-council-funding-to-be-doubled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/media-inquiry-disney-calls-for-press-council-funding-to-be-doubled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david flint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government’s print media inquiry concluded on Friday with a wide-ranging discussion about possible sanctions for breaching Press Council standards, including the  imposition of fines or compensation payments of up to $40,000.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/media-inquiry-disney-calls-for-press-council-funding-to-be-doubled/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leighton Holdings&#8217; lizard brains didn&#8217;t get the better of them</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/leighton-holdings-lizard-brains-didnt-got-the-better-of-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/leighton-holdings-lizard-brains-didnt-got-the-better-of-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AGM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive renumeration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leighton Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal King]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=259003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leighton Holdings' shareholders were only interested in one thing at Friday's AGM. If losing one chief executive is a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness -- and had they been paid the money?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/leighton-holdings-lizard-brains-didnt-got-the-better-of-them/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pollies grumble at writers&#8217; fest: &#8216;good govt and ALP are strangers&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/pollies-grumble-at-writers-fest-good-govt-and-alp-are-strangers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/pollies-grumble-at-writers-fest-good-govt-and-alp-are-strangers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 03:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Howes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodney Cavalier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Writer's Festival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can the ALP survive? And if so, what form will it be in? There was huge interest in this topic at the Sydney Writers' Festival.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/pollies-grumble-at-writers-fest-good-govt-and-alp-are-strangers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney&#8217;s sparkling elite gather to hear Julia kick the bludgers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/sydneys-sparkling-elite-gather-to-hear-julia-kick-the-bludgers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/sydneys-sparkling-elite-gather-to-hear-julia-kick-the-bludgers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alan jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sydney Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare cheats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s get those horrible dole-bludgers back to work! That was theme from Julia Gillard’s address at the Sydney Institute’s annual dinner lecture, where Sydney's business and political elite gathered.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/sydneys-sparkling-elite-gather-to-hear-julia-kick-the-bludgers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP wake: after the vodka wore off, the whine kicked in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/28/alp-wake-after-the-vodka-wore-off-the-whine-kicked-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/28/alp-wake-after-the-vodka-wore-off-the-whine-kicked-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 NSW election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carmel tebbutt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Byrne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verity Firth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=213711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a election day with a entirely predictable outcome, it was great to live in an electorate where your vote actually counted. By 6.30pm, I'd heard all the conspiracy theories and so headed off to the Randwick Labor Club to wait for Kristina. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Like Leonidas, Keneally vows to wrestle Barry and his blank cheque</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/21/like-leonidas-keneally-vows-to-wrestle-barry-and-his-blank-cheque/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/21/like-leonidas-keneally-vows-to-wrestle-barry-and-his-blank-cheque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW labor party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=211893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With just six days to go, the NSW Labor campaign has come down to just two pithy messages: "don’t give Barry O’Farrell a blank cheque" and "Kristina is going down fighting". <em>Crikey</em> soaked up the atmosphere at Labor's launch.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The gluten-free NSW Greens launch, with added planning commissions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/the-gluten-free-nsw-greens-launch-with-added-planning-commissions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/the-gluten-free-nsw-greens-launch-with-added-planning-commissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 NSW election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balmain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jame Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verity Firth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=210283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s always good to go to a political launch with very low expectations, and I was pleasantly surprised to find yesterday's NSW Greens party launch not nearly as bad as I expected. Real policies were announced, Bob Brown was eloquent and passionate, and there were only a couple of the sort of cultish, quasi-religious moments that irritate the crap out of me.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW election: Treasurer’s debate and the Humpty Dumpty connection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/04/nsw-election-treasurer%e2%80%99s-debate-and-the-humpty-dumpty-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/04/nsw-election-treasurer%e2%80%99s-debate-and-the-humpty-dumpty-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 NSW election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=207877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, someone has injected a bit of testosterone into the NSW election campaign.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Libs: this century’s most soporific election launch</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/nsw-libs-this-century%e2%80%99s-most-soporific-election-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/nsw-libs-this-century%e2%80%99s-most-soporific-election-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 NSW election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penrith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott summed up the state Liberal campaign in a sentence;  Barry O’Farrell, the King of the small targets, will Get Things Done.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Battle for Balmain voters: white, rich, divorced gym goers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/battle-for-balmain-voters-white-rich-divorced-gym-goers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/14/battle-for-balmain-voters-white-rich-divorced-gym-goers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paddy mcguinness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seat of balmain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verity Firth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, being a Balmain Liberal would have led to a public stoning, but the conservative vote is rising, and they are now girding their loins for a real battle.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lunch with Richo and the Faceless Man: launching Labor&#8217;s progressive manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/lunch-with-richo-and-the-faceless-man-launching-labors-progressive-manifesto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/lunch-with-richo-and-the-faceless-man-launching-labors-progressive-manifesto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talking the Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graham richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Howes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is there any finer way of spending an afternoon than sucking on a lobster leg, gargling chardonnay and listening to top-quality political gossip? <b>Margot Saville</b> went to lunch with Richo and the Faceless Man to get the Labor Party gossip.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>The band&#8217;s back together for Howard&#8217;s last lap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/27/talkin-the-town-the-bands-back-together-for-howards-last-lap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/27/talkin-the-town-the-bands-back-together-for-howards-last-lap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lazarus Rising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was fabulous to see Peter Reith emerge yesterday from whatever dark cupboard he’s been hiding in since 2001 to come out and call for a new IR reform agenda. Indeed, the whole band was back together for John Howard's book launch, says <b>Margot Saville</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>McKew: &#8216;I don&#8217;t regret a minute of it&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/mckew-i-dont-regret-a-minute-of-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/mckew-i-dont-regret-a-minute-of-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bennelong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julia gilkarrd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine McKew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, McKew was in the office, helping her staff to find new jobs, but she’s not bitter about the result. “I don’t regret a minute of it. I loved doing the job locally and I loved working on public policy. It was a great thing to do.”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>With grandma in charge, the Liberals were celebrating</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/22/with-grandma-in-charge-the-liberals-were-celebrating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/22/with-grandma-in-charge-the-liberals-were-celebrating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me in the cab that drinking half a bottle of red wine before I go to the Liberal HQ election night party is probably not a good idea. It is likely to be a very long night, and I should have started it at least sober. Too late now. 8pm. Arrive at [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/22/with-grandma-in-charge-the-liberals-were-celebrating/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bennelong: tired McKew fighting the polls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/19/bennelong-tired-mckew-fighting-the-polls-the-bookies-and-angry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/19/bennelong-tired-mckew-fighting-the-polls-the-bookies-and-angry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bennelong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill pounder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lindsay peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine McKew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[susan raye]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a pretty bad day for the Labor MP for Bennelong, Maxine McKew. Two new polls published in the major Sydney newspapers predict she will lose her seat on Saturday. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bennelong despatch: yum cha and tears with Kevin Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/16/bennelong-despatch-yum-cha-and-tears-with-kevin-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/16/bennelong-despatch-yum-cha-and-tears-with-kevin-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bennelong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine McKew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Losing the job of a lifetime is one thing, but following it up with an emergency gallbladder operation is bad luck, and Kevin Rudd looked like he had been through the wringer.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bennelong dispatch: relevance takes a back seat in JA&#8217;s campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/09/bennelong-dispatch-relevance-takes-a-back-seat-in-jas-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/09/bennelong-dispatch-relevance-takes-a-back-seat-in-jas-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bennelong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine McKew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the battle for Bennelong, Liberal candidate John Alexander was the star of a two and a half hour brain-bleeding session dominated by klutzy questions. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/09/bennelong-dispatch-relevance-takes-a-back-seat-in-jas-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bennelong despatch: McKew serves it up to &#8216;good looking&#8217; JA</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/26/bennelong-despatch-mckew-serves-it-up-to-good-looking-ja/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/26/bennelong-despatch-mckew-serves-it-up-to-good-looking-ja/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talking the Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bennelong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine McKew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bennelong is one of the most ethnically diverse electorates in the country.]]></description>
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