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	<title>Crikey &#187; Mungo MacCallum</title>
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		<title>Bligh trumps St Mary McKillop as model of virtue, rectitude</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/17/mungo-bligh-trumps-st-mary-mckillop-as-model-of-virtue-rectitude/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/17/mungo-bligh-trumps-st-mary-mckillop-as-model-of-virtue-rectitude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seldom has an Australian politician received the kind of accolades accorded to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh after the disastrous floods that engulfed her state.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Gillard and Abbott, it&#8217;s storm clouds at 20 paces</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/10/mungo-for-gillard-and-abbott-its-storm-clouds-at-20-paces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/10/mungo-for-gillard-and-abbott-its-storm-clouds-at-20-paces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first couple of weeks of 2011 the big story has been the weather -- it well and truly pushed politics off the front pages.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: Chris Mitchell and The Oz &#8230; it just ain&#8217;t cricket</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/mungo-chris-mitchell-and-the-oz-it-just-aint-cricket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/mungo-chris-mitchell-and-the-oz-it-just-aint-cricket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captain ricky ponting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twenty20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian again has become a haven for sceptics, deniers and downright nutters.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: WikiLeaks principle critical, but contents &#8230; oh well</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/13/mungo-wikileaks-principle-critical-but-contents-oh-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/13/mungo-wikileaks-principle-critical-but-contents-oh-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canberra cables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange rape case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks in Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WikiLeaks news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=192549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julian Assange may not merit a Nobel prize, but he sure as hell doesn’t deserve to be persecuted either. If we are serious about defending democracy, he is not our enemy but our new best friend.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/13/mungo-wikileaks-principle-critical-but-contents-oh-well/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nuclear debate will end, not with a bang but a phut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/mungo-nuclear-debate-will-end-again-not-with-a-bang-but-a-phut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/mungo-nuclear-debate-will-end-again-not-with-a-bang-but-a-phut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal fired power stations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Qatar World Cup 2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It must be the silly season. The old arguments are all back on the agenda, and none of them is more thoroughly worn than the one about Australia going nuclear.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard&#8217;s welcome show of strength on Telstra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/mungo-gillards-welcome-show-of-strength-on-telstra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/mungo-gillards-welcome-show-of-strength-on-telstra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Telstra split]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a fitting climax to Labor’s tumultuous parliamentary year. Julia Gillard finally brought off a big win with the passage of the Telstra legislation, but hostile commentators were still able to spin it as a defeat.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/mungo-gillards-welcome-show-of-strength-on-telstra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government can&#8217;t have a bob each way on boat people</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/mungo-government-cant-have-a-bob-each-way-on-boat-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/mungo-government-cant-have-a-bob-each-way-on-boat-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=185945</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Party's cadaver in waiting, Phillip Ruddock, described last week’s High Court decision on the rights of asylum seekers as "diabolical." The misuse of the word was so grotesque as to suggest that the former Immigration Minister and Attorney-General’s use of it might have itself been satanic inspiration.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/mungo-government-cant-have-a-bob-each-way-on-boat-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Gillard, banks a perfect opportunity to get on with it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/mungo-for-gillard-banks-a-perfect-opportunity-to-get-on-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/mungo-for-gillard-banks-a-perfect-opportunity-to-get-on-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard is there to govern and must be seen to be doing so. To be -- how should one put it? -- moving forward. Banks may be providing her a perfect opportunity to do so. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/mungo-for-gillard-banks-a-perfect-opportunity-to-get-on-with-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two virility symbols and a saint &#8230; lucky country indeed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/18/mungo-two-virility-symbols-and-a-saint-lucky-country-indeed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/18/mungo-two-virility-symbols-and-a-saint-lucky-country-indeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mary mckillop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony abbot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Judging from the shambling swagger he affects these days (part-Western gunslinger, part-silverback gorilla) Tony Abbott is brimming with confidence.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/18/mungo-two-virility-symbols-and-a-saint-lucky-country-indeed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor has little to lose by going hard on Murray-Darling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/mungo-labor-has-little-to-lose-by-going-hard-on-murray-darling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/mungo-labor-has-little-to-lose-by-going-hard-on-murray-darling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Murray-Darling Basin is not just Australia’s major food bowl, but an important economic resource in its own right.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard&#8217;s safe but her ability to legislate isn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/mungo-gillards-safe-but-her-ability-to-legislate-isnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/mungo-gillards-safe-but-her-ability-to-legislate-isnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Windsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard can afford to be reasonably satisfied with the first week of the rest of her government. But the crossbenchers are ready and eager to exploit their temporary power bases, particularly on climate change and the war in Afghanistan.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/mungo-gillards-safe-but-her-ability-to-legislate-isnt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: pig drama, an anagram of paradigm, seems appropriate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/27/mungo-pig-drama-an-anagram-of-paradigm-seems-appropriate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/27/mungo-pig-drama-an-anagram-of-paradigm-seems-appropriate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=174458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbot has now made it clear that his lust for power is absolute; he will stop at nothing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/27/mungo-pig-drama-an-anagram-of-paradigm-seems-appropriate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: all bets are off for PM, Abbott still locked in the past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/mungo-all-bets-are-off-for-pm-abbott-still-locked-in-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/mungo-all-bets-are-off-for-pm-abbott-still-locked-in-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything is up for grabs once more, and as far as Julia Gillard is concerned, she is starting pretty much with a blank sheet. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/mungo-all-bets-are-off-for-pm-abbott-still-locked-in-the-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: embrace of consensus, peace, love and brown rice sheer hypocrisy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/06/mungo-embrace-of-consensus-peace-love-and-brown-rice-sheer-hypocrisy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/06/mungo-embrace-of-consensus-peace-love-and-brown-rice-sheer-hypocrisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=169656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been many losers in the 2010 election, but none more to be pitied than those who relied on News Limited for their political information.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/06/mungo-embrace-of-consensus-peace-love-and-brown-rice-sheer-hypocrisy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Australia&#8217; rejects the system, and Labor is to blame</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/mungo-australia-rejects-the-system-and-labor-is-to-blame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/mungo-australia-rejects-the-system-and-labor-is-to-blame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=166778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a superstition among many political commentators that the nation has some sort of collective mind; that when the voters go to the polls there is a psychic bond which determines the overall result. It's rubbish, as Saturday showed.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/mungo-australia-rejects-the-system-and-labor-is-to-blame/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: double disillusion leaves spirit of the nation in jeopardy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/16/mungo-double-disillusion-leaves-spirit-of-the-nation-in-jeopardy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/16/mungo-double-disillusion-leaves-spirit-of-the-nation-in-jeopardy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=164729</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We vote without enthusiasm or conviction, and often in the belief that whatever we do will make no real difference; that the ritual is no longer worthwhile.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: a farcical plot line with heroes and villains interchangeable</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/09/mungo-a-farcical-plot-line-with-heroes-and-villains-interchangeable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/09/mungo-a-farcical-plot-line-with-heroes-and-villains-interchangeable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=162777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This election campaign is not really dull at all. Depressing, maddening, infantile, an insult to the voters' intelligence and a travesty of the democratic process, but not dull.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/09/mungo-a-farcical-plot-line-with-heroes-and-villains-interchangeable/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: it&#8217;s time for a reality check</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/mungo-its-time-for-a-reality-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/mungo-its-time-for-a-reality-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP factions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=160272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s time, in fact it’s well past time, it may even be too late, for a reality check. Seen from the point of view of the hip pocket, things could hardly be rosier. And yet the voters are preparing to vote the government that has presided over this happy state and is at least partly responsible for it out of office after one truncated term.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/mungo-its-time-for-a-reality-check/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Wimp v the Wuss</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/26/mungo-the-wimp-v-the-wuss-voters-are-the-real-losers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/26/mungo-the-wimp-v-the-wuss-voters-are-the-real-losers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders debate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=157289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Never has the Prime Ministership of Australia been contested by such a pair of abject, craven, weak-kneed, whey-faced, chicken-hearted, lily-livered, jelly-bellied milksops. And what a lead up to the so-called Great Debate: The Wimp versus The Wuss, says <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/26/mungo-the-wimp-v-the-wuss-voters-are-the-real-losers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: it appears we&#8217;re voting on personality rather than policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/19/mungo-it-appears-were-voting-on-personality-rather-than-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/19/mungo-it-appears-were-voting-on-personality-rather-than-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=154390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First, Julia Gillard has to be elected, and to do that she has to give us reasons to vote for her. What exactly (or even approximately) is the election actually about? Most voters are confused.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/19/mungo-it-appears-were-voting-on-personality-rather-than-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: Timor solution a stuffed-up version of whatever it takes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/12/mungo-timor-solution-a-stuffed-up-version-of-whatever-it-takes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/12/mungo-timor-solution-a-stuffed-up-version-of-whatever-it-takes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob mcmullan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Timor Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Timor Leste is a horribly cynical choice, and still would be even if the negotiations had been sensibly handled and the government and populace had shown themselves willing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/12/mungo-timor-solution-a-stuffed-up-version-of-whatever-it-takes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: The fix is in, thanks to Gillard&#8217;s populist adhockery</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/05/mungo-the-fix-is-in-thanks-to-gillards-populist-adhockery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/05/mungo-the-fix-is-in-thanks-to-gillards-populist-adhockery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=150476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gillard is offering not leadership but populism, not vision but adhockery, not policy but fixes: whatever it takes. She has had her boost in the polls, and that, for the moment, is all that really matters.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/05/mungo-the-fix-is-in-thanks-to-gillards-populist-adhockery/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: who&#8217;s really to blame for Rudd&#8217;s demise?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/28/mungo-with-so-many-killers-whos-really-to-blame-for-rudds-demise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/28/mungo-with-so-many-killers-whos-really-to-blame-for-rudds-demise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP leadership spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jullia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=148831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd was knifed repeatedly and by many, says <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>. Who could have guessed that there were so many killers lurking in the wings of Parliament House?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/28/mungo-with-so-many-killers-whos-really-to-blame-for-rudds-demise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd and Abbbot a case of double disillusion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/21/mungo-rudd-and-abbbot-a-case-of-double-disillusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/21/mungo-rudd-and-abbbot-a-case-of-double-disillusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources super profit tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=147130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It will take a mighty effort indeed in his second term if Kevin Rudd is ever to recapture that first rapture of the heady Kevin07 days. And Tony Abbott will need to mature considerably if he is to be given a second chance.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/21/mungo-rudd-and-abbbot-a-case-of-double-disillusion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time, Kevin, to pull your finger out</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/15/mungo-its-time-kevin-to-pull-your-finger-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/15/mungo-its-time-kevin-to-pull-your-finger-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Forrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith de Lacey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSPT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Rudd was also some kind of a loose cannon, what was the point of keeping him? Rudd might be a bit of a letdown, but the alternative is still unconvincing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/15/mungo-its-time-kevin-to-pull-your-finger-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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