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	<title>Crikey &#187; VIC</title>
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		<title>Liberals wimp out on another byelection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/liberals-wimp-out-on-another-byelection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/liberals-wimp-out-on-another-byelection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byelections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niddrie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niddrie byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Democracy requires choice, and a party that gets into the habit of denying the voters a choice is failing in its primary duty, however convenient that might be for its elected representatives.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Canberra says no to grazing &#8212; so what are states for?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/canberra-says-no-to-grazing-so-what-are-states-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/canberra-says-no-to-grazing-so-what-are-states-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpine national parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain cattlemen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Burke]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least as the federal government sees things, the controversy over cattle grazing in Victoria's Alpine National Park is now over.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Big Ted, it&#8217;s time to shift gears</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/for-big-ted-its-time-to-shift-gears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/for-big-ted-its-time-to-shift-gears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andre Haermeyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael kapel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony nutt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The changing of the guard at the top may be a sign that Ted Baillieu feels it is time to shift gears.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bonanza for big-box retail at the expense of transparency</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/bonanza-for-big-box-retail-at-the-expense-of-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/bonanza-for-big-box-retail-at-the-expense-of-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mary delahunty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Maclellan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windsor Hotel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Planning ministers in Victoria have a habit of trying to cut corners and then coming unstuck, writes <b>Stephen Rowley</b>, an urban planner and former co-editor of Planning News.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/bonanza-for-big-box-retail-at-the-expense-of-transparency/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why we need to talk about COAG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-we-need-to-talk-about-coag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-we-need-to-talk-about-coag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The process has been hampered by a breakdown in trust between the Commonwealth and the states, writes <b>Paul Kildea</b> on <a href="http://www.inside.org.au" target="_blank"><em>Inside Story</em></a>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ted Baillieu: does Big Ted have the ticker to govern?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/melbourne/ted-baillieu</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/melbourne/ted-baillieu#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ted ballieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Under normal conditions, the Premier of Victoria should be the most powerful figure in Melbourne. But Ted Baillieu isn't, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The battle over alpine cattle grazing heats up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/the-battle-over-alpine-cattle-grazing-heats-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/the-battle-over-alpine-cattle-grazing-heats-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpine national park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain cattlemen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Burke]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A battle  is heating up between the Victorian and federal governments over cattle grazing in Victoria’s heritage-listed Alpine National Park, writes <b>Iona Salter</b>, a freelance journalist.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/the-battle-over-alpine-cattle-grazing-heats-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Melbourne dreams of new airport but Sydney&#8217;s still stuck in gridlock</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/melbourne-dreams-of-new-airport-but-sydneys-still-stuck-in-gridlock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/melbourne-dreams-of-new-airport-but-sydneys-still-stuck-in-gridlock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney rail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Premier Barry O’Farrell, the economic consequences of the weekend announcement by Victoria's peak business body of its enthusiasm for a third Melbourne airport is probably under acute analysis]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney gridlock leaves it stuck in the past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/crikey-says-sydney-gridlock-leaves-it-stuck-in-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/crikey-says-sydney-gridlock-leaves-it-stuck-in-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney infrastructure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A third airport for Melbourne would mean a chance to usurp Sydney as the economic capital of Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/crikey-says-sydney-gridlock-leaves-it-stuck-in-the-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Melbourne&#8217;s most powerful: Rod Eddington</title>
		<link>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/melbourne/rod-eddington</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/melbourne/rod-eddington#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir Roderick Ian Eddington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir Roderick Ian Eddington's ideas, now coming to fruition, are quite literally changing the face of the southern metropolis, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Little Sydney and Mega-Melbourne: comparing airport ambitions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/little-sydney-and-mega-melbourne-an-instructive-comparison-in-new-airport-ambitions/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/little-sydney-and-mega-melbourne-an-instructive-comparison-in-new-airport-ambitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It speaks much for the centre of growth and vision in this country to compare the political difficulties that arise over plans for a 2nd Sydney Airport, and the general enthusiasm for a 3rd Melbourne Airport, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/little-sydney-and-mega-melbourne-an-instructive-comparison-in-new-airport-ambitions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How powerful is Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/melbourne/robert-doyle</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/melbourne/robert-doyle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert doyle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He carries off the usual city hall duties, like ribbon cutting and sound biting, with aplomb. But is Robert Doyle actually powerful? He certainly doesn't mind pissing people off, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fisherman win more algae testing &#8212; but not in time for tourists</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/fisherman-win-more-algae-testing-but-not-in-time-for-tourists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/fisherman-win-more-algae-testing-but-not-in-time-for-tourists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fisheries management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakes Entrance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian fisheries management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water quality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian Department of Health have used a unique "whole fish crush test" to find a toxin and closed the state's largest fishery at the start of Christmas, writes <em>Crikey naturalist <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.</em>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/fisherman-win-more-algae-testing-but-not-in-time-for-tourists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fishing industry overhaul to have huge impact on jobs, tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/fishing-industry-overhaul-to-have-huge-impact-on-jobs-tourism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/fishing-industry-overhaul-to-have-huge-impact-on-jobs-tourism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amateur fishermen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial fishermen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish and chips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishing fleets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreational fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Department of Primary Industries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Primary Industries Victoria seems to have nearly got away with very limited consultation before undertaking the most extensive reform of fisheries in Australia's history, writes Crikey naturalist <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/fishing-industry-overhaul-to-have-huge-impact-on-jobs-tourism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The perils of caging Twitter in governments</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/the-perils-of-caging-twitter-in-governments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/the-perils-of-caging-twitter-in-governments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian parliament]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a classic case of confusing the medium with the message, the Victorian Parliament last week launched an inquiry into the use of social media within the gallery, writes <b>Charis Palmer</b> of <a href="http://technologyspectator.com.au/" target="_blank"><em>Technology Spectator</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/the-perils-of-caging-twitter-in-governments/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murdoch, Baillieu and Morgan: a story of old Melbourne families</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/murdoch-baillieu-and-morgan-a-story-of-old-melbourne-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/murdoch-baillieu-and-morgan-a-story-of-old-melbourne-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gary morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HWT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hartigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Corp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter blunden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne marked an interesting milestone last week.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/murdoch-baillieu-and-morgan-a-story-of-old-melbourne-families/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Strong-arm response from The Oz against claims of &#8216;being used&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/strong-arm-response-from-the-oz-against-claims-of-being-used/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/strong-arm-response-from-the-oz-against-claims-of-being-used/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chip le grand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedley Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All eyes were trained on how The Australian this morning would react to the extraordinary spray dished out against it by outgoing Office of Police Integrity director Michael Strong on Jon Faine yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/strong-arm-response-from-the-oz-against-claims-of-being-used/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Baillieu govt one year on: a &#8216;let &#8216;er rip&#8217; approach to environment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/baillieu-govt-one-year-on-a-let-er-rip-approach-to-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/baillieu-govt-one-year-on-a-let-er-rip-approach-to-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind farms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Victorian government has systematically dismantled environmental protections and determinedly ignored its stewardship responsibilities to the environment, write <b>Sandi Keane and David Donovan</b> of Independent Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/baillieu-govt-one-year-on-a-let-er-rip-approach-to-environment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Worlds collide as UK parliamentary committee comes to Oz</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/worlds-collide-as-uk-parliamentary-committee-comes-to-oz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/worlds-collide-as-uk-parliamentary-committee-comes-to-oz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news of the world phone hacking scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ll be dining next week with five members of the UK parliamentary committee probing phone hacking.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/worlds-collide-as-uk-parliamentary-committee-comes-to-oz/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nursing dispute&#8217;s origins in the savage cuts of the Kennett era</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/nursing-disputes-origins-in-the-savage-cuts-of-the-kennett-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/nursing-disputes-origins-in-the-savage-cuts-of-the-kennett-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kennett government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurses' dispute]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The current nursing dispute has its origins in the savage cuts to the health budget initiated by the first Kennett government in 1993-4, writes <b>Tom Keating</b>, a former senior Victorian health manager.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/nursing-disputes-origins-in-the-savage-cuts-of-the-kennett-era/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Police, not councils, should regulate brothels</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/police-not-councils-should-regulate-brothels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/police-not-councils-should-regulate-brothels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brothels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney brothels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell’s proposed brothel reforms are doomed for failure while governments in Victoria and Western Australia get tough with rogue operators, writes <b>Chris Seage</b>, tax consultant, former ATO audit manager Brothel Busters owner.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/police-not-councils-should-regulate-brothels/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Occupy crackdowns perfectly illustrate the movement&#8217;s claims</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/occupy-crackdowns-perfectly-illustrate-the-movements-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/occupy-crackdowns-perfectly-illustrate-the-movements-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Pike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall St]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The violent reaction to Occupy protests isn't just generating coverage, but illustrating the claims of the movement.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/occupy-crackdowns-perfectly-illustrate-the-movements-claims/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberals exposed as kingmakers in bitter chicken spat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/17/liberals-exposed-as-kingmakers-in-bitter-chicken-spat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/17/liberals-exposed-as-kingmakers-in-bitter-chicken-spat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baiada poultry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason aldworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynne Kosky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NUW]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=259739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A shadowy astroturf group led by two Liberal Party operatives has emerged to bend public opinion in the bitter Baiada poultry workplace dispute.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/17/liberals-exposed-as-kingmakers-in-bitter-chicken-spat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>AFP to The Oz: &#8216;you show me your info if we show you ours&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/15/afp-to-the-oz-you-show-me-your-info-if-we-show-you-ours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/15/afp-to-the-oz-you-show-me-your-info-if-we-show-you-ours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Federal Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Artz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon artz case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=259227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AFP counter-terrorism tsar Steve Lancaster has told a court that he undertook a "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" process with <em>The Australian</em>'s Cameron Stewart to negotiate the terms of an anti-terror drop.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/15/afp-to-the-oz-you-show-me-your-info-if-we-show-you-ours/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stewart points finger at Overland for &#8216;police politics&#8217; that nabbed Artz</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/stewart-points-the-finger-at-overland-for-the-police-politics-that-nabbed-artz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/stewart-points-the-finger-at-overland-for-the-police-politics-that-nabbed-artz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Federal Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Artz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon artz case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Australian</em>'s Cameron Stewart claims ex-police chief Simon Overland presided over the "police politics" that in his view was behind the OPI's decision to pursue criminal charges against a junior source.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/stewart-points-the-finger-at-overland-for-the-police-politics-that-nabbed-artz/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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