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	<title>Crikey &#187; WA</title>
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		<title>Westpoll: McGowan off to a solid start in WA</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/21/westpoll-59-41-to-liberal-national-in-wa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/21/westpoll-59-41-to-liberal-national-in-wa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark McGowan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The West Australian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>The West Australian's</em>  first poll in nearly two years still shows Labor well behind but also finds 20 percent of voters more likely to vote for the party under new leader Mark McGowan, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/21/westpoll-59-41-to-liberal-national-in-wa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA Labor set for leadership change: Ripper out, McGowan in</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/18/ripper-out-mcgowan-in/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/18/ripper-out-mcgowan-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Ripper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark McGowan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is being widely reported that Eric Ripper will officially stand aside as leader of WA’s Labor opposition today, with Rockingham MP Mark McGowan to fill the vacancy unopposed.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/01/18/ripper-out-mcgowan-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>CFMEU out of the WA Labor cold, state conference to decide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WA branch of the CFMEU appears to have succeeded in its botched bid to re-affiliate with Labor, after an emergency meeting of the ALP’s administrative committee referred the decision to state conference.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another Beazley jnr set to step up to the political plate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hannah Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The name Beazley could once again grace the green leather of an Australian parliament with Kim Beazley’s daughter Hannah being vigorously bandied about ahead of WA Labor’s 2013 preselection round.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Woodside&#8217;s Kimberley: red dirt, pristine coastline &#8230; and heavy security</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/woodsides-kimberley-red-dirt-pristine-coastline-and-heavy-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/woodsides-kimberley-red-dirt-pristine-coastline-and-heavy-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james price point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kimberley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodside]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When West Australian Premier Colin Barnett said last week that he welcomed the announcement of a permanent US military presence in northern Australia), his words are worth considering in a wider context.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/woodsides-kimberley-red-dirt-pristine-coastline-and-heavy-security/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</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>CHOGM&#8217;s in tents experience comes to an end</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/chogms-in-tents-experience-comes-to-an-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/chogms-in-tents-experience-comes-to-an-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Clayfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perth's occupiers are no longer occupying it. They voted on the matter yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/chogms-in-tents-experience-comes-to-an-end/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA government weighing up GM wheat options</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/wa-government-weighing-up-gm-wheat-options/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/wa-government-weighing-up-gm-wheat-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The WA Department of Agriculture and Food's new Merredin Research Centre is part of the state government’s $9 million New Genes for New Environments project and it's developing genetically modified (GM) wheat and barley, writes <b>Lisa Roth</b>, a journalist with 3rd Degree.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/wa-government-weighing-up-gm-wheat-options/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>CHOGM: Barnett&#8217;s evocation of security on the money, but target is not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Clayfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People don't feel that you're serving and protecting them when you're taking to their neighbours with a baton.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>$80k pay day for Labor as CFMEU rejoins WA fold</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Reynolds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The West Australian branch of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union is poised to re-affiliate with the Labor Party in that state, injecting up to $80,000 a year into ALP coffers and burying once and for all a bitter 2007 spat with foreign minister Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM canola spill reignites battle between farmers, mates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/gm-canola-spill-reignites-battle-between-farmers-mates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/gm-canola-spill-reignites-battle-between-farmers-mates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vaughan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while coming, but Steve Marsh -- the farmer who lost his organic certification last year because of GM contamination -- is preparing a writ for a "common law" battle with his neighbour, writes <b>Lisa Roth</b>, of student publication 3rd Degree.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/gm-canola-spill-reignites-battle-between-farmers-mates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The punitive-minded police state cranks up for CHOGM</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/the-punitive-minded-police-state-cranks-up-for-chogm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/the-punitive-minded-police-state-cranks-up-for-chogm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Clayfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining boom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince Charles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The honour of hosting this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting fits in perfectly with the Perth's idea of itself as a cultural and economic powerhouse.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/the-punitive-minded-police-state-cranks-up-for-chogm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Adding up Monsanto&#8217;s InterGrain investment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/adding-up-monsantos-intergrain-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/adding-up-monsantos-intergrain-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[InterGrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monsanto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's no secret Monsanto wants to increase the 19.9% share it bought in WA’s crop-breeding company InterGrain last August, writes <b>Lisa Roth</b>, of student publication <a href="http://3degree.ecu.edu.au/" target="_blank"><em>3rd Degree</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/adding-up-monsantos-intergrain-investment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: 57-43 to Liberal-National in WA</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/04/newspoll-57-43-to-liberal-national-in-wa-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/04/newspoll-57-43-to-liberal-national-in-wa-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest quarterly Newspoll of state voting intention for Western Australia shows no change on two-party preferred, with the Liberal-National ("don’t call us the Coalition!") government still holding a commanding 57-43 lead, reports <b>William Bowe</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/04/newspoll-57-43-to-liberal-national-in-wa-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>In WA, Labor attention turns from Gillard to the backroom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/in-wa-labor-attention-turns-from-gillard-to-the-backroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/in-wa-labor-attention-turns-from-gillard-to-the-backroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Ripper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lost in this week's mild panic over Labor's dire national Newspoll performance has been the parlous state of the party's primary vote in Western Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/in-wa-labor-attention-turns-from-gillard-to-the-backroom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mapping ethics of Aboriginal genome research</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/potential-damage-mapping-ethics-of-aboriginal-genome-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/potential-damage-mapping-ethics-of-aboriginal-genome-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal genome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genome project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=249433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New research mapping the Aboriginal genome garnered international attention last week and is re-writing the history books on human migration, but scientists fear the news raises an ethical quagmire here in Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/potential-damage-mapping-ethics-of-aboriginal-genome-research/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM random audits &#8212; are they truly representative?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/19/gm-random-audits-are-they-truly-representative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/19/gm-random-audits-are-they-truly-representative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monsanto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western australian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many WA farmers have welcomed the government-endorsed option to grow genetically modified (GM) canola, claiming coexistence between GM, non-GM and organic farming is possible, writes <b>Lisa Roth</b> of <a href="http://www.3degree.ecu.edu.au/" target="_blank"><em>3rd Degree</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/19/gm-random-audits-are-they-truly-representative/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Judge slams Crime &amp; Corruption Commission over inaction on police abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/judge-slams-crime-corruption-commission-over-inaction-on-police-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/judge-slams-crime-corruption-commission-over-inaction-on-police-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police brutality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Crime and Corruption Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=246369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the CCC’s reasons for failing to investigate these matters was cost.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/judge-slams-crime-corruption-commission-over-inaction-on-police-abuse/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mayne: where to for Gunns, logging and the pulp mill?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/mayne-where-to-for-gunns-logging-and-the-pulp-mill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/mayne-where-to-for-gunns-logging-and-the-pulp-mill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gunns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lara Giddings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native forest logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodchippers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares in the financially struggling Tasmanian timber giant Gunns remain suspended ahead of Monday’s profit announcement and the ongoing clifftop poker around exiting old-growth logging and financing the $2.3 billion pulp mill. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/mayne-where-to-for-gunns-logging-and-the-pulp-mill/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Governments&#8217; failure to regulate is costing mining industry, taxpayers and environment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/labor-and-mining-industry-regulatio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/labor-and-mining-industry-regulatio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal land rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A failure to sensibly regulate the mining industry is compromising its productivity, the environment -- and the electoral fortunes of the Labor government, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>, Crikey naturalist.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/labor-and-mining-industry-regulatio/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Building industry watchdog slammed over sham contracted migrants</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/05/building-industry-watchdog-slammed-over-sham-contracted-migrants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/05/building-industry-watchdog-slammed-over-sham-contracted-migrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amnesty international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Building and Construction Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illegal immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migrant workers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An economics and employment expert has lashed out at the government’s construction industry watchdog, saying the body ineffectively regulates migrant worker mistreatment through sham contracting, writes Crikey intern <b>Katie Weiss</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/05/building-industry-watchdog-slammed-over-sham-contracted-migrants/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Healthcare in WA gets taken for a ride</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/26/healthcare-in-wa-gets-taken-for-a-ride/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/26/healthcare-in-wa-gets-taken-for-a-ride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 03:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Moynihan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junkets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=225498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Revelations this week that Western Australia health department officials recently accepted $750,000 worth of gifts from sources including drug and device makers are simply unbelievable.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/26/healthcare-in-wa-gets-taken-for-a-ride/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is the Yindjibarndi native title deal from FMG up to scratch?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/is-the-yindjibarndi-native-title-deal-from-fmg-up-to-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/is-the-yindjibarndi-native-title-deal-from-fmg-up-to-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Forrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fmg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortescue Metals Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native title]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pilbara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yindjibarndi members in favour of the current deal with FMG say it offers them security and the chance to make their own future better. Woodley says the agreement is inadequate and will be doled out to a select group of people willing to sign the contract. Who's right?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/is-the-yindjibarndi-native-title-deal-from-fmg-up-to-scratch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fortescue releases its own native title video</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/15/fortescue-releases-its-own-native-title-video-to-set-the-record-straight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/15/fortescue-releases-its-own-native-title-video-to-set-the-record-straight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Forrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native title]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pilbara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortescue Metals Group has stepped up efforts to counter the claims made in a controversial clip of a native title meeting held in Roebourne last month by releasing their own video online.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/15/fortescue-releases-its-own-native-title-video-to-set-the-record-straight/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Enough porkies: when will the stalling in WA be over?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/enough-porkies-when-will-the-stalling-in-wa-be-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/enough-porkies-when-will-the-stalling-in-wa-be-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal welfare groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factory farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a dirty fight in Western Australia over pigs. And some pollies are telling porkies. Journalist <b>Kayt Davies</b> reports from state parliament on the fight to ban sow stalls.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/enough-porkies-when-will-the-stalling-in-wa-be-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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