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	<title>Crikey &#187; aboriginal affairs</title>
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		<title>Illiterate, but formal: small miracle of democracy blooms in FNQ</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/illiterate-but-formal-a-small-miracle-of-democracy-blooms-in-fnq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/illiterate-but-formal-a-small-miracle-of-democracy-blooms-in-fnq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral commission queensland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noel Pearson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Queensland's election, somehow polling booths that should represent some of the country's least literate voters returned informal vote numbers that were among the country's lowest. What's going on?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Canons: Peter Craven writes back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/black-canons-peter-craven-writes-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/black-canons-peter-craven-writes-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feuds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Craven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Cunningham]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<i>Meanjin</i> editor Sophie Cunningham <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/the-black-and-white-of-the-australian-literary-canon/">took Peter Craven to task</a> for his review of the latest <i>Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature</i>. Here <b>Peter Craven</b> replies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jenny Macklin&#8217;s special brand of consultation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/jenny-macklins-special-brand-of-consultation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/jenny-macklins-special-brand-of-consultation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[town camps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has discovered an interesting kind of consultation involving fences, writes <b>Chris Graham</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Federal Court grants ACC access to indigenous kids&#8217; medical files</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/federal-court-grants-acc-access-to-indigenous-kids-medical-files/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/federal-court-grants-acc-access-to-indigenous-kids-medical-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian crime commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paedophilia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A full bench of the Federal Court today ruled that the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) must take the interests of Indigenous children into account when investigating child abuse in Indigenous communities, writes <b>Henri Ivrey</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climbing Uluru is like clambering up the War Memorial</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/climbing-uluru-is-like-clambering-up-the-war-memorial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/climbing-uluru-is-like-clambering-up-the-war-memorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uluru]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'd like to climb up the side of the Australian War Memorial because I suspect the view over Lake Burley Griffin is sensational.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Closing the gap: let&#8217;s talk about things that work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Closing the Indigenous gap was never going to be easy, but the reception of the Productivity Commission report will unfortunately make it harder, writes <b>Eva Cox</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Closing the Gap&#8221; is like wrestling with smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-is-like-wrestling-with-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As yet another round of headlines emerge about lack of progress on indigenous health and social indicators, the “Closing the Gap” initiative can look more than ever like wrestling with smoke.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Talking the town: Therese Rein launches into a sea of hugs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/talking-the-town-therese-rein-launches-into-a-sea-of-hugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/talking-the-town-therese-rein-launches-into-a-sea-of-hugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talking the Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therese Rein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although Ms Rein’s pre-Kiliminjaro fitness program is strictly off-limits to the fourth estate, Crikey can exclusively reveal that she looked fantastic.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Macklin ignoring her own legal advice on town camps acquisition?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/16/is-macklin-ignoring-her-own-legal-advice-on-town-camps-acquisition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/16/is-macklin-ignoring-her-own-legal-advice-on-town-camps-acquisition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial discrimination act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No other Australian is asked to surrender land rights to secure basic services, write <b>Alison Vivian</b> and <b>Larissa Behrendt</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Marion Scrymgour just changed black politics forever</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/scrymgour-has-changed-black-politics-forever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/scrymgour-has-changed-black-politics-forever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marion scrymgour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In politics, it seems, you can justify almost anything; being an Aboriginal member of the Labor or Liberal Party is no longer one of them, given Marion Scrymgour's recent exit from the Labor Party in NT.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bushfire memorial service had hollow ring</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/bushfire-memorial-service-had-hollow-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/bushfire-memorial-service-had-hollow-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national day of mourning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ A national day of mourning works at multiple levels, writes <b>Dr Melinda Hinkson</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Robing Room: Geoff Eames defends Sarah Bradley</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-robing-room-geoff-eames-defends-sarah-bradley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-robing-room-geoff-eames-defends-sarah-bradley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarah bradley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is pleasing to know that one of the most experienced lawyers and judges when it comes to dealing with Aboriginal offenders has now also joined the defence of Judge Bradley, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rage, identity, class and the Aboriginal laboratory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/rage-identity-class-and-the-aboriginal-laboratory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/rage-identity-class-and-the-aboriginal-laboratory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germaine Greer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national sorry day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greer says it's not the grief that kills you. You can live with grief and people do -- it's the RAGE that slowly does you in. It was like she lit a match and stuck it under "Sorry Day'" writes <b>Wednesday Kennedy</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Local government makes more chaos for NT communities</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/local-government-makes-more-chaos-for-nt-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/local-government-makes-more-chaos-for-nt-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought things could not get any more shambolic, Aboriginal people are having to cope with yet more bureaucracy-inspired chaos, writes <b>Jenny Walker</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NT Intervention -- 12 months on ... the Murray River crisis ... cheap tabloid populism ... WA's gas crisis ... red meat and cancer ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says &#8211; 22 August, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/22/crikey-says-22-august-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/22/crikey-says-22-august-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Kerr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election website]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professor jon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can we be assured that the government's surplus might be committed to seizing this once-in-several-generations opportunity for constructive nation building? Fixing health, education, Aboriginal affairs, that kind of thing.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indigenous programs: Canberra or the bush?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/29/indigenous-programs-canberra-or-the-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/29/indigenous-programs-canberra-or-the-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diamond mine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fred chaney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former National Native Title Tribunal deputy chair and minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Fred Chaney, offers a cautious endorsement of the government’s Northern Territory intervention in <i>The Australian</i> today.]]></description>
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