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	<title>Crikey &#187; Alexander Downer</title>
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		<title>Australia Network-ABC headaches have only just begun</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/australia-network-abc-headaches-have-only-just-begun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/australia-network-abc-headaches-have-only-just-begun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC News 24]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How will the Australia Network fit with the ABC charter, and in particular the public broadcaster's independence from the government of the day?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/australia-network-abc-headaches-have-only-just-begun/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Waste-of-space Oz Network bewitches another political generation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/waste-of-space-oz-network-bewitches-another-political-generation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/waste-of-space-oz-network-bewitches-another-political-generation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international broadcasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australia Network is a waste of money, but apparently capable of making politicians lose all reason.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Network joins the list of tender debacles</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/australia-network-joins-the-list-of-tender-debacles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/australia-network-joins-the-list-of-tender-debacles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Government Solicitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Howard Government managed to let the Australia Network process go unmolested. But Labor ministers couldn't help themselves.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/australia-network-joins-the-list-of-tender-debacles/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The WikiLeaks Australian cable dump: choice picks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/the-wikileaks-australian-cable-dump-choice-picks-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/the-wikileaks-australian-cable-dump-choice-picks-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Loughnane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wikileaks's latest cables offer a particularly revealing insight into the way Alexander Downer and some of his officals conducted themselves when he was Foreign Minister.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/the-wikileaks-australian-cable-dump-choice-picks-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Peter Reith may be the answer, but what&#8217;s the question?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/peter-reith-may-be-the-answer-but-whats-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/peter-reith-may-be-the-answer-but-whats-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Stockdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Vanstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian Liberal Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ever wanted a demonstration of the chaotic nature of the Liberal Party's factional landscape, the fight for the federal presidency should do it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/peter-reith-may-be-the-answer-but-whats-the-question/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>WikiLeaks: US redlined Australia&#8217;s Fiji coup sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/02/wikileaks-us-redlined-australias-fiji-coup-sanctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/02/wikileaks-us-redlined-australias-fiji-coup-sanctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 03:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiji coup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Bainimarama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A weekend WikiLeaks cable has shown that in 2006 the US pressured Australia and New Zealand to "not rush" full sanctions on Fiji's newly installed dictator Frank Bainimarama's regime, for fear of undermining the war effort in Iraq, writes <b>Luke Miller</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/02/wikileaks-us-redlined-australias-fiji-coup-sanctions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter from &#8230; Nauru &#8212; the worst place in the world?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/letter-from-nauru-the-worst-place-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/letter-from-nauru-the-worst-place-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nauru]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=215615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not many people go to Nauru unless they absolutely have to, writes <b>Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/letter-from-nauru-the-worst-place-in-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Canberra Cables</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/the-canberra-cables-not-the-first-time-rudd-will-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/the-canberra-cables-not-the-first-time-rudd-will-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cablegate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canberra cables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prime minister john howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WikiLeaks embassy cables]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This will not be end of Kevin Rudd’s starring role in the WikiLeaks Canberra cables, writes <b>Luke Miller</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/the-canberra-cables-not-the-first-time-rudd-will-feature/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>The band&#8217;s back together for Howard&#8217;s last lap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/27/talkin-the-town-the-bands-back-together-for-howards-last-lap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/27/talkin-the-town-the-bands-back-together-for-howards-last-lap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lazarus Rising]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=181380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was fabulous to see Peter Reith emerge yesterday from whatever dark cupboard he’s been hiding in since 2001 to come out and call for a new IR reform agenda. Indeed, the whole band was back together for John Howard's book launch, says <b>Margot Saville</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer: We need to negotiate with the Taliban</title>
		<link>http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/6371028/our-messy-war.thtml</link>
		<comments>http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/6371028/our-messy-war.thtml#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's face it: the Taliban is a strong part of the political environment in Afghanistan and therefore we must engage with them to achieve stability. It's just like how peace only arrived in Northern Ireland once the IRA joined the negotiation process, says former foreign minister <b>Alexander Downer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The nature of Prime Ministers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/the-nature-of-prime-ministers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/the-nature-of-prime-ministers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niall Ferguson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=160225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder what John Howard thinks about Alexander Downer's description of all Prime Ministers past and present?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/02/the-nature-of-prime-ministers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s Asia-Pacific plan lost at sea?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/31/rudds-asia-pacific-plan-lost-at-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/31/rudds-asia-pacific-plan-lost-at-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 03:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia Pacific community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia Society Australasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=142486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's vision of a Pacific community has been given a chilly Asian reception. Is it just bad timing or is the issue deeper? <b>Anthony Fensom</b> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/31/rudds-asia-pacific-plan-lost-at-sea/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Downer doctrine is dumb</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/crikey-says-the-downer-doctrine-is-dumb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/crikey-says-the-downer-doctrine-is-dumb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government's decision to publicly criticise Israel for the "abuse and counterfeiting" of Australian passports is not about Israel. It's about the way civilised governments treat each other.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/crikey-says-the-downer-doctrine-is-dumb/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>New tensions for Australia and Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/new-tensions-for-australia-and-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/new-tensions-for-australia-and-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia and Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel Palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic relations between Israel and Australia are under new pressure, with news that three Australian passports were used in the Mossad assassination of a Hamas official. What now for Australia and Israel?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/new-tensions-for-australia-and-israel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer: Rudd to be a one-term PM?</title>
		<link>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-may-become-a-one-term-wonder-says-alexander-downer/story-e6freacl-1225830270324</link>
		<comments>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-may-become-a-one-term-wonder-says-alexander-downer/story-e6freacl-1225830270324#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd continually stuffed up his green credentials and now the public tide of opinion is turning against him and even Labor insiders agree, writes <b>Alexander Downer</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-may-become-a-one-term-wonder-says-alexander-downer/story-e6freacl-1225830270324/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Milne: Garrett&#8217;s killed more than the Iraq War</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/shocking-bungle-but-peter-garrett-clings-on/story-e6frg6zo-1225830258694</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/shocking-bungle-but-peter-garrett-clings-on/story-e6frg6zo-1225830258694#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian wheat board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Garrett is responsible for four deaths, but PM Rudd will protect him out of fear of Tony Abbott. This despite Rudd calling for Alexander Downer's blood for a lesser incident, recalls <b>Glenn Milne</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Danby: Damn it Downer, China is tricky</title>
		<link>http://www.breakfastpolitics.com/index/downer-china-appeaser.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakfastpolitics.com/index/downer-china-appeaser.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Danby]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, ex-foreign minister Alexander Downer <a href="http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/China-Kevin-Rudd-Beijing-Tibet-foreign-investment-pd20100126-2344B?OpenDocument">blasted</a> the government's relationship with China, leaving <b>MP Michael Danby</b> none too happy about the criticism. China is more aggressive and friends with the most oppressive nations in the world now. Patronising advice by old timers isn't needed, says Danby.]]></description>
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		<title>Downer: Stop looking to the government to fix things</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26549365-2682,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26549365-2682,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents need to stop thinking that the State Government can solve their problems, writes <b>Alexander Downer</b>. State governments do not have the resources, therefore it's up to locals to take action with issues like water.]]></description>
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		<title>Downer: The delight I feel watching Rudd mess it up</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26290362-2682,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26290362-2682,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesian Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oceanic viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wilson Tuckey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Alexander Downer</b> is loving the schadenfreude of seeing Kevin Rudd battle Indonesia over asylum seekers. He should have learnt from Tampa that negotiating with Indonesia on refugees is never a good idea.]]></description>
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		<title>Grattan: Turnbull is a goner</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/costello-gone-turnbull-may-not-be-far-behind-20091007-gn75.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/costello-gone-turnbull-may-not-be-far-behind-20091007-gn75.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["It's almost certainly all over for Malcolm Turnbull", writes <b>Michelle Grattan</b>. Joe Hockey seems the obvious replacement leader, but will he be any different than Turnbull? ]]></description>
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		<title>Timor history gets a Howard washing: spin and deny</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2689580.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2689580.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east timor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March of the Patriots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merv Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ex PM John Howard <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26029044-601,00.html">rewrote</a> history with the claims of his and Downer's secret support of East Timor's independence, says <b>Bruce Haigh</b>. What about public opinion and the actions of the US?]]></description>
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		<title>Did Australia knowingly allow a citizen to be tortured?</title>
		<link>http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/09/did-australia-know-mamdouh-habib-was-being-tortured</link>
		<comments>http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/09/did-australia-know-mamdouh-habib-was-being-tortured#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bush Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamdouh Habib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terror suspects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=85221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How involved and aware were Australian authorities in the torture of terror suspect Mamdouh Habib? If Habib is permitted to fight for compensation, then the details of Australia's actions may finally see the light of day.]]></description>
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		<title>Howard and Kelly rewrite history on East Timor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/howard-and-kelly-rewrite-history-on-east-timor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/howard-and-kelly-rewrite-history-on-east-timor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east timor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/howard-and-kelly-rewrite-history-on-east-timor/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Damien Kingsbury</b> wonders why former PM John Howard finds it necessary to create a palpable fiction over his commitment to East Timor’s independence.]]></description>
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		<title>Is that all you&#8217;ve got Paul Kelly?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/is-that-all-youve-got-paul-kelly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/is-that-all-youve-got-paul-kelly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerard Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Oakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Grattan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The End of Certainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The March of Patriots]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/is-that-all-youve-got-paul-kelly/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Howard didn’t like Costello? They lied about kids overboard? Noel Pearson helping the conservatives? They neglected to check whether the attack on Iraq was legal? Paul Kelly's new book isn't exactly shocking.]]></description>
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		<title>Downer&#8217;s historical imaginings of East Timor</title>
		<link>http://mumble.com.au/?p=379</link>
		<comments>http://mumble.com.au/?p=379#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=84554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Australian's</em> editor-at-large Paul Kelly is <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26029044-601,00.html">claiming</a> in his new book that the Howard government made covert plans to work for East Timor's independence in 1999. But this ignores some key historical facts, writes <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
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