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	<title>Crikey &#187; Alexander Downer</title>
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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>

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		<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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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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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>

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		<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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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Frustrated accountants tell all</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/tips-and-rumours-73/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/tips-and-rumours-73/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Taxation Office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News from the ATO, hard times hit the SMAge, why the Rio Tinto case is far from over, and a surreal sighting of Alexander Downer. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer agrees with Rudd on China, health reform dependent on senate numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-61/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-61/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medibank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Health reform will be interesting since the ALP don't have the numbers in the senate, NAB and their rate cutting, Downer endorsing Rudd's handling of the Hu case in China. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-61/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>So the businessman&#8217;s worth saving &#8212; but not the bogan?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/rundle-so-the-businessmans-worth-saving-but-not-the-bogan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/rundle-so-the-businessmans-worth-saving-but-not-the-bogan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beermat Mum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bogans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clare the Bogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clare werbeloff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the silliest moments of May's scandal, 'beer mat mum' Annice Smoell was when Dolly Downer expostulated about the demands of pesky aussies on DFAT.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An historic day for Myanmar – or another false dawn?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/an-historic-day-for-myanmar-%e2%80%93-or-another-false-dawn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/an-historic-day-for-myanmar-%e2%80%93-or-another-false-dawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aung San Suu Kyi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myanmar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flies into Myanmar -- at the invitation of the ruling generals. There is a lot riding on the visit, says <strong>Kyaw Kyaw</strong>, a Myanmar-based blogger.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/an-historic-day-for-myanmar-%e2%80%93-or-another-false-dawn/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull does a Downer on popularity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/comitatus-turnbull-enters-downer-popularity-territory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/comitatus-turnbull-enters-downer-popularity-territory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the modern history of federal leaders of the Opposition, there have been only two that have burnt their public approval like phosphorus, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/comitatus-turnbull-enters-downer-popularity-territory/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bob Ellis: it&#8217;s time for a national Liberal voter register</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/bob-ellis-its-time-for-a-national-liberal-voter-register/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/bob-ellis-its-time-for-a-national-liberal-voter-register/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are three plain ways you can tell a Liberal voter from an ordinary, decent human being, writes <b>Bob Ellis</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/bob-ellis-its-time-for-a-national-liberal-voter-register/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>In which Malcolm Turnbull eats a, gasp, hot dog</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/tips-and-rumours-24/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/tips-and-rumours-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jaspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Morning Herald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bounty of tips today from Turnbull, his vociferous staffer and Marinergate to Andrew Jaspan.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>But who will rescue Alexander Downer from himself?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/but-who-will-rescue-alexander-downer-from-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/but-who-will-rescue-alexander-downer-from-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alexander Downer is getting all sorts of kudos for his remarks about Australian citizens on holiday who get into trouble being too "lazy or stupid" to look after themselves. Cue this <i>AM</i> transcript from 2001...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The chatterati and the twitterati in India</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/17/the-chatterati-and-the-twitterati-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/17/the-chatterati-and-the-twitterati-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashmore explosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Middle class urban voters in India are stepping out like never before.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>UN on Downer&#8217;s Cyprus appointment: get him &#8220;out of our hair&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/06/un-on-downers-cyprus-appointment-get-him-out-of-our-hair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/06/un-on-downers-cyprus-appointment-get-him-out-of-our-hair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems our Alexander was active in the dying days of the Howard regime in securing for himself a tax-free sinecure from the UN, writes <b>Barry Everingham</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/06/un-on-downers-cyprus-appointment-get-him-out-of-our-hair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alexander Downer: Obama, McCain, Jimmy Carter and me</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/30/alexander-downer-obama-mccain-jimmy-carter-and-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/30/alexander-downer-obama-mccain-jimmy-carter-and-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's longest serving minister for foreign affairs Alexander Downer talks to Business Spectator's Isabelle Oderberg about the US election.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/30/alexander-downer-obama-mccain-jimmy-carter-and-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer laughs at water-boarding and other &#8220;pretty fascinating&#8221; stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/downer-laughs-at-water-boarding-and-other-pretty-fascinating-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/downer-laughs-at-water-boarding-and-other-pretty-fascinating-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it's great to see Alexander Downer having a good laugh in his retirement, writes <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Struggling to laud Lord Downer? Look to Ceaucescu</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/struggling-to-laud-lord-downer-look-to-ceaucescu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/struggling-to-laud-lord-downer-look-to-ceaucescu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Janet Albrechtsen channelled the life of Nicolai Ceaucescu in penning her ode to Alex on the weekend, writes <b>Guy Rundle</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/struggling-to-laud-lord-downer-look-to-ceaucescu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing affordability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexander Downer ... ABC Learning ... Gippsland ... the National Film and Sound Archive ... offensive words and censorship ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memorable quotes from Alexander D</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/memorable-quotes-from-alexander-d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/memorable-quotes-from-alexander-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexander Downer -- a highlights package. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bidding farewell to our worst foreign minister</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/bidding-farewell-to-our-worst-foreign-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/bidding-farewell-to-our-worst-foreign-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There were a lot of things about Downer not to like -- but many of them he couldn’t do anything about, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/bidding-farewell-to-our-worst-foreign-minister/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>60</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let your retiring Members of Parliament go to waste&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/first-dog-on-the-moon-147/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/02/first-dog-on-the-moon-147/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Useful tips for re-using retiring Federal Members]]></description>
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		<title>DFAT bemused at Downer choice</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/dfat-bemused-at-downer-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/dfat-bemused-at-downer-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laughter mingled with disbelief this morning as news Alexander Downer's appointment filtered through to DFAT, writes <b>Barry Everingham</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Forget Mayo, what about McEwen?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/forget-mayo-what-about-mcewen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/forget-mayo-what-about-mcewen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fran Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I predict the next electoral event will be simultaneous by-elections in Mayo and the Victorian ultra-marginal Liberal seat of McEwen, writes <b>Malcolm Mackerras</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Three words Liberals: FFS</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/three-words-liberals-ffs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/three-words-liberals-ffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The country needs a credible opposition, one that will challenge the Government on politics and policy. We haven't got one, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/21/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Party must be cleared of its obstructive, distracting dead wood. By which we mean Costello and Lord Downer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Media briefs and TV ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/16/media-briefs-and-tv-ratings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/16/media-briefs-and-tv-ratings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter of the Week ... New ABC London correspondent is no stay-at-home mum ... More news on Seven ... <i>Dancing With The Stars</i> moves production house ... Last night's TV ratings.]]></description>
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		<title>A toast to John Howard: what Downer should&#8217;ve said</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/08/a-toast-to-john-howard-what-downer-shouldve-said/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/08/a-toast-to-john-howard-what-downer-shouldve-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The introduction of the Hon John Howard MP at the Millennium Forum dinner last night – the version Alexander Downer should have given. ]]></description>
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