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	<title>Crikey &#187; ALP</title>
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		<title>Victorian ALP slides in behind Brumby&#8217;s man</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/victorian-alp-slides-in-behind-brumbys-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/victorian-alp-slides-in-behind-brumbys-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP factions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Reece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the Victorian press pack decides to focus on what did or didn't happen five years ago between consenting adults in an Adelaide golf club car park, you know it's been a quiet weekend in state politics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Myopia and forgetfulness the preferred direction on foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/myopia-and-forgetfulness-the-preferred-direction-on-foreign-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/myopia-and-forgetfulness-the-preferred-direction-on-foreign-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smuggling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the Rudd Labor government was elected two years ago, there were high hopes that it would leave behind the more negative foreign policies of its predecessor Howard coalition government. What we have, though, is a foreign policy shambles.
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd leads the nation, not the ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/crikey-says-120/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/crikey-says-120/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition should give up -- its best and brightest have left politics and now work for Kevin Rudd. And Rudd's power as national leader now looks unassailable.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asylum at last from the sado-conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/rundle-asylum-at-last-from-the-sado-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/rundle-asylum-at-last-from-the-sado-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smugglers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's a measure of how debased Australian politics became in the Tampa years that we can now be surprised that a government would confront its opponents with the fact that they imprisoned children, and score points from it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>The basic right to fight and kick and scream to find refuge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/rundle-the-basic-right-to-fight-and-kick-and-scream-to-find-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/rundle-the-basic-right-to-fight-and-kick-and-scream-to-find-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the 260 Tamil refugees refusing to leave their boat in Western Java and threatening to set fire to it, the asylum-seeker issue is the only game in town.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s super reforms have only just begun</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/labors-super-reforms-have-only-just-begun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/labors-super-reforms-have-only-just-begun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris pearce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/labors-super-reforms-have-only-just-begun/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Bowen has made it clear he regards superannuation as one of the great Labor reforms, and one that can be wielded effectively against the Coalition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/labors-super-reforms-have-only-just-begun/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>David Epstein&#8217;s spin won&#8217;t save Qantas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/david-epsteins-spin-wont-save-qantas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/david-epsteins-spin-wont-save-qantas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david epstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geoff dixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/david-epsteins-spin-wont-save-qantas/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former ALP hack David Epstein has avoided providing any illumination on the sensitive issues for Qantas shareholders -- like why is Perth hosting their next AGM? -- but spinning a line is his favourite game.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/14/david-epsteins-spin-wont-save-qantas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essay: Labor acts to keep the bankers honest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Labor Party has a long and colourful history of trying to keep Australia’s banks on the straight and narrow. Has it succeeded? asks <b>Christopher Joye</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/essay-labor-acts-to-keep-the-bankers-honest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to become a federal MP. Part 1, the ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/special-report-how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-1-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/special-report-how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-1-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/special-report-how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-1-alp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the federal ALP preselection season about to begin, we thought it time to shine a light into the murky tributaries for funnelling candidates into the highest office in the land.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/special-report-how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-1-alp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd will go to the polls on August 21, 2010. Here&#8217;s why</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double dissolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Malcolm MacKerras</b> predicts the double dissolution will be effected in July 2010, causing a general election for all members of both houses to take place on August 21, 2010. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Talking the Town: Launch of The Making of Julia Gillard</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/talking-the-town-launch-of-the-making-of-julia-gillard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/talking-the-town-launch-of-the-making-of-julia-gillard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Warhaft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Making of Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/talking-the-town-launch-of-the-making-of-julia-gillard/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ALP factions and fiction at the launch of Jacqueline Kent's new book, <em>The Making of Julia Gillard</em>, last night. Social butterfly <b>Andrew Crook</b> has the inside scoop.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Young Liberals find their campus saviours: the ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/young-liberals-find-their-campus-saviours-the-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/young-liberals-find-their-campus-saviours-the-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young liberals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/young-liberals-find-their-campus-saviours-the-alp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Young Liberals could be ruling campus bully-pulpits for decades to come, this time in coalition with a reliable partner -- the right wing of the ALP.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>School signs, spin and other half-smart Ruddy capers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school stimulus fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s proclivity for spin and half-smart political strategy is re-emerging, with its signs-in-front-of-schools plan and attempts to sell award modernisation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/school-signs-spin-and-other-half-smart-ruddy-capers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a chance Labor could win Kooyong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/theres-a-chance-labor-could-win-kooyong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/theres-a-chance-labor-could-win-kooyong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Peacock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kooyong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert menzies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/theres-a-chance-labor-could-win-kooyong/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are whispers inside the Victorian Liberal Party that Kooyong may not be the electoral certainty it once was, writes <b>Brian Costar.</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor cash cows under investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-78/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-78/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newspaper death watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School rankings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-78/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor cash cows under investigation, another Murdoch paper shuts down and what's happening with school rankings?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-78/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Frozen out, Newnham prepares to meet his maker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/frozen-out-newnham-prepares-to-meet-his-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/frozen-out-newnham-prepares-to-meet-his-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Reece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen newnham]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/frozen-out-newnham-prepares-to-meet-his-maker/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Premier John Brumby has increased pressure on ALP State Secretary Stephen Newnham to resign immediately by banning him from preparations for the 2010 State Election campaign.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NT washup: desperately seeking stability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/nt-washup-desperately-seeking-stability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/nt-washup-desperately-seeking-stability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Curl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nt government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paul henderson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/nt-washup-desperately-seeking-stability/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Peace for our time” read the paper held aloft in the Darwin Parliament last Friday, when MP Gerry Wood announced that he would keep the embattled ALP in power. But, peace is a trouble concept.]]></description>
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		<title>McClelland&#8217;s new terror bill is soft totalitarian nonsense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/rundle-mcclellands-new-terror-bill-is-soft-totalitarian-nonsense/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert McClelland's new terror bill is based on the notion that people are simply psychological crash-test dummies, rather than robust and resilient citizens in a free society.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dum dum de dum: Labor marries the religious right</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/dum-dum-de-dum-labor-marries-the-religious-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/dum-dum-de-dum-labor-marries-the-religious-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex & Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula Stephens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/dum-dum-de-dum-labor-marries-the-religious-right/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of membrs of the religious right will gather in Canberra this week to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Howard government’s ban on same-sex marriage, writes <b>Former West Australian Democrats Senator Brian Greig</b>.
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Accusations fly over racist pamphlet drop</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/accusations-fly-over-racist-pamphlet-drop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/accusations-fly-over-racist-pamphlet-drop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alistair Harkness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bruce billson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low income housing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/accusations-fly-over-racist-pamphlet-drop/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A furore has erupted in the Victorian Parliament, with a federal MP accused  of using a stoush over public housing to incite a racist campaign against Africans.

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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberals and Fielding block our right to know</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/liberals-and-fielding-block-our-right-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/liberals-and-fielding-block-our-right-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/liberals-and-fielding-block-our-right-to-know/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who purchased access to senior Labor ministers at the ALP national conference? If the Senate would pass pending legislation, we might just find out.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tasmanian state Labor forfeit in by-election first</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/tasmanian-state-labor-forfeit-in-by-election-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/tasmanian-state-labor-forfeit-in-by-election-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/tasmanian-state-labor-forfeit-in-by-election-first/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is forfeiting an election less embarassing than a defeat? Obviously the Tasmanian Labor party thought so, since they didn't contest their own seat at the weekend's by-election.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is this the end of the $10,000 plate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/is-this-the-end-of-the-10000-plate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/is-this-the-end-of-the-10000-plate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/is-this-the-end-of-the-10000-plate/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Bligh's attempts to curtailing the influence of lobbyists and political donations will have some dramatic repercussions for all politicians. Will business fundraiser dinners be a thing of the past?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The gay love affair with Kevin is over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/the-gay-love-affair-with-kevin-is-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/the-gay-love-affair-with-kevin-is-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexual]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/the-gay-love-affair-with-kevin-is-over/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The gay honeymoon with Labor is now officially over, with the ALP simply applying a thin coat of pinkwash over existing failed policy, writes <b>Doug Pollard</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome to the ALP National Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peccary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/first-dog-on-the-moon-369/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investing in Australia's future whatever that means]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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