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		<title>Reshuffle promotes Gillard&#8217;s &#8216;warlords&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: A ministerial reshuffle yesterday resulted in promotions for the architects of Julia Gillard's prime ministerial coup, a demotion for a Kevin Rudd supporter and a record number of female ministers in Australian politics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another Beazley jnr set to step up to the political plate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hannah Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The name Beazley could once again grace the green leather of an Australian parliament with Kim Beazley’s daughter Hannah being vigorously bandied about ahead of WA Labor’s 2013 preselection round.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A poke in the eye to both of you</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/crikey-says-a-poke-in-the-eye-to-both-of-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/crikey-says-a-poke-in-the-eye-to-both-of-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tensions between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd are threatening to escalate into real damage to the government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/crikey-says-a-poke-in-the-eye-to-both-of-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: Gillard consolidates her lead</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll has the Coalition two-party lead at 54-46, down from an aberrant 57-43 a fortnight ago. The Coalition is down four points on the primary vote to 44%, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian political parties are dying, and fast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian political parties are cossetted by compulsory voting, public funding and exemptions in areas such as privacy. But despite those protections, they are dying, and quickly.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let the ALP conference begin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/let-the-alp-conference-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/let-the-alp-conference-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The ALP party has rolled into town for the first day of the Labor national conference in Sydney. With gay marriage, uranium and asylum seeker policy all up for grabs, expect it to be a raucous weekend. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/let-the-alp-conference-begin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why gay marriage is life and death</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/crikey-says-why-gay-marriage-is-life-and-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/crikey-says-why-gay-marriage-is-life-and-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT deputy chief minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Barr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's lots of arguments for same-sex marriage. Andrew Barr -- ACT deputy chief minister, member of Labor's National Right caucus and a gay man -- makes a pretty compelling one in <em>Crikey</em> today.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/crikey-says-why-gay-marriage-is-life-and-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Uranium sales, arms control fails</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/16/uranium-sales-arms-control-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/16/uranium-sales-arms-control-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium to India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=259423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>NAJ Taylor</b> discusses uranium exports in the context of nonproliferation and disarmament, after Labor yesterday announced its proposal to sell uranium to India. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/16/uranium-sales-arms-control-fails/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nielsen: strong improvement for Gillard, modest for Labor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/11/13/nielsen-55-45-to-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/11/13/nielsen-55-45-to-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nielsen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Nielsen poll has Julia Gillard's personal ratings up six points on approval and down five points on disapproval but Labor's primary vote -- 32 percent -- is still dreadful, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/11/13/nielsen-55-45-to-coalition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan croaks his way to success, but how long until Labor ruins it?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/swan-croaks-his-way-to-success-but-how-long-until-labor-ruins-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/swan-croaks-his-way-to-success-but-how-long-until-labor-ruins-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas dispute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor is happier fighting on IR and Tony Abbott has come off the boil. But how long until Labor stuffs it up again?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/swan-croaks-his-way-to-success-but-how-long-until-labor-ruins-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>$80k pay day for Labor as CFMEU rejoins WA fold</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Reynolds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The West Australian branch of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union is poised to re-affiliate with the Labor Party in that state, injecting up to $80,000 a year into ALP coffers and burying once and for all a bitter 2007 spat with foreign minister Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lannan: ALP reform means shifting power from factional hacks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/lannan-alp-reform-means-shifting-power-from-factional-hacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/lannan-alp-reform-means-shifting-power-from-factional-hacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor factions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=253084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Real reform of the ALP must focus on giving people good reasons to join and stay in the ALP, writes <b>John Lannan</b>, a candidate for the federal presidency of the ALP.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/lannan-alp-reform-means-shifting-power-from-factional-hacks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rundle: carbon tax a monument to Labor, and testimony to a burial</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/rundle-carbon-tax-a-monument-to-labor-and-testimony-to-a-burial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/rundle-carbon-tax-a-monument-to-labor-and-testimony-to-a-burial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carbon tax will be Labor's historical triumph; if a post-Labor Senate can lock it in, then it will be, for the Gillard government, a monument –- and like all monuments, testimony to a burial.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/rundle-carbon-tax-a-monument-to-labor-and-testimony-to-a-burial/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: 57-43 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/11/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/11/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll has Labor recovering three points from their record low primary vote last time, but continuing to languish on 29%, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/11/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s core values? Take your pick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/26/labors-core-values-take-your-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/26/labors-core-values-take-your-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In her rendition of Labor values, the Prime Minister left out any sense of how community -is meant to cohere or function in the face of the hurry and instability of post modern post industrial globalisation, writes <b>David Ritter</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/26/labors-core-values-take-your-pick/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>News Ltd&#8217;s indelible influence on the Labor brand</title>
		<link>http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/09/05/The-media-the-polls-and-the-Labor-brand.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/09/05/The-media-the-polls-and-the-Labor-brand.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years News Limited media have published unremittingly negative attacks on the Gilllard government. They have had a massive influence in tarnishing the party's brand, writes <b>Ad Astra</b>. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/09/05/The-media-the-polls-and-the-Labor-brand.aspx/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: the Malaysia Solution fallout</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/09/05/newspoll-59-41-to-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/09/05/newspoll-59-41-to-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaliton]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newspoll has the Coalition’s lead out from <b>57-43</b> to <b>59-41</b>, with the Coalition up three to 50% and Labor steady on 27%. Voters have lambasted the government over its handling of asylum seekers, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chatting about leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/chatting-about-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/chatting-about-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Netherlands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm quite sure that the journalists who wrote the leadership stories that dominate this morning's papers actually did speak to Labor Party members.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is real, people</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/crikey-says-this-is-real-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/crikey-says-this-is-real-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership speculation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem is there for the prime minister, a problem that wasn't there before Wednesday afternoon, and it's one that won't go away any time soon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for Gillard to put away funny hats, fluoro vests</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/time-for-gillard-to-put-away-funny-hats-fluoro-vests-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/time-for-gillard-to-put-away-funny-hats-fluoro-vests-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when your tactics are completely failing and defeat is looming? Some people might decide to try something different but not the Australian Labor Party. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: the Baillieu government&#8217;s honeymoon bounce</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/30/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-in-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/30/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-in-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ted ballieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor’s primary vote of 28 percent in Victoria offers the party new cause for woe: they have now had results in the twenties federally and in all five states covered by Newspoll, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/30/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-in-victoria/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor has neither the brains nor strength to fix its problems</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/rundle-labor-has-neither-the-brains-nor-strength-to-fix-its-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/rundle-labor-has-neither-the-brains-nor-strength-to-fix-its-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rundle's ruminations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Emerson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's leaders would have to be political geniuses to manoeuvre themselves out of the current fix -- and they ain't no geniuses. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Galaxy: apocalyptic results for Labor in QLD</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/29/galaxy-63-37-to-federal-coalition-in-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/29/galaxy-63-37-to-federal-coalition-in-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galaxy poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Galaxy federal poll of Queenslanders sees a two-party preferred of <b>63-37</b> to the Coalition. The swing of 8% from the 2010 election would leave Kevin Rudd as Labor’s only QLD representative, writes <b>William Bowe</b>. 
]]></description>
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		<title>Newspoll: disaffection for both parties</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/22/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/22/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newspoll has the Coalition lead up from 56-44 to <b>57-43</b>, from primary votes of 27% for Labor (down two), 47% for the Coalition (steady) and a solid 14% for the Greens (up two), reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kroger joins call to ban political donations &#8230; it&#8217;s prawns, Moet and satire for yachties &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Power Index</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamilton Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael kroger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael yabsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They call him 'the Pope', Don Farrell is number six on our list of Political Fixers. Also Michael Yabsley gets the backing of Liberal Party grandee Michael Kroger over banning political donations, it's prawns, Moet and satire for the yachties at Hamilton and Phil Green’s chance to give back.]]></description>
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