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	<title>Crikey &#187; asylum seekers</title>
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		<title>Civil liberties groups to A-G: ASIO refugee assessments unjust</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/civil-liberties-groups-to-a-g-asio-refugee-assessments-unjust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/civil-liberties-groups-to-a-g-asio-refugee-assessments-unjust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Irvine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An open letter to the Attorney-General Nicola Rox, calling on here to implement legislative change to ensue adverse ASIO security assessments can be meaningfully challenged.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iranian numbers swelling on asylum seeker list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/iranian-numbers-swelling-on-asylum-seeker-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/iranian-numbers-swelling-on-asylum-seeker-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smugglers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iranians have emerged as a rapidly rising category of asylum seekers arriving by boat since the middle of last year, writes <b>Stuart Ranfurlie</b>, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/iranian-numbers-swelling-on-asylum-seeker-list/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>MEAA responds to Immigration&#8217;s detention centre blackout</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/meaa-responds-to-immigrations-detention-centre-blackout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/meaa-responds-to-immigrations-detention-centre-blackout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department of immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEAA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a dust-up in the past few months about an attempt by the Department of Immigration to force media organisations to give bureaucrats the right to edit their reports in return for access to detention centres.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/meaa-responds-to-immigrations-detention-centre-blackout/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The media and refugees: reflecting public concern or fuelling it?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-media-and-refugees-reflecting-public-concern-or-fuelling-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-media-and-refugees-reflecting-public-concern-or-fuelling-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Go Back to Where You Came From]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The line between media reflecting public concern about asylum seekers and fuelling racist debate is one many media outlets struggle to define, writes <b>Sarah Hunt</b>, a writer and media advisor to the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-media-and-refugees-reflecting-public-concern-or-fuelling-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The butter v margarine fight continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-butter-v-margarine-fight-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-butter-v-margarine-fight-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers weigh in on the benefits of butter and the asylum seeker debate.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Playing our part in a global dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/crikey-says-playing-our-part-in-a-global-dilemma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/crikey-says-playing-our-part-in-a-global-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandatory detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Julia Gillard achieved her "year of decision and delivery" in relation to carbon pricing, health reform and the mining tax, her self-appointed task of resolving the issue of asylum seekers remains unfinished at year's end.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/crikey-says-playing-our-part-in-a-global-dilemma/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Refugee debate dominated by compromise, not core promises</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/rundle-refugee-debate-dominated-by-compromise-not-core-promises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/rundle-refugee-debate-dominated-by-compromise-not-core-promises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Manne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Refugee Convention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The anti-mandatory detention campaign, which came from the Left, has a simple demand -- that the country live up to its freely taken-on treaty obligations. Why have commentators like Robert Manne lost sight of that?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/rundle-refugee-debate-dominated-by-compromise-not-core-promises/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>154</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reflecting on SIEV 221, one year on: getting the message</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/21/lest-we-remember-reflecting-on-siev-221-one-year-on-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/21/lest-we-remember-reflecting-on-siev-221-one-year-on-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas island boat tragedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the message of border security, and who is its intended recipient? This is is the final in a three-part series of three related reflections on the anniversary of SIEV 221, the Christmas Island Boat Tragedy. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/21/lest-we-remember-reflecting-on-siev-221-one-year-on-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A year on, what has changed in asylum-seeker policy?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/a-year-on-what-has-changed-in-asylum-seeker-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/a-year-on-what-has-changed-in-asylum-seeker-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat arrivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNHCR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We've gone nowhere on asylum seekers in the past 12 months and they continue to die trying to reach Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/a-year-on-what-has-changed-in-asylum-seeker-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>92</slash:comments>
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		<title>Church leaders turn to offshore processing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/church-leaders-turn-to-offshore-processing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/church-leaders-turn-to-offshore-processing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people tragedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia Solution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week three Christian leaders publicly expressed distress at the deaths of more asylum seekers trying to reach Australian shores, writes <b>Caz Coleman</b>, a member of the Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/church-leaders-turn-to-offshore-processing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asylum seekers: finding a Political Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Gillard government appeared willing to negotiate its Malaysia Solution even before the latest boat tragedy but the Opposition refuses to compromise on its asylum seeker policy, according to private letters released yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 2011 Crikeys: the government policy hits and misses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/the-2011-crikeys-the-government-policy-hits-and-misses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/the-2011-crikeys-the-government-policy-hits-and-misses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 was the biggest year in economic policy for a long time - which isn't saying much. What was best and worst?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/the-2011-crikeys-the-government-policy-hits-and-misses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Julian Assange is not a journalist</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/julian-assange-is-not-a-journalist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/julian-assange-is-not-a-journalist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hillsong church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/julian-assange-is-not-a-journalist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Egypt media war &#8230; Twitter OWS ban &#8230; Somali journo killed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/media-briefs-crikeys-award-sandals-egypt-media-war-twitter-ows-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/media-briefs-crikeys-award-sandals-egypt-media-war-twitter-ows-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab Spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news of the world phone hacking scandal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's Media Briefs: media war breaks out in Egypt ... Twitter suspends Occupy Wall Street tweeter ... Somali journalist killed and more ... ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/media-briefs-crikeys-award-sandals-egypt-media-war-twitter-ows-ban/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tragedy at sea: over 160 asylum seekers feared dead</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/tragedy-at-sea-over-160-asylum-seekers-feared-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/tragedy-at-sea-over-160-asylum-seekers-feared-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Over 160 people are feared dead after an unseaworthy boat packed with asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iran sank off the coast of Indonesia yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/tragedy-at-sea-over-160-asylum-seekers-feared-dead/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>88</slash:comments>
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		<title>A desperate embrace of moral bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/a-desperate-embrace-of-moral-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/a-desperate-embrace-of-moral-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas island boat tragedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/a-desperate-embrace-of-moral-bankruptcy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A failure of imagination</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/crikey-says-a-failure-of-imagination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/crikey-says-a-failure-of-imagination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Island boat crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas island tragedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIEV 221]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A year on from Australia’s deadliest shipwreck since 1890, we revisited our editorial from December 2010, written, as our opening line states, as they were "still pulling bodies from the water", as pieces of SIEV221 splintered across the rocks of Christmas Island.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/crikey-says-a-failure-of-imagination/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>One year on: reflecting on the Christmas Island boat tragedy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/15/lest-we-remember-reflecting-on-siev-221-on-year-on/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/15/lest-we-remember-reflecting-on-siev-221-on-year-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Island boat crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas island boat tragedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the dark reflection of the one-year anniversary of the shipwreck of SIEV 221 – the Christmas Island Boat Tragedy – it’s time to ask ourselves and each other: what have we learned? writes <b>Peter Chambers</b>.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Menadue: media missing the boat on asylum-seeker coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/media-coverage-of-asylum-seekers-builds-hysteria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/media-coverage-of-asylum-seekers-builds-hysteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finkelstein media inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live animal exports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Finkelstein media inquiry should have examined the role of the media in the so-called debate on asylum seekers and refugees, writes <b>John Menadue</b>, Centre for Policy Development director and former Department of Immigration secretary.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP Left hang tight to reforms as they step up numbers drive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/alp-left-hang-tight-to-reforms-as-they-step-up-numbers-drive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/alp-left-hang-tight-to-reforms-as-they-step-up-numbers-drive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP Left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium to India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP's Left say they will not give up on key reforms trashed by the Right at national conference and will urgently move to recruit multiple members to force Labor to democratise.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/alp-left-hang-tight-to-reforms-as-they-step-up-numbers-drive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>51</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>Christmas Is: residents&#8217; hope for more than a prison island</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/christmas-is-residents-hope-for-more-than-a-prison-island/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/christmas-is-residents-hope-for-more-than-a-prison-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas island detention centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curtin Detention Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The isolation of the Christmas Island detention centre is the key to soaring mental health problems of staff and detainees. <em>Crikey</em> took the long flight to inspect the facility.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/christmas-is-residents-hope-for-more-than-a-prison-island/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Curtin detention centre: 30min drive from Derby, &#8216;fit in or f-ck off&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/curtin-detention-centre-30min-drive-from-derby-fit-in-or-f-ck-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/curtin-detention-centre-30min-drive-from-derby-fit-in-or-f-ck-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curtin Detention Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Curtin is situated inside an Australian Airforce Base, around 30 minutes drive from Derby, and can only be accessed by prior arrangement with Serco. <em>Crikey</em> paid a visit.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hey, panic merchants: asylum seekers are already living next door</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/asylum-seekers-community-processing-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/asylum-seekers-community-processing-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bridging visas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centres]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The use of bridging visas will bring Australia in line with other countries that implement comprehensive community-based processing, writes <b>Caz Coleman</b>, a member of the Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/asylum-seekers-community-processing-in-australia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>Return of failed asylum seekers &#8212; a necessary evil</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/23/return-of-failed-asylum-seekers-a-necessary-evil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/23/return-of-failed-asylum-seekers-a-necessary-evil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration minister chris bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugee Convention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Returning failed asylum seekers is a necessary part of implementing the 1951 Refugee Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the subsequent 1967 protocol, writes <b>Caz Coleman</b>, a member of the Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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