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	<title>Crikey &#187; Australian Armed Forces</title>
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		<title>Fixing Defence once and for all</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/17/fixing-defence-once-and-for-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/17/fixing-defence-once-and-for-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Airforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian army]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Farmer’s Chunky Bits, Item 15, yesterday, makes a good point in principle about the need to reconstruct the Department of Defence in detail, writes <b>Neil James</b>, executive director, Australia Defence Association.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence: New force protection measures, and not before time</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/12/defence-new-force-protection-measures-and-not-before-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/12/defence-new-force-protection-measures-and-not-before-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Force Protection Review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Budget brought new Defence Force initiatives as a result of the Force Protection Review. Not before time, says defence analyst <b>Mark Thomson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Karzai and McCrystal visit Uruzgan: nobody cares</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/karzai-and-mccrystal-visit-uruzgan-nobody-cares/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/karzai-and-mccrystal-visit-uruzgan-nobody-cares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanley McChrystal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uruzgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai and ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal met with Australian troops in Afghanistan over the weekend -- not that Australian media noticed writes <b>James Brown</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beating the hypersonic heat barrier: all weapons, no quick flights</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/12/30/why-australian-efforts-to-beat-the-hypersonic-heat-barrier-mean-more-to-military-interests-than-the-airlines/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/12/30/why-australian-efforts-to-beat-the-hypersonic-heat-barrier-mean-more-to-military-interests-than-the-airlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New ways of beating the heat barrier to sustained hypersonic flight are being researched in Queensland. But don't get excited about two hours flights to London because the main interest in the technology comes from the military, explains <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why question defence force loyalty because of religion?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/why-question-defence-force-loyalty-because-of-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/why-question-defence-force-loyalty-because-of-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Yusuf</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Howe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[islamaphobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/why-question-defence-force-loyalty-because-of-religion/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our troops have a job to do. We should allow them to do it and not waste their or our own time with moronic speculations based on isolated incidents.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Admiral Barrie: Let&#8217;s talk conscription</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/we-need-to-debate-conscription-20091004-ghgy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/we-need-to-debate-conscription-20091004-ghgy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Barrie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conscription]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Australia's population ages, our armed forces will struggle more and more to find willing recruits. So why not a few unwilling ones? suggests former ADF chief <b>Admiral Chris Barrie</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours: The McPherson LNP preselection candidates revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/tips-and-rumours-103/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/tips-and-rumours-103/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courier-Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dooced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Macfarlane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McPherson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/tips-and-rumours-103/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The blog post that got a <em>Courier-Mail</em> subbie sacked, no news probably isn't good news for Ian Macfarlane, customs staff don't land on Free Parking, and a tasty tip-off on the McPherson LNP preselection candidates.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours: SBS management are offside</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/tips-and-rumours-96/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/tips-and-rumours-96/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/tips-and-rumours-96/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is SBS eroding staff conditions while bragging about the millions of ad dollars generated by the World Cup? asks a <em>Crikey</em> tipster. Plus middle-aged army reservists on the frontlines and why it's not what you know, but who in the WA ALP.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Former senior RAAF officers slam Australia&#8217;s defence plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/former-senior-raaf-officers-slam-australias-defence-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/former-senior-raaf-officers-slam-australias-defence-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing 737]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joint strike fighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAAF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seasprite helicopters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/former-senior-raaf-officers-slam-australias-defence-plan/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three retired senior RAAF officers have published a review of the culture of learned failure in the administration of defence in Australia and the US, claiming Australia's defence force will become largely irrelevant within decades.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Military court brought down by a balls up</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-curious-case-that-sank-a-court-system-20090826-ezr8.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-curious-case-that-sank-a-court-system-20090826-ezr8.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Armed Forces]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=82321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia's top military court has been ruled constitutionally invalid, leaving 170 cases in question and the military justice system in disarray -- and it was all brought down over a pair of testicles. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Navy wishes it could turn back time over Myer stunt?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/navy-wishes-it-could-turn-back-time-over-myer-stunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/navy-wishes-it-could-turn-back-time-over-myer-stunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Walker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Channel Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMAS Darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Hawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sailors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/10/navy-wishes-it-could-turn-back-time-over-myer-stunt/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sailors are not to be treated as sexual objects -- except, it seems, when male sailors can be officially pimped out to promote Myer’s latest summer swimwear range.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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