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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<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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		<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>Pay cuts in the Army Reserve?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/tips-and-rumours-95/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/tips-and-rumours-95/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's tipsters today send in word on the street about Anna Bligh's unfortunate school evacuation moment, KPMG's nuclear-powered report and pay cuts in the defence forces.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>White Paper budget increase high enough to induce nose bleeds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/white-paper-budget-increase-high-enough-to-induce-nose-bleeds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/white-paper-budget-increase-high-enough-to-induce-nose-bleeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence White Paper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rudd's Defence White Paper will rely on the rise of China to fund our defence against the, erm, rise of China.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joel Fitzgibbon vs the mysterious men and women of the Australian Defence Force</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/first-dog-on-the-moon-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/first-dog-on-the-moon-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[royal doulton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Deep in the secret bowels of the Defence Department...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mission to Afghanistan: keeping the least worst warlord in power</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/13/mission-to-afghanistan-keeping-the-least-worst-warlord-in-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/13/mission-to-afghanistan-keeping-the-least-worst-warlord-in-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Overwhelming military power coupled with a vague confidence in our benevolence doesn’t usually end up so well, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The last, no really, word on Wilfred Burchett</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/the-last-no-really-word-on-wilfred-burchett/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/the-last-no-really-word-on-wilfred-burchett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wilfred burchett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of Wilfred Burchett is not merely a matter of political differences, it instead involves defining the boundary between lawful dissent and treachery, writes <b>Neil James</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beware of the stinky Norwegian Ludefisk, Mr Combet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/beware-of-the-stinky-norwegian-ludefisk-mr-combet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/beware-of-the-stinky-norwegian-ludefisk-mr-combet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lockheed martin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does Combets believe criticism of the high risk F-35 program is “misguided and unfounded”? asks <b>Eric L Palmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>F-35: Untested, two years late and $15 billion more</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/03/f-35-untested-two-years-late-and-15-billion-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/03/f-35-untested-two-years-late-and-15-billion-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of what the public has been hearing from Defence in relation to the F-35 is nothing more than marketing spin, writes <b>Eric L Palmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The blue-sky marketing madness of the F-35</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/the-blue-sky-marketing-madness-of-the-f-35/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/the-blue-sky-marketing-madness-of-the-f-35/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia and the Department of Spendthrift Defence, can't afford this gold plated and unproven wonder, writes <b>Eric L Palmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stealth, the big con</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/06/stealth-the-big-con/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/06/stealth-the-big-con/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defence establishment wants your hard earned tax dollars, and they will do anything to sustain the lifestyle they have become so accustomed to, writes <b>Eric L. Palmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence is hush-hush about future fighter jet noise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/03/defence-is-hush-hush-about-future-fighter-jet-noise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/03/defence-is-hush-hush-about-future-fighter-jet-noise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defence community isn't being honest about the F-35 to the Australian public, writes <b>Eric L Palmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Defence didn&#8217;t tell about the Joint Strike Fighter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/what-defence-didnt-tell-about-the-joint-strike-fighter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/what-defence-didnt-tell-about-the-joint-strike-fighter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department of defence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aircraft range and payload matter -- the greater these are, the better, and the same goes for missiles, writes <b>Peter Goon</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reporting on Afghanistan: media v the military</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/reporting-on-afghanistan-media-v-the-military/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/reporting-on-afghanistan-media-v-the-military/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom hyland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian military’s intolerance of independent reporting reflects a deeper anxiety that has its origins in the media management challenges posed by a long war, writes <b>Kevin Foster</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Afghan dog pen demeans us and emboldens the insurgents</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/afghan-dog-pen-demeans-us-and-emboldens-the-insurgents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/afghan-dog-pen-demeans-us-and-emboldens-the-insurgents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon should apologise for this breach of human rights by Australian soldiers, writes <b>Keysar Trad</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Hawk down: Cowboys at the controls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/01/black-hawk-down-cowboys-at-the-controls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/01/black-hawk-down-cowboys-at-the-controls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air chief marshal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[black hawk helicopter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The official report into the Black Hawk helicopter crash into the deck of HMAS Kanimbla in November 2006 spotlights a culture of slack safety standards in the Australian Army’s 171st Aviation Squadron, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/19/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/19/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rumour out Bennelong way is that the Exclusive Brethren have given their members special permission to vote at this election. Might at the very least help John Howard&#8217;s salvation locally. 
In contrast to the experiences of other ex-pats regarding absentee voting, the High Commission in Wellington New Zealand were well prepared and I voted [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>APEC: Sydney, you ain&#8217;t seen nothin&#8217; yet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/apec-sydney-you-aint-seen-nothin-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/apec-sydney-you-aint-seen-nothin-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re still a month away from the APEC summit, but disgruntled Sydney residents have so far tolerated the noise of Black Hawks passing over the city, had their Lord Mayor encourage everyone pack emergency 'go-bags' complete with radios and energy bars and had their hospital services cut back.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications and c*ck-ups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/10/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cck-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/10/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cck-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to destroy the Australian Defence Force ... reflecting myth not fact on defence spending ... the ludicrous surgeons’ monopoly ... the elephant in the free trade room ... GetUp! and go jump ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>In Maningrida, fear is the real emergency</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/05/in-maningrida-fear-is-the-real-emergency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/05/in-maningrida-fear-is-the-real-emergency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the remote township of Maningrida in central Arnhem land the lack of communication from the federal government over its national emergency plan has led to unnecessary instability and fear and may well ensure the plan’s intended positive results become unachievable, writes Bill Fogarty.]]></description>
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