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	<title>Crikey &#187; Australian Electoral Commission</title>
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		<title>Clive&#8217;s latest challenge a doddle for the Doyen of Doorknockers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/29/clives-latest-challenge-a-doddle-for-the-doyen-of-doorknockers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/29/clives-latest-challenge-a-doddle-for-the-doyen-of-doorknockers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive Palmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Australia Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mining magnate Clive Palmer has a fortnight to find a sitting federal MP or 500 members for his new party, or it will hit an iceberg before this year's federal election.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Nation claims against &#8216;vengeful and political&#8217; Abbott acts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/17/one-nation-claims-against-vengeful-and-political-abbott-acts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/17/one-nation-claims-against-vengeful-and-political-abbott-acts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david ettridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Oldfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=364056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years after it began, Tony Abbott's secret pact to destroy One Nation will be examined in open court. <em>Crikey</em> has obtained the statement of claim by One Nation co-founder David Ettridge.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/17/one-nation-claims-against-vengeful-and-political-abbott-acts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pauline Hanson eyes an election comeback: can she do it?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/08/pauline-hanson-eyes-an-election-comeback-can-she-do-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/08/pauline-hanson-eyes-an-election-comeback-can-she-do-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=354334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson says she'll run at this year's federal election. Does she stand a chance -- and can she make a buck out of taxpayer-funded public electoral funding? <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Carrington Clarke</b> investigates.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/08/pauline-hanson-eyes-an-election-comeback-can-she-do-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another year, another round of media failures on campaign finance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/04/mayne-another-year-of-media-failures-on-campaign-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/04/mayne-another-year-of-media-failures-on-campaign-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=346236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The release of donations data should be one of the year's biggest dumps of hot political news. It's high time the mainstream media stopped turning a blind eye and started asking questions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/04/mayne-another-year-of-media-failures-on-campaign-finance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Miners, developers pile in to fund Newman&#8217;s LNP campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/miners-developers-pile-in-to-fund-newmans-lnp-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/miners-developers-pile-in-to-fund-newmans-lnp-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campbell newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=346046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big political donors ditched Anna Bligh's failing government and put their money behind Campbell Newman's bid for the Queensland premiership, data from the AEC reveals.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/miners-developers-pile-in-to-fund-newmans-lnp-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>AEC donor dump: who paid out for the parties in 11-12</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/aec-donor-dump-who-paid-out-for-the-parties-in-11-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/aec-donor-dump-who-paid-out-for-the-parties-in-11-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive Palmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=345903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's poor, inconsistent and late -- but we finally have a glimpse of who donated to political parties in 2011-12. So who did the shooters donate to?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/aec-donor-dump-who-paid-out-for-the-parties-in-11-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Electoral Commission on a roll as hunt on for the unenrolled</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/29/electoral-commission-on-a-roll-as-hunt-on-for-the-unenrolled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/29/electoral-commission-on-a-roll-as-hunt-on-for-the-unenrolled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 02:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral roll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=293703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Electoral Commission today launches "Count Me In." As it describes it: "a nationwide hunt for voters missing from the electoral roll."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/29/electoral-commission-on-a-roll-as-hunt-on-for-the-unenrolled/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qld Labor ends electoral arms-race &#8212; just when the LNP benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/qld-labor-ends-electoral-arms-race-just-when-the-lnp-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/qld-labor-ends-electoral-arms-race-just-when-the-lnp-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral expenditure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queensland labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Queensland Labor enters the 2012 election without one of its key campaigning tools of recent years. The party's success has been built on massively outspending its opponents. New laws bring that to an end just when the tables were turned.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/qld-labor-ends-electoral-arms-race-just-when-the-lnp-benefits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Check your maths, and your letterbox</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/crikey-says-check-your-maths-and-your-letterbox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/crikey-says-check-your-maths-and-your-letterbox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campbell newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can learn a lot from digging through 12 years worth of Australian Electoral Commission filings ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/crikey-says-check-your-maths-and-your-letterbox/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rise and rise of mining company donations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/21/the-rise-and-rise-of-mining-company-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/21/the-rise-and-rise-of-mining-company-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big mining money has shifted behind the Coalition and poses a serious threat to Labor if maintained.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/21/the-rise-and-rise-of-mining-company-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>The new electoral law that will deliver tens of millions to parties</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/16/the-new-electoral-law-that-will-deliver-tens-of-millions-to-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/16/the-new-electoral-law-that-will-deliver-tens-of-millions-to-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral enrolment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=274612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new bill will see tens of millions of dollars channelled to political parties in the name of democracy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/16/the-new-electoral-law-that-will-deliver-tens-of-millions-to-parties/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>More evidence of why donation disclosure laws are hopeless</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/australian-political-disclosure-donation-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/australian-political-disclosure-donation-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years now <em>Crikey</em> has engaged in the ritual denunciation of our Commonwealth electoral donation laws. It's worth repeating. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/australian-political-disclosure-donation-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Electoral funding figures show Labor&#8217;s donations collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A hundred years later, it&#8217;s time for another vital voting reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/06/a-hundred-years-later-its-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/06/a-hundred-years-later-its-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral rolls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of the clash of interests in federal parliament in 1911 came an enduring electoral reform, writes <b>Brian Costar</b>. An update is long overdue.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/06/a-hundred-years-later-its-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The man behind Katter&#8217;s AEC party name rejection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/the-power-index-the-man-behind-katters-aec-party-name-rejection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/the-power-index-the-man-behind-katters-aec-party-name-rejection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The man responsible for ending the possibility of Bob Katter abbreviating his Katter’s Australian Party name to “Australian Party” is David Doe, a man who has been highly active in the video games censorship debate, writes <b>Angela Priestley</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/the-power-index-the-man-behind-katters-aec-party-name-rejection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Hanson prank is funny to a point</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/crikey-says-the-hanson-prank-is-funny-to-a-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/crikey-says-the-hanson-prank-is-funny-to-a-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pauline Hanson plot thickens.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/crikey-says-the-hanson-prank-is-funny-to-a-point/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The political donations data is nowhere near the full picture</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/04/the-political-donations-data-is-nowhere-near-the-full-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/04/the-political-donations-data-is-nowhere-near-the-full-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=201225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The material released this week by the Electoral Commission only gives a partial picture of who is funding our political parties.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/04/the-political-donations-data-is-nowhere-near-the-full-picture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Miners big on donations, but not on disclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/miners-big-on-donations-but-not-on-disclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/miners-big-on-donations-but-not-on-disclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several companies and individuals have been identified in Liberal and Labor documents as making donations, but were not recorded on the AEC website as having made any returns, as they’re required to do.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/miners-big-on-donations-but-not-on-disclosure/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political donations give and take</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/political-donations-give-and-take-libs-get-6-3m-labor-7-8m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/political-donations-give-and-take-libs-get-6-3m-labor-7-8m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Electoral Commission released political donations data today for 2009-10, giving us an insight into what political parties received from donors between 7 and 19 months ago.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/political-donations-give-and-take-libs-get-6-3m-labor-7-8m/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mayne on donations: Vic Libs still richest political division in the country</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mayne-on-donations-vic-libs-still-richest-political-division-in-the-country/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mayne-on-donations-vic-libs-still-richest-political-division-in-the-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian Liberals clearly remain the richest political division in the country. No one else can claim to own $50 million worth of shares.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mayne-on-donations-vic-libs-still-richest-political-division-in-the-country/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Future of the National Tally Room again in doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/future-of-the-national-tally-room-again-in-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/future-of-the-national-tally-room-again-in-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National tally room]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While its seven metre-high board of polling figures and swarm of electoral officials may have come to symbolise Australian suffrage, the future of the National Tally Room as the centre of election night may again be in doubt after ABC election numbers guru Antony Green ran into technology issues on Saturday night which meant he could not receive data or offer predictions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/future-of-the-national-tally-room-again-in-doubt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fiddling with the electoral system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/fiddling-with-the-electoral-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/fiddling-with-the-electoral-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Richard Farmer’s chunky bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just love the way that the so-called political numbers experts invariably get things wrong when they start fiddling with the electoral system.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/fiddling-with-the-electoral-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Greater compulsion isn&#8217;t the answer to voter disengagement</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/greater-compulsion-isnt-the-answer-to-voter-disengagement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/greater-compulsion-isnt-the-answer-to-voter-disengagement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=175463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are calls for automatic voter enrolment to address the alarming decline in voter participation in the 2010 election. But that doesn't address the real problem of disengagement.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/greater-compulsion-isnt-the-answer-to-voter-disengagement/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Latham/Henderson double act</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/and-the-wankley-goes-to-the-lathamhenderson-double-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/and-the-wankley-goes-to-the-lathamhenderson-double-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerard Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wankley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=174259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's Wankley goes to a dual bout of disingenuousness between the upstanding director of the Sydney Institute, Gerard Henderson and fellow Fairfax columnist and former Liverpool Mayor Mark Latham.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/and-the-wankley-goes-to-the-lathamhenderson-double-act/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Green: Don&#8217;t believe the Tally Room</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2010/08/who-won-the-national-2-party-preferred-vote.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2010/08/who-won-the-national-2-party-preferred-vote.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Federal Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=168552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2PP figure currently on display on the Australian Electoral Commission's <a href="http://vtr.aec.gov.au/">Virtual Tally Room</a> is wrong. <b>Antony Green</b> explains why it's wrong and why it's there anyway.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2010/08/who-won-the-national-2-party-preferred-vote.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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