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	<title>Crikey &#187; Australian Electoral Commission</title>
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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>

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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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[Political snippets]]></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[Wankley Awards]]></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[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></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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		<title>Three seats in doubt, but Hasluck will probably decide the race</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/three-seats-in-doubt-but-hasluck-will-probably-decide-the-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/three-seats-in-doubt-but-hasluck-will-probably-decide-the-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=167396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So it's down to three. Probably. The seats of Brisbane, Corangamite and Hasluck remain in doubt, with counting likely to continue for another week.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/three-seats-in-doubt-but-hasluck-will-probably-decide-the-race/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP loses seats (but for the next election, not this one)</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/alp-loses-seats-but-for-the-next-election-not-this-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/alp-loses-seats-but-for-the-next-election-not-this-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=160727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As has now been pointed out many times, conducting a redistribution while an election campaign is under way is sheer madness.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/alp-loses-seats-but-for-the-next-election-not-this-one/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to get 1.4m people on the electoral roll without Abbott&#8217;s support</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/how-to-get-1-4m-people-on-the-electoral-roll-without-abbotts-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/how-to-get-1-4m-people-on-the-electoral-roll-without-abbotts-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral enrolment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral roll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=150838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever the federal election is held up to 1.4 million of us will not be entitled to cast a ballot because we are not on the roll. But there is a solution, even if the Coalition doesn't support it, writes political science academic <b>Brian Costar</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/how-to-get-1-4m-people-on-the-electoral-roll-without-abbotts-support/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ALP deserves deregistration</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2900758.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2900758.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 01:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[registered political parties]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Kellie Tranter</b> pens a letter to the Australian Electoral Commissioner on why the ALP should lose its political party registration, since its recent actions don't align with Labor's history and constitution.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weird and wonderful ways to slice up Victoria</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/13/weird-and-wonderful-ways-to-slice-up-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/13/weird-and-wonderful-ways-to-slice-up-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electorate boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Election 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Political junkies, as well as those who just appreciate dodgy geography, can now amuse themselves by checking out the submissions received on the current redistribution of federal electoral boundaries for Victoria, <a href="http://aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2010/vic/public-suggestions.htm">now available</a> at the AEC website, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Really bad timing on redrawing the boundaries in Vic</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/really-bad-timing-on-redrawing-the-boundaries-in-vic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/really-bad-timing-on-redrawing-the-boundaries-in-vic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deakin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McEwen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever wins the marginal seats in this year's Victorian election, such as McEwen and Deakin, could find that the boundary commissioners will have a big influence on their tenure.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/really-bad-timing-on-redrawing-the-boundaries-in-vic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW automated electoral rolls make sense, yet Feds reject them</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/nsw-automated-electoral-rolls-make-sense-yet-feds-reject-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/nsw-automated-electoral-rolls-make-sense-yet-feds-reject-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automatic enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral rolls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NSW is moving into the 21st century with automated electoral rolls, while the federal system may be left languishing in the early 20th century, writes <b>Graeme Orr</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/nsw-automated-electoral-rolls-make-sense-yet-feds-reject-them/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political donations drought: cash levels fall by 60%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/political-donations-drought-cash-levels-fall-by-60-per-cent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/political-donations-drought-cash-levels-fall-by-60-per-cent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are we witnessing the drying up of political donations? Total political donations of $93.7 million fell 60% last year. Plus some of the more interesting donors uncovered by <em>Crikey</em> readers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/political-donations-drought-cash-levels-fall-by-60-per-cent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Influential or not? Big political donors show how it&#8217;s done</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/influential-or-not-big-political-donors-show-how-its-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/influential-or-not-big-political-donors-show-how-its-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite a big drop in political donations in 2008-09, the AEC figures released yesterday still show how influence works -- and fails to work -- in Canberra. Even if the data isn't that surprising.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/influential-or-not-big-political-donors-show-how-its-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Automatic enrollment: Sneaky plot or common sense?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/11/17/ve-haff-vays-of-making-you-enrol/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/11/17/ve-haff-vays-of-making-you-enrol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automatic enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW electoral commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> pundits have been duking it out over the NSW government's plan to introduce automatic electoral enrollment. Is it really a "shameful encroachment on basic rights", or just good bureaucratic process? <b>William Bowe</b> wraps the debate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/11/17/ve-haff-vays-of-making-you-enrol/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dust off your Smiths albums, it’s 1988 and the Australia Card all over again!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/dust-off-your-smiths-albums-it%e2%80%99s-1988-and-the-australia-card-all-over-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/dust-off-your-smiths-albums-it%e2%80%99s-1988-and-the-australia-card-all-over-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW electoral commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/dust-off-your-smiths-albums-it%e2%80%99s-1988-and-the-australia-card-all-over-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stock up on the ammo and canned food! Bernard Keane's conspiracy theories on electoral reforms are flat out wrong, says <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/dust-off-your-smiths-albums-it%e2%80%99s-1988-and-the-australia-card-all-over-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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