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		<title>Queensland ALP embraces intra-factional bloodsports</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/queensland-alp-embraces-intra-factional-bloodsports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/queensland-alp-embraces-intra-factional-bloodsports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral commission queensland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Wood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland branch of the ALP is confronting a fresh factional crisis, with the forced departure of key staff and a funding crisis threatening to breach containment lines and escalate into open warfare.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Costello rising: Labor braces for an early election</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/costello-rising-labor-braces-for-an-early-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/costello-rising-labor-braces-for-an-early-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming increasingly clear that the Liberal Party has decided to drop Malcolm Turnbull and recall Peter Costello to lead them at the next federal election, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arbib&#8217;s rise to &#8220;gatekeeper&#8221; greatness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/arbibs-rise-to-gatekeeper-greatness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/arbibs-rise-to-gatekeeper-greatness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ambitious NSW Senator Mark Arbib is now the most influential non-minister in the Rudd Government, writes, <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The GayLP&#8217;s rainbow revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/the-gaylps-rainbow-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/the-gaylps-rainbow-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainbow labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve perryman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The establishment of a "gay friendly" branch of the ALP in Victoria has raised eyebrows, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business donations crossed the floor in 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007-08 political donations data shows a massive surge in business donations to the ALP prior to the 2007 election, compared to prior to the 2004 election, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Rudd manifesto: an exercise in simplistic propaganda</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/the-rudd-manifesto-an-exercise-in-simplistic-propaganda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/the-rudd-manifesto-an-exercise-in-simplistic-propaganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo liberalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Rudd's <i>Monthly</i> fairytale, evil Austrian economists reanimated the corpse of laissez faire economics and the parties of the Right sent it raging across the developed world, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s brilliant disaster diversion from China donations scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/rudds-brilliant-disaster-diversion-from-china-donations-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/rudds-brilliant-disaster-diversion-from-china-donations-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP remains the only major political party in the world that actually runs pokies operations to help finance its campaigns, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/rudds-brilliant-disaster-diversion-from-china-donations-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s membership crisis &#8212; they&#8217;re not the only ones</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/labors-membership-crisis-theyre-not-the-only-ones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/labors-membership-crisis-theyre-not-the-only-ones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The malaise in our political parties has underlying social causes that neither of them is yet willing to face up to, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/labors-membership-crisis-theyre-not-the-only-ones/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victorian ALP: A fraction too much faction</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/victorian-alp-a-fraction-too-much-faction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/victorian-alp-a-fraction-too-much-faction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The unprecedented factional deal struck last week between opposing factions in the Victorian ALP could last longer than some pundits are suggesting, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/victorian-alp-a-fraction-too-much-faction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>News Ltd takes campaign journalism to new heights</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/news-ltd-takes-campaign-journalism-to-new-heights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/news-ltd-takes-campaign-journalism-to-new-heights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynne Kosky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Herald Sun’s relentless campaign to force Victorian Transport Minister Lynne Kosky from office must surely set a new standard for tabloid bullying, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/news-ltd-takes-campaign-journalism-to-new-heights/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shorten shores up position as Victoria&#8217;s kingmaker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/16/shorten-shores-up-position-as-victorias-kingmaker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/16/shorten-shores-up-position-as-victorias-kingmaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Shorten is now able to boast to the Prime Minister that the era of factional bloodletting in Victoria is over, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/16/shorten-shores-up-position-as-victorias-kingmaker/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Did Thornley just get sick of the ALP&#8217;s petty squabbling?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/did-thornley-just-get-sick-of-the-alps-petty-squabbling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/did-thornley-just-get-sick-of-the-alps-petty-squabbling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evan thornley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A picture is now emerging of a restless Evan Thornley unable or unwilling to detach himself from his intellectual idealism and fully embrace the internecine squabbling that constitutes the nasty innards of the ALP, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/did-thornley-just-get-sick-of-the-alps-petty-squabbling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pollbludger&#8217;s year in state government: Labor on the slide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/pollbludgers-year-in-state-government-labor-on-the-slide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/pollbludgers-year-in-state-government-labor-on-the-slide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Between next year and 2011,  five state Labor governments will face electorates with every reason to think it’s “time to give someone else a go”, writes <b>PollBludger William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/16/pollbludgers-year-in-state-government-labor-on-the-slide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s salad days run continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/rudds-salad-days-run-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/rudds-salad-days-run-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment in australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today will be as good as it gets for the Government for a very long time, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/rudds-salad-days-run-continues/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Five to 15: Kevin Rudd&#8217;s sorry climate capitulation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/five-to-15-kevin-rudds-sorry-climate-capitulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/five-to-15-kevin-rudds-sorry-climate-capitulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emission reduction targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Garnaut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All the people who voted for a Labor party promising genuine climate solutions have every right to feel betrayed, writes <b>Anna Rose</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/five-to-15-kevin-rudds-sorry-climate-capitulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crossing the floor for the environment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/crossing-the-floor-for-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/crossing-the-floor-for-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is it with forestry in Australia? asks <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/crossing-the-floor-for-the-environment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter to NSW ALP President Bernie Riordan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/letter-to-nsw-alp-president-bernie-riordan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/letter-to-nsw-alp-president-bernie-riordan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my 30 years working for large organisations, I never saw such a shambolic process as this, writes <b>Ken McLeod</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/letter-to-nsw-alp-president-bernie-riordan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd to destroy the Great Barrier Reef? Bring it on!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/02/rudd-to-destroy-the-great-barrier-reef-bring-it-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/02/rudd-to-destroy-the-great-barrier-reef-bring-it-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in a no-lose position. Regardless of whether there is global warming, whether it is caused by man-made emissions, the truth is that nothing can or will be done about it, writes <b>Peter Faris</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rees and Orkopoulos: how much did the premier know?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/rees-and-orkopoulos-how-much-did-the-premier-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/rees-and-orkopoulos-how-much-did-the-premier-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is growing evidence that only a wilful act of ignorance would have prevented Labor figures from knowing there were serious allegations about Milton Orkopoulos circulating, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to know the Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-186/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-186/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catryna bilyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doug cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen kroger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louise pratt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark abib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark furner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michaelia cash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarah hanson-young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott ludlam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maiden speeches from our new Senators...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-186/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor &#8216;cr-pping itself&#8221; over WA polling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/labor-cr-pping-itself-over-wa-polling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/labor-cr-pping-itself-over-wa-polling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expectations that Alan Carpenter’s government will be comfortably returned in Western Australia are dying hard, writes <b>Poll Bludger</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/labor-cr-pping-itself-over-wa-polling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Saulwick: Can Labor be beaten?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/11/saulwick-can-labor-be-beaten/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/11/saulwick-can-labor-be-beaten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the election draws inexorably closer the pundits are getting nervous and to hedge their bets some are saying that it will be close. Could the polls be wrong? Of course they could, but this is extremely unlikely, write <b>Irving Saulwick</b> and <b>Denis Muller</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/11/saulwick-can-labor-be-beaten/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: whose side are you on Kevin?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/mungo-whose-side-are-you-on-kevin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/mungo-whose-side-are-you-on-kevin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enemies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard are pretty happy about their long-awaited industrial relations policy and the initial reaction to it. No-one else likes it very much except a few of their fellow Labor politicians, and in private even these have their doubts, writes Mungo. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/mungo-whose-side-are-you-on-kevin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conspiracies are more fun than practical politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/conspiracies-are-more-fun-than-practical-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/conspiracies-are-more-fun-than-practical-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefit of the doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dr sues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one way ticket home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the cosmopolitan Crikey commentariat. Their chatter seems as relevant as Lenin’s grumbles from ninety-odd years ago when he greeted the downfall of the Fisher government with the complaint...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PEP talk? As well as TPG still circling Coles, Pacific Equity Partners have had several meetings with Wesfarmers regarding Kmart. The word is that PEP are trying to merge the Warehouse Group from NZ with Kmart.
Defence contractors and racial discrimination exemptions. A friend of mine who had been working at Tidbinbilla lost his job [...]]]></description>
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