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	<title>Crikey &#187; australian labor party</title>
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		<title>While Labor fights in Qld, its young leader joins GOP campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/while-labor-fights-in-qld-its-young-leader-joins-gop-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/while-labor-fights-in-qld-its-young-leader-joins-gop-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Workers Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaiy donati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ron paul]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The president of the Queensland branch of the Young Labor Party is a staunch supporter of conservative Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, using leave from the AWU to campaign in the US.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gay marriage: Gillard deploys her troops for the wrong battle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/gay-marriage-gillard-deploys-her-troops-for-the-wrong-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/gay-marriage-gillard-deploys-her-troops-for-the-wrong-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor factions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard has put her authority on the line on same-sex marriage at the Labor national conference. But it was completely unnecessary.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/gay-marriage-gillard-deploys-her-troops-for-the-wrong-battle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>102</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor state sec: Gillard, Rudd miss the point on membership</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/labor-state-sec-gillard-rudd-miss-the-point-on-membership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/labor-state-sec-gillard-rudd-miss-the-point-on-membership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon mead]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WA ALP State Secretary Simon Mead has accused Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd of missing the point in their efforts to reenergise Labor's membership, blaming inept communication for members quitting.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/labor-state-sec-gillard-rudd-miss-the-point-on-membership/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Andrew Barr: I can&#8217;t marry the person I love &#8212; that needs to change</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/andrew-barr-i-cant-marry-the-person-i-love-that-needs-to-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/andrew-barr-i-cant-marry-the-person-i-love-that-needs-to-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Barr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deputy Chief Minister of the ACT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Andrew Barr</b> is the Deputy Chief Minister of the ACT and a life-long Labor Party member. He's also gay and in a long-term committed relationship. And he'd like to get married.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/andrew-barr-i-cant-marry-the-person-i-love-that-needs-to-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP Right bleeding on gay marriage as conference stoush looms</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/alp-right-bleeding-on-gay-marriage-as-conference-stoush-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/alp-right-bleeding-on-gay-marriage-as-conference-stoush-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe de Bruyn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ALP equal love campaigners are confident of extracting significant 'bleed' from the party's right on gay marriage at next week's National Conference.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/21/alp-right-bleeding-on-gay-marriage-as-conference-stoush-looms/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guarding the Left flank: gay unions and Labor&#8217;s primary vote</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/guarding-the-left-flank-gay-unions-and-labors-primary-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/guarding-the-left-flank-gay-unions-and-labors-primary-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe de Bruyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Murphy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new poll shows supporting same-sex marriage would boost Labor's vote -- but mainly at the expense of the Greens. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/guarding-the-left-flank-gay-unions-and-labors-primary-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
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		<title>Progressives push social agenda at ALP Vic conference</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/progressives-push-social-agenda-at-alp-vic-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/progressives-push-social-agenda-at-alp-vic-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joe de bru]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Progressive forces within the Victorian ALP are preparing to deliver sweet revenge on the socially conservative shop assistants' union by forcing debate on issues of same-sex marriage, asylum seekers and legislative council preselections at the party's state conference tomorrow.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/progressives-push-social-agenda-at-alp-vic-conference/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reform and rhetoric: Gillard comes to grips with what ails Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/16/reform-and-rhetoric-gillard-comes-to-grips-with-what-ails-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/16/reform-and-rhetoric-gillard-comes-to-grips-with-what-ails-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As expected, Julia Gillard has announced her support for internal party reforms. But her discussion of Labor ideology was more interesting.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/16/reform-and-rhetoric-gillard-comes-to-grips-with-what-ails-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political Fixers #10 David Feeney &#8230; Devine v Phelps &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/power-shots-david-feeney-copy-copy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/power-shots-david-feeney-copy-copy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Power Index</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miranda Devine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solomon lew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa liberals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheerful, chubby and fresh-faced, like a well-scrubbed piglet, <i>Paul Barry</i> profiles David Feeney, who comes in at #10 on our list of political fixers. Also try some of our other Power Shots from the rest of the <i>Power Index</i> team.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/power-shots-david-feeney-copy-copy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A tale of two election reviews, by the NSW and Vic ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/a-tale-of-two-election-reviews-by-the-nsw-and-vic-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/a-tale-of-two-election-reviews-by-the-nsw-and-vic-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alan griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Reece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vic election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=235509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two contrasting ALP state election reviews have been launched in the last week and the differences between them is stark, and for the NSW party a tad embarrassing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/a-tale-of-two-election-reviews-by-the-nsw-and-vic-alp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner&#8217;s pessimism is justified</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/faulkners-pessimism-is-justified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/faulkners-pessimism-is-justified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Faulkner's criticism of Labor is a plea from a party elder pessimistic about the chances of his party reforming itself.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/faulkners-pessimism-is-justified/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who shut down the policy debate at Vic Labor conference?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/who-shut-down-the-policy-debate-at-vic-labor-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/who-shut-down-the-policy-debate-at-vic-labor-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 03:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daniel andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialist left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior Left sources inside the Victorian ALP have accused conservative forces aligned to the Shop Assistants union of "breathtaking hypocrisy" for shutting down debates on gay marriage and asylum seekers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/who-shut-down-the-policy-debate-at-vic-labor-conference/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bitar&#8217;s reign of mayhem comes to an end</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/bitars-reign-of-mayhem-comes-to-an-end-too-late-for-nsw-and-fed-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/bitars-reign-of-mayhem-comes-to-an-end-too-late-for-nsw-and-fed-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Bitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=210825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Karl Bitar departs Labor's national secretaryship, leaving a smoking ruin where viable political parties once stood.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/bitars-reign-of-mayhem-comes-to-an-end-too-late-for-nsw-and-fed-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Oz&#8217;s gay marriage trojan horse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/04/the-ozs-gay-marriage-trojan-horse-storms-the-labor-barricades/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/04/the-ozs-gay-marriage-trojan-horse-storms-the-labor-barricades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve hutchins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=207905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Progressive Labor forces are wondering whether <em>The Australian</em> has been anointed as the 105th member of federal caucus after an extraordinary front-page salvo this week left Julia Gillard and Simon Crean looking like dills. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/04/the-ozs-gay-marriage-trojan-horse-storms-the-labor-barricades/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bitar&#8217;s email bombshell on the &#8216;Lindsay test&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/25/bitars-email-bombshell-on-the-lindsay-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/25/bitars-email-bombshell-on-the-lindsay-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve bracks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[troy bramston]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ALP national secretary Karl Bitar sent a private email to Kevin Rudd chief-of-staff Alistair Jordan demanding that "every policy and announcement must pass the Lindsay test", according to a footnote in the secret section of Bracks-Faulkner-Carr review examining  Labor's 2010 election campaign.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/25/bitars-email-bombshell-on-the-lindsay-test/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner, Bracks and Carr fight against the historical tide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/faulkner-bracks-and-carr-fight-against-the-historical-tide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/faulkner-bracks-and-carr-fight-against-the-historical-tide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteerism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reversing Labor's long-term decline in party membership looks unlikely when volunteerism is declining across developed countries.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/faulkner-bracks-and-carr-fight-against-the-historical-tide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Secret ALP review blames Gillard for election debacle: source</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/alp-review-blames-gillard-for-election-debacle-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/alp-review-blames-gillard-for-election-debacle-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Australian Labor Party's National Executive meets in Brisbane today to digest the Bracks-Faulkner-Carr review into the party's disastrous 2010 election campaign, Crikey can reveal that the report's sealed sections contains serious personal criticisms of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/alp-review-blames-gillard-for-election-debacle-source/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</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>Labor is still managing to trash its brand</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/25/labor-is-still-managing-to-trash-its-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/25/labor-is-still-managing-to-trash-its-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=198864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's reputation on the issues that influence voting intention continues to worsen.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/25/labor-is-still-managing-to-trash-its-brand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wong: in the name of equality, Labor must adopt gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/wong-in-the-name-of-equality-labor-must-adopt-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/wong-in-the-name-of-equality-labor-must-adopt-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Finance Minister Senator Penny Wong took to the floor of the South Australian Labor Party convention over the weekend to advocate for gay marriage (a motion passed to push the issue at next year's national conference). This is her speech to the convention.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/wong-in-the-name-of-equality-labor-must-adopt-gay-marriage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s identity crisis: why voters don&#8217;t know what Gillard stands for</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/labors-identity-crisis-why-voters-dont-know-what-gillard-stands-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/labors-identity-crisis-why-voters-dont-know-what-gillard-stands-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's vote is in serious decline and its brand is badly damaged. The party leader needs to start showing voters where she wants to take the country.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/labors-identity-crisis-why-voters-dont-know-what-gillard-stands-for/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Backing gay marriage won&#8217;t fix Labor&#8217;s identity crisis &#8212; but it&#8217;s a start</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/backing-gay-marriage-wont-fix-labors-identity-crisis-but-its-a-start/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/backing-gay-marriage-wont-fix-labors-identity-crisis-but-its-a-start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Drifting to the Left on social issues won't help Labor solve its fundamental problems. But it might jog the party's corporate memory about what it should do with power.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/backing-gay-marriage-wont-fix-labors-identity-crisis-but-its-a-start/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Village idiot&#8217; union head won&#8217;t give up on 9/11 conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/village-idiot-union-head-wont-give-up-on-911-conspiracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/village-idiot-union-head-wont-give-up-on-911-conspiracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Faine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Bracken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MUA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Internal ALP enemies of Victorian Maritime Union state secretary and Trades Hall president Kevin Bracken are egging him on to further greatness after he reprised his considered theories on the 9-11 attacks on Melbourne radio this morning.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/village-idiot-union-head-wont-give-up-on-911-conspiracy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>The class of &#8217;10: the outsourcing of politics continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/the-class-of-10-the-outsourcing-of-politics-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/the-class-of-10-the-outsourcing-of-politics-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The professionalisation of federal politics continues apace with more than half of the new MPs and senators elected on August 21 being former staffers, party operators or former or serving politicians.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/the-class-of-10-the-outsourcing-of-politics-continues/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor could block Coalition law-making &#8230; but probably won&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/labor-could-block-coalition-law-making-but-probably-wont/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/labor-could-block-coalition-law-making-but-probably-wont/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170695</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Constitutional law experts have told <em>Crikey</em> that the Gillard government has the power to block funding for legislation passed by the opposition, as the crossbench MPs flirt with supporting the Coalition on some policy issues.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/labor-could-block-coalition-law-making-but-probably-wont/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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