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	<title>Crikey &#187; Bob Hawke</title>
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		<title>Bob Hawke says &#8220;cheese&#8221; with some smiling former assassins</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-40/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind farms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A happy snap of former PM Bob Hawke surrounded by the folks who ousted him from office shows time heals all wounds, the aesthetic costs of wind turbines, no outliers in the Crikey Election Indicator, and a thumbs up for the new <em>Oz</em> design.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Telstra decision is just good policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra split]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s an element of politics in Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s decision to break Telstra up. But it’s also good policy that finally corrects the huge mistake Bob Hawke and Kim Beazley made.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>We deserve better than legacy wars</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/mungo-we-deserve-better-than-legacy-wars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/mungo-we-deserve-better-than-legacy-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, nearly two years out of the Howard years and happily consigning them to well-deserved oblivion. Then Paul Kelly released his book, and they all came lurching out of the political cemetery.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/mungo-we-deserve-better-than-legacy-wars/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd can&#8217;t claim reform credit yet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/crikey-says-84/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/crikey-says-84/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March of the Patriots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are three men truly entitled to reflect on responsibility for Australia's economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s: Hawke, Keating and Howard.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/crikey-says-84/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Sarkozy could learn from Hawke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-89/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-89/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crown Casino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[France's short-statured President Sarkozy could gain a few inches with a Bob Hawke bouffant haircut, the GFC hits casinos, and more insights from <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-89/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Della Bosca joins long list of upstanding members</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/della-bosca-joins-a-long-list-of-upstanding-members/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/della-bosca-joins-a-long-list-of-upstanding-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adultery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill snedden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harold holt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Della Bosca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert menzies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/della-bosca-joins-a-long-list-of-upstanding-members/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians straying from the marital bed? Where's the story? asks <b> Bob Ellis</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/della-bosca-joins-a-long-list-of-upstanding-members/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>If Hawke, Keating, Howard and Rudd had been journos</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/if-hawke-keating-howard-and-rudd-had-been-journos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/if-hawke-keating-howard-and-rudd-had-been-journos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Megalogenis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=80433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard and Kevin Rudd all fancy themselves as better journos than the real thing, says George Megalogenis. But how would each have really fared if they&#8217;d chosen the Fourth Estate over the Third?
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/if-hawke-keating-howard-and-rudd-had-been-journos/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Calling for a government restructure to address Aboriginal issues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/mungo-calling-for-a-government-restructure-to-address-aboriginal-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/mungo-calling-for-a-government-restructure-to-address-aboriginal-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noel Pearson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/mungo-calling-for-a-government-restructure-to-address-aboriginal-issues/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The one size fits all approach of the intervention is plainly inappropriate to societies as diverse as Indigenous Australia, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/mungo-calling-for-a-government-restructure-to-address-aboriginal-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A brief history of props in Federal Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/first-dog-on-the-moon-116/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/first-dog-on-the-moon-116/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edmund barton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert menzies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rufous bettong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weapons grade plutonium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/first-dog-on-the-moon-116/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians from both sides have a long democratic tradition of treating Parliament contemptuously.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/first-dog-on-the-moon-116/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sceptically looking for the green shoots</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/sceptically-looking-for-the-green-shoots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/sceptically-looking-for-the-green-shoots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cairns Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green shoots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Richard Farmer</b> sees no "glimmers of hope" for the economy and reflects on hard-drinking politicians. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/sceptically-looking-for-the-green-shoots/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Once upon a time &#8230; Rudd needs a narrative</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/once-upon-a-time-rudd-needs-a-narrative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/once-upon-a-time-rudd-needs-a-narrative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Government doesn’t provide a narrative, the media will provide one or more for them, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/once-upon-a-time-rudd-needs-a-narrative/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vale John Button</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/vale-john-button/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/vale-john-button/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Labor Senator John Button has died at the age of 74 after suffering cancer. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/vale-john-button/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kevin of the hundred days: a KPIs tale</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/29/kevin-of-the-hundred-days-a-kpis-tale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/29/kevin-of-the-hundred-days-a-kpis-tale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ningaloo reef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world heritage listing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FDR saved America’s financial system. Bob Hawke held an economic summit and released a major economic statement. Kevin Rudd has... mission statements, challenge areas – and loads of inquiries, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/29/kevin-of-the-hundred-days-a-kpis-tale/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/20/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/20/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front bench]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Olympic radio rights .... <i>Four Corners</i> and the Liberals ... Brendan Nelson: Mr 9% ... inflation ... foreign investment ... Crikey's editorial ... ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/20/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Media Monitors Top 20</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/the-media-monitors-top-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/the-media-monitors-top-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not much movement in the Top Five, with Morris Iemma celebrating the Year of the Rat by being ubiquitous if not exactly popular. 

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/13/the-media-monitors-top-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>2020 summit: Talk for the sake of a talkfest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/04/2020-summit-talk-for-the-sake-of-a-talkfest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/04/2020-summit-talk-for-the-sake-of-a-talkfest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glyn Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prime minister and cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talkfest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First community cabinet meetings, now a 2020 summit. Labor's approach of government by stunt is shaping up nicely, writes <b>David MacCormack</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/04/2020-summit-talk-for-the-sake-of-a-talkfest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swanny needs a trowel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/24/swanny-needs-a-trowel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/24/swanny-needs-a-trowel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good starting point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keating governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treasurer wayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has become a time honoured tradition for incoming governments to rip into the previous government’s economic record. And now it's Wayne Swan's turn -- his efforts so far have been half-hearted, writes <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/24/swanny-needs-a-trowel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malcolm Turnbull’s secrets for success</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/malcolm-turnbulls-secrets-for-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/malcolm-turnbulls-secrets-for-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abc newsradio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secrets of wealth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull has been a very successful business person, but did he really mean to share some secrets of wealth creation yesterday? <b>Christian Kerr</b> investigates.]]></description>
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		<title>US 08: Hillary, Hawke and the power of tearful eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/10/us-08-hillary-hawke-and-the-power-of-tearful-eyes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/10/us-08-hillary-hawke-and-the-power-of-tearful-eyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving ambition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intrade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real clear politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you worked for Bob Hawke you soon realised that a choking voice and a tear or two was no disqualification to winning votes, writes Richard Farmer.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo MacCallum: Howard&#8217;s decline, part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/17/mungo-maccallum-howards-decline-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/17/mungo-maccallum-howards-decline-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brains trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cursory glance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slough of despond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The central [issue] was always going to be The Economy, Stupid, and Rudd knew it, writes Mungo MacCallum. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/17/mungo-maccallum-howards-decline-part-4/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>And now, a letter from Gerard Henderson &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/07/and-now-a-letter-from-gerard-henderson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/07/and-now-a-letter-from-gerard-henderson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ken inglis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morry Schwartz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Manne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Morning Herald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<i>The Monthly</i> is one of the few journals of opinion in the democratic world which does not run a letters/correspondence page in its printed edition. Hence this note to Crikey, writes Gerard Henderson.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sorting fact from fiction in Kevin&#8217;s faction dealings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/sorting-fact-from-fiction-in-kevins-faction-dealings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/sorting-fact-from-fiction-in-kevins-faction-dealings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister elect Kevin Rudd keeps asserting he chose his own ministerial team rather than having the selections of internal groups ratified by a token vote of the Parliamentary Labor Party. There were always discussions between the leader and the leaders of the factions before the factions settled on their choices, says Richard Farmer]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/sorting-fact-from-fiction-in-kevins-faction-dealings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two old Leaders keep their record</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/two-old-leaders-keep-their-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/two-old-leaders-keep-their-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incidentally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malcolm fraser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As votes get closer to being completely counted from last Saturday's poll, two old leaders have kept their records by the narrowest of margins.  Bob Hawke will no doubt be happier about it than Malcolm Fraser, writes Richard Farmer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/two-old-leaders-keep-their-record/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tipping time: Labor heading for a 30-seat majority</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/tipping-time-labor-heading-for-a-30-seat-majority/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/tipping-time-labor-heading-for-a-30-seat-majority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high water mark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pundits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm predicting Labor will win a 30 seat majority, which would mean Labor holding 90 out of 150 seats. How might those seats fall state by state? Here's a possible combination, writes Peter Brent.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/tipping-time-labor-heading-for-a-30-seat-majority/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Christian Kerr: Fiscal conservatism takes centre stage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/christian-kerr-fiscal-conservatism-takes-centre-stage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/christian-kerr-fiscal-conservatism-takes-centre-stage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former Prime Ministers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All the focus at Labor’s launch in Brisbane today was on new leadership – on Rudd himself, writes Christian Kerr.
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