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	<title>Crikey &#187; Brendan Nelson</title>
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		<title>Denniss: my tactics for debating Monckton</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/20/denniss-my-tactics-for-debating-monckton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/20/denniss-my-tactics-for-debating-monckton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Peacock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Monckton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Only the media can explain why they have given so much attention to extreme and ill-informed views about climate change and choose not to give a similar platform to a range of other conspiracy theorists, writes <b>Dr Richard Denniss</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Processed sausages</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/28/crikey-says-processed-sausages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/28/crikey-says-processed-sausages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petrol prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No one sucks on petrol fumes to fuel their prose better than former Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where Turnbull went wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2010/04/turnbull-dumps-the-political-class.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2010/04/turnbull-dumps-the-political-class.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn't Utegate or the ETS that destroyed Malcolm Turnbull's leadership chances and brought upon his political demise. It's the fact that Turnbull never cared about the Liberal Party, he just cared for himself.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grattan: Can Abbott tame the WorkChoices beast?</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/can-abbott-control-ir-monster-20100218-oipm.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/can-abbott-control-ir-monster-20100218-oipm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian workplace agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battlelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=117890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Other disposed Lib leaders wouldn't touch industrial relations with a ten foot pole, but Tony Abbott says "WorkChoices wasn't all bad" and is pushing his own, more tightly reigned in version. Will it work for Abbott? asks <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grattan: Abbott&#8217;s on the offensive</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/ready-for-battle-20091217-kzuo.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/ready-for-battle-20091217-kzuo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull feared an early election, Tony Abbott says bring it on. Turnbull pushed for an ETS, Abbott turned ETS debate into a tax fight. Abbott is ready to battle Rudd at the next election, says <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Julie Bishop is The Cockroach!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/julie-bishop-is-the-cockroach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/julie-bishop-is-the-cockroach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brendan nelson's hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hemp yoghurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mrs slocombe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the cockroach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The true truth about the Deputy Opposition Leader who would not die...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brendan&#8217;s banner: The Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/brendans-banner-the-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/brendans-banner-the-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers are full of wit. It's been a tough decision, but we've narrowed down the finalists (and winner!) of the <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/crikey-competition-put-your-words-on-brendans-banner/">'name Brendan Nelson's banner'</a>  competition. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Changing of the Guard</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-427/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-427/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brendan nelson's hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brindha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen smith's hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey baby!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Put your words on Brendan&#8217;s banner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/crikey-competition-put-your-words-on-brendans-banner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/crikey-competition-put-your-words-on-brendans-banner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/crikey-competition-put-your-words-on-brendans-banner/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a cheesy display of self publicity, Brendan Nelson <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/brendan-nelson-bows-out-of-bradfield-20091020-h5ur.html">bid his supporters farewell</a> by standing on the side of the road with a hand drawn "Thank You" banner. Time for a <em>Crikey</em> Competition: write your own Brendan Nelson banner!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big tick for Beazley/Nelson appointments</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/29/essential-report-leaders-approval-strength/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/29/essential-report-leaders-approval-strength/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's Essential Report comes in with a two-party preferred vote of <b>59-41</b> -– a 1-point gain to the ALP -- and finds Aussies give a thumbs-up to Brendan Nelson and Kim Beazley's ambassadorial appointments. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shanahan: Can we cope til Copenhagen?</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26120525-17301,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26120525-17301,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PM Kevin Rudd wants to be a world leader on climate change, not a pleb following the global pack. Malcolm Turnbull wants the exact opposite, writes <b>Dennis Shanahan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The next leader of the Liberal Party will be&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/pendulum-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/pendulum-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who will be the next Liberal Prime Minister? Malcolm Turnbull is almost certain to lose the next election, yet Joe Hockey is too bumbling and Tony Abbott too Catholic, says <b>Rob Chalmbers.</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The wage gap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-86/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-86/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-86/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers get worked up over the wage gap between men and women, new diplomat Brendan Nelson and double dissolution. Plus, Pfizer's official response.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bradfield, the land of true maverick conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Yusuf</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All 20 candidates in this Saturday’s Bradfield preselection must be pondering one major question: exactly what do local Liberal Party preselectors in a safe seat look for in a candidate?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Environment shouldn&#8217;t be a ball in political game</title>
		<link>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2009/09/playing-with-their-heads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2009/09/playing-with-their-heads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll tells the real double dissolution story: the electorate wants an Emissions Trading Scheme but it doesn't want an early election over it. ]]></description>
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		<title>A week in the life of Australia&#8217;s greatest living political hypocrite</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/crikey-says-91/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/crikey-says-91/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson learns the patriotic art of lying for one's country.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Allo, Allo! Postcard from Luxembourg</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's newest Ambassador to the EU, <b>Brendan Nelson</b>, drops <em>Crikey</em> a line from glittering Luxembourg City, Luxembourg -- the "Albania of Western Europe".]]></description>
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		<title>Bradfield preselection shows NSW Libs have changed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/how-the-nsw-conservative-wing-of-the-liberal-party-has-changed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/how-the-nsw-conservative-wing-of-the-liberal-party-has-changed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Yusuf</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality and politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simon Berger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At this Saturday’s Bradfield preselection at the Hornsby RSL, one of the front runners will be a conservative who also happens to be openly gay, although <b>Irfan Yusuf</b> doubts that he'll  be wearing a skivvy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crabb: Is the Coalition a bunch of union bigwigs?</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/questionable-logic-all-round-20090918-fva2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/questionable-logic-all-round-20090918-fva2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work choices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Opposition is like a "crumbly old trade union", writes <b>Annabel Crabb</b>. The evidence? Tony Abbott declared an industrial dispute on Question Time and threatened to <em>strike</em>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mr Hair: International Weapons Consultant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/first-dog-on-the-moon-404/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/first-dog-on-the-moon-404/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brendan nelson's hair]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mafia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[missile defence shield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[potoroos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A shadowy secret meeting at the U.S. Embassy]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hartcher: Rudd plays nicely with the other team</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rudd-likes-to-embrace-liberals-20090917-ftr9.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rudd-likes-to-embrace-liberals-20090917-ftr9.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian ambassador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bipartisanship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian pollies aren't known for their bipartisanship, although PM Kevin Rudd is changing that with his latest ambassadorial postings. Or, is Rudd just forward planning for his own career? asks <b>Peter Hartcher</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nelson taunts Turnbull with diplomatic posting</title>
		<link>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-nelson-one-of-australias-most-cunning-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-nelson-one-of-australias-most-cunning-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Brendan Nelson, Australia's brand new ambassador to the European Union and NATO, one of our most cunning politicians? asks <b>Paul Colgan</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-nelson-one-of-australias-most-cunning-politicians/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fair shares: Nelson gets the EU, Beazley gets US</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In another deft display of bipartisanship, Kevin Rudd has immediately followed Brendan Nelson’s farewell to Parliament with a surprise announcement that the former Opposition Leader will be appointed EU and NATO Ambassador.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Overseas postings: send your critics far, far away</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/crikey-says-88/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/crikey-says-88/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian ambassador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Ambassador]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister had big news this morning, announcing Kim Beazley and Brendan Nelson as new ambassadors. Is Mark Latham's ambassadorial posting due any second now?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nelson: high on rhetoric, low on policy</title>
		<link>http://www.sauer-thompson.com/archives/opinion/2009/09/a-farewell-to-p.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.sauer-thompson.com/archives/opinion/2009/09/a-farewell-to-p.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[war in iraq]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson's speech failed to explain his justification for the war on Iraq and highlights how the Opposition just wants to stand for something, writes <b>Gary Sauer-Thompson</b>.]]></description>
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