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		<title>ALP branch-stacking allegations the tip of an iceberg</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/18/alp-branch-stacking-allegations-the-tip-of-an-iceberg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/18/alp-branch-stacking-allegations-the-tip-of-an-iceberg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 03:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revelations that high-profile western Melbourne numbers man Costas Socratous has decided to rat on his former bosses came as no surprise to anyone familiar with the recent internal wranglings of the Victorian ALP.]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-conference pandemonium in Brumby&#8217;s ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/pre-conference-pandemonium-in-brumbys-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/pre-conference-pandemonium-in-brumbys-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Ombudsman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An angry showdown is looming over Victorian Premier John Brumby's promise to "clean up" the ALP, after key proposals to reform party membership were rejected by his factional allies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taxpayer-funded ALP flying squad does Brumby&#8217;s dirty work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/taxpayer-funded-alp-flying-squad-does-brumbys-dirty-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/taxpayer-funded-alp-flying-squad-does-brumbys-dirty-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Ombudsman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian ALP hard men continue to wage factional warfare, recruit members and compile dirt on the opposition, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cut the fees, cut the crap and save the ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/mp-writes-cut-the-fees-cut-the-crap-and-save-the-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/mp-writes-cut-the-fees-cut-the-crap-and-save-the-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Cain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I first joined the ALP around 1980, it was a vibrant, energetic and broad-based Party, writes ALP Member for Brunswick <b>Carlo Carli</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hakki Suleyman snuggles up at ALP Head Office</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hakki Suleyman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s damning eyewitness account of in-the-flesh flouting of Victorian ALP party rules was overseen by sacked Justin Madden staffer Hakki Suleyman, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Watching the ALP stacks come in: the membership rorts go on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lannan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Extensive and apparently systemic rorting of ALP membership rules in Victoria has continued despite the Brimbank scandal.]]></description>
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		<title>The Brimbank scourge that spans Victoria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darebin Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local councillors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittlesea Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Brumby's decision to sideline notorious numbers man George Seitz will have little impact in faction-ridden Victoria.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP councillors who are MP staffers: a Crikey list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/alp-councillors-who-are-mp-staffers-a-crikey-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/alp-councillors-who-are-mp-staffers-a-crikey-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The parlous state of Labor-controlled councils in Victoria suggests John Brumby's mob is more than capable of imploding on its own.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suleymans spin their way out of Brimbank</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/12/suleymans-spin-their-way-out-of-brimbank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/12/suleymans-spin-their-way-out-of-brimbank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 03:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Defteros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Suleyman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A high-profile spindoctor has been hired by gangland lawyer George Defteros to shield the Suleyman clan from media coverage over Brimbank Council.]]></description>
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		<title>Brimbank Council&#8217;s rats in the ranks saga</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/brimbank-report-could-prove-fatal-for-seitz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/brimbank-report-could-prove-fatal-for-seitz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The story, dubbed "the tale of two warlords" by ALP insiders, is likely to have far-reaching repercussions.]]></description>
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