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	<title>Crikey &#187; Coalition</title>
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		<title>PromiseWatch 2013: mental health services policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/13/promisewatch-2013-mental-health-services-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/13/promisewatch-2013-mental-health-services-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What are the major parties promising in terms of mental health services? <em>Crikey</em> journalist <b>Andrew Crook</b> and the CDP's <b>Julia Hosking</b> find out.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>PromiseWatch 2013: the NBN and broadband policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/promisewatch-2013-the-nbn-and-broadband-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/promisewatch-2013-the-nbn-and-broadband-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBN Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promisewatch 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=368566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CPD researcher <b>Julia Hosking</b> and <em>Crikey</em>'s <b>Andrew Crook</b> find out where the parties stand on the National Broadband Network.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/promisewatch-2013-the-nbn-and-broadband-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>PromiseWatch 2013: Newstart Allowance comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/promisewatch-2013-newstart-allowance-comparison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/promisewatch-2013-newstart-allowance-comparison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centrelink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dick diver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newstart allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promise watch 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=367583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em>'s PromiseWatch project zeroes in on pledges over the Newstart allowance. <em>Crikey</em>'s <b>Andrew Crook</b> and Centre for Policy Development researcher <b>Julia Hosking</b> investigate the parties' dole claims.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/promisewatch-2013-newstart-allowance-comparison/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s electoral fate: only terrible, not disastrous</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/labors-electoral-fate-only-terrible-not-disastrous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/labors-electoral-fate-only-terrible-not-disastrous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=366975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's poor performances in 2010 may ensure it only loses the next election, rather than being wiped out.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/30/labors-electoral-fate-only-terrible-not-disastrous/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>NBN zero or hero? Why framing matters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/11/nbn-zero-or-hero-why-framing-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/11/nbn-zero-or-hero-why-framing-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high speed broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBN Co.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=362489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Department of Accounting <b>Dr Alison Parkes</b> takes a look at framing, or the way the media presents information. It could give you a whole new outlook on life.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/11/nbn-zero-or-hero-why-framing-matters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your problem with public transport, Mr Abbott?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2013/04/07/whats-your-problem-with-public-transport-mister-abbott/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2013/04/07/whats-your-problem-with-public-transport-mister-abbott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Urbanist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=361288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott’s announcement that a Coalition government will fund new freeways in Australia’s major cities but not public transport projects has no logical justification, writes <b>Alan Davies</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2013/04/07/whats-your-problem-with-public-transport-mister-abbott/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Labor supporters, look away now</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/02/essential-labor-supporters-look-away-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/02/essential-labor-supporters-look-away-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting intention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=359878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest polling by Essential Research shows the public is judging the ALP more harshly than a year ago and the Coalition is ahead on almost every front, after a horror fortnight for Julia Gillard.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/02/essential-labor-supporters-look-away-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our sordid triangle of xenophobia over 457 visas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/06/keane-our-sordid-triangle-of-xenophobia-over-457-visas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/06/keane-our-sordid-triangle-of-xenophobia-over-457-visas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[457 visas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xenophobia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=353612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's exploitation of the 457 visa issues is just part of an attempt by all three parties to exploit immigration fears. Politicians are accusing each other of being soft, as the immigration debate plumbs new depths.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/06/keane-our-sordid-triangle-of-xenophobia-over-457-visas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/tips-and-rumours-818/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/tips-and-rumours-818/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse flesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Public Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the pope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=349081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who's writing the Coalition's policies? ... horse meat quite tasty, thanks ... <em>Crikey's</em> pick for pope ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/tips-and-rumours-818/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s adviser hates wind farms, doubts climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/29/abbotts-adviser-hates-wind-farms-doubts-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/29/abbotts-adviser-hates-wind-farms-doubts-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan Edis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Target]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=345065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott's latest Coalition policy statement remains short on climate policy detail. More worrying is his selection of a noted anti-wind farm advocate and climate change sceptic as lead business adviser.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/29/abbotts-adviser-hates-wind-farms-doubts-climate-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>The real cost of opposition policies &#8230; or lack thereof</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-real-cost-of-opposition-policies-or-lack-thereof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-real-cost-of-opposition-policies-or-lack-thereof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=328218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Refusing to release policies ahead of an election is sensible for an opposition. But there's a terrible cost when they return to government -- the muscles need stretching first.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-real-cost-of-opposition-policies-or-lack-thereof/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Coalition&#8217;s leaked policy notes: what you found</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/06/the-coalitions-leaked-policy-notes-what-you-found/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/06/the-coalitions-leaked-policy-notes-what-you-found/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 03:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous australians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=301311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers have been running the ruler over the Coalition's "speaker's notes" leaked by <em>Crikey</em> yesterday. Here are the best responses ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/06/the-coalitions-leaked-policy-notes-what-you-found/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition&#8217;s policies? We&#8217;ve got &#8216;em &#8212; well, sort of</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/05/coalitions-policies-weve-got-em-well-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/05/coalitions-policies-weve-got-em-well-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=301002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> has obtained the Coalition's internal policy bible for backbenchers. And we want readers to start going through it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/05/coalitions-policies-weve-got-em-well-sort-of/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>140</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition&#8217;s talking points delve into a bag of rhetorical tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/28/coalitions-talking-points-delve-into-a-bag-of-rhetorical-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/28/coalitions-talking-points-delve-into-a-bag-of-rhetorical-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political tactics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=299592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's daily talking points obtained by <em>Crikey</em> provide an insight into the basics of political spin.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/28/coalitions-talking-points-delve-into-a-bag-of-rhetorical-tricks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to call the asylum seeker &#8216;impasse&#8217; what it really is</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/26/time-to-call-the-asylum-seeker-impasse-what-it-really-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/26/time-to-call-the-asylum-seeker-impasse-what-it-really-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=298920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no "impasse" on asylum seekers, there is only bloodyminded evil from the Coalition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/26/time-to-call-the-asylum-seeker-impasse-what-it-really-is/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>260</slash:comments>
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		<title>Speaking of media independence, how does Aunty fare?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/25/speaking-of-media-independence-how-does-aunty-fare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/25/speaking-of-media-independence-how-does-aunty-fare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 03:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=297867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A <i>Crikey</i> analysis of the political leanings of ABC journalists finds more end up in the Coalition camp than the Labor one.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/25/speaking-of-media-independence-how-does-aunty-fare/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor could be cycling toward its doom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/labor-could-be-cycling-toward-its-doom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/labor-could-be-cycling-toward-its-doom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antony Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=283662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The same pattern keeps repeating: a party wins government federally at the high point of its fortunes, then the tide starts to run out again and it loses seats at state level until eventually it loses federally as well and the cycle starts again.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/labor-could-be-cycling-toward-its-doom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Come in Spinner: when political rhetoric comes back to haunt you &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/29/come-in-spinner-when-political-rhetoric-comes-back-to-haunt-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/29/come-in-spinner-when-political-rhetoric-comes-back-to-haunt-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Turnbull</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal treasurer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=282873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about shameless use of rhetoric and ridicule is that it inspires backbenchers to bay for more. One of the less great things is that it can come back to haunt you. Take Joe Hockey, for example...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s nanny state could expose kids to lesser levels of care</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/28/abbotts-nanny-state-could-expose-kids-to-lesser-levels-of-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/28/abbotts-nanny-state-could-expose-kids-to-lesser-levels-of-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=282638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott's thought bubble on government funding for nannies may expose children to lesser levels of care as well as assisting more affluent women to exploit many less powerful ones.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s nostalgia for Howard&#8217;s Oz is no basis for an economic policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/abbotts-nostalgia-for-howards-oz-is-no-basis-for-an-economic-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/abbotts-nostalgia-for-howards-oz-is-no-basis-for-an-economic-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nostalgia is a fine political tool if you can use it and half his luck if Abbott can make it work for him. But it’s no basis for an economic policy. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do the Liberals have a conscience on gay marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/do-the-liberals-have-a-conscience-on-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/do-the-liberals-have-a-conscience-on-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The media narrative is overwhelmingly obsessed with Labor's position on the same-s-x marriage issue and  the Coalition's much larger anti-gay contingent has mostly been given a free pass.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/do-the-liberals-have-a-conscience-on-gay-marriage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian political parties are dying, and fast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian political parties are cossetted by compulsory voting, public funding and exemptions in areas such as privacy. But despite those protections, they are dying, and quickly.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Offended by &#8216;nanny state&#8217;, Coalition wants more censorship on gambling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/offended-by-nanny-state-coalition-wants-more-censorship-on-gambling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/offended-by-nanny-state-coalition-wants-more-censorship-on-gambling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet filtering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online gambling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition has proposed greater internet censorship as part of its counter-proposals on gambling reform. The US experience shows it doesn't work.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/offended-by-nanny-state-coalition-wants-more-censorship-on-gambling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rundle: carbon tax a monument to Labor, and testimony to a burial</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/rundle-carbon-tax-a-monument-to-labor-and-testimony-to-a-burial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/rundle-carbon-tax-a-monument-to-labor-and-testimony-to-a-burial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carbon tax will be Labor's historical triumph; if a post-Labor Senate can lock it in, then it will be, for the Gillard government, a monument –- and like all monuments, testimony to a burial.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Media inquiry has to do more than gather dust</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/13/crikey-says-media-inquiry-has-to-do-more-than-gather-dust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/13/crikey-says-media-inquiry-has-to-do-more-than-gather-dust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news of the world phone hacking scandal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=246547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears the government has decided to conduct a media inquiry, with details to be announced this afternoon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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