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	<title>Crikey &#187; Coalition</title>
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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>
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		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/rundle-carbon-tax-a-monument-to-labor-and-testimony-to-a-burial/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/13/crikey-says-media-inquiry-has-to-do-more-than-gather-dust/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>News Ltd&#8217;s indelible influence on the Labor brand</title>
		<link>http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/09/05/The-media-the-polls-and-the-Labor-brand.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/09/05/The-media-the-polls-and-the-Labor-brand.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years News Limited media have published unremittingly negative attacks on the Gilllard government. They have had a massive influence in tarnishing the party's brand, writes <b>Ad Astra</b>. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/09/05/The-media-the-polls-and-the-Labor-brand.aspx/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: meet #2 on the list &#8212; Christopher Pyne</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/the-power-index-meet-2-on-the-list-christopher-pyne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/the-power-index-meet-2-on-the-list-christopher-pyne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Barry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne is attack dog, enforcer, messenger, organiser, whipper-in and tireless spruiker for the Opposition cause. And if Abbott becomes prime minister he will be amply rewarded.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/the-power-index-meet-2-on-the-list-christopher-pyne/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Daring to dream on the Coalition&#8217;s costings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/daring-to-dream-on-the-coalitions-costings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/daring-to-dream-on-the-coalitions-costings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition costings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem with the Coalition needing to find $70 billion in savings is they never found the first $50 billion last year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/daring-to-dream-on-the-coalitions-costings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: could a six-year-old s-x scandal really bring Gillard undone?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/the-power-index-could-a-six-year-old-s-x-scandal-really-bring-gillard-undone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/the-power-index-could-a-six-year-old-s-x-scandal-really-bring-gillard-undone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Knott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the spectator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom switzer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Could a six-year-old sex scandal really bring Julia Gillard’s minority government undone? <a href="http://www.thepowerindex.com.au" target="_blank"><em>The Power Index</em></a>'s <b>Matthew Knott</b> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/the-power-index-could-a-six-year-old-s-x-scandal-really-bring-gillard-undone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Under pressure: leaning on lobby groups over the carbon tax</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/under-pressure-leaning-on-lobby-groups-over-the-carbon-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/under-pressure-leaning-on-lobby-groups-over-the-carbon-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Thomson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=236462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brad Kitschke, head of the Australian Sporting Goods Association and leader of the Fair Imports Alliance, has claimed that Tony Abbott's office effectively told him that the opposition would support his group on the GST issue if it came out against the carbon tax.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/under-pressure-leaning-on-lobby-groups-over-the-carbon-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Gillard under the hammer, support for a carbon price down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/essential-gillard-labor-bad-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/essential-gillard-labor-bad-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard's support has collapsed among voters and she now trails Tony Abbott as preferred Prime Minister. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/essential-gillard-labor-bad-polls/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey says: Climate Change Authority key to carbon future</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/crikey-says-climate-change-authority-key-to-carbon-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/crikey-says-climate-change-authority-key-to-carbon-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct action plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the better aspects of the carbon price package revealed yesterday is its governance arrangements. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/crikey-says-climate-change-authority-key-to-carbon-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cynical weakness v economic irrationalism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/take-your-pick-cynical-weakness-v-economic-irrationalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/take-your-pick-cynical-weakness-v-economic-irrationalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live cattle exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government appears unconvinced it should be in power, and the Opposition will say anything, no matter how ridiculous, to confirm that.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/take-your-pick-cynical-weakness-v-economic-irrationalism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>91</slash:comments>
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		<title>Possum: Labor&#8217;s worst month in government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/possum-labors-worst-month-in-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/possum-labors-worst-month-in-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This quarter has seen everything move towards the Coalition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/possum-labors-worst-month-in-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No more flying under the radar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/crikey-says-no-more-flying-under-the-radar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/crikey-says-no-more-flying-under-the-radar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And so it seems there's more to being a viable alternative prime minister than effective media management.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Splitting climate change on party lines</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/crikey-says-splitting-climate-change-on-party-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/crikey-says-splitting-climate-change-on-party-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the striking elements about the public's belief in climate change that emerges from today's Essential Report findings is its highly politicised nature.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/crikey-says-splitting-climate-change-on-party-lines/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential Research: 54-46 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/05/09/essential-research-54-46-to-coalition-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/05/09/essential-research-54-46-to-coalition-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 22:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Essential Research poll finds the parties locked in their post-carbon tax stasis, with the Coalition steady on 47 percent, Labor steady on 35 percent and the Greens up one to 10 percent, writes <b>William Bowe</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Essential: forget the surplus, voters say, and save us from cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/essential-forget-the-surplus-voters-say-and-save-us-from-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/essential-forget-the-surplus-voters-say-and-save-us-from-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most voters would rather the federal government delay its back to black strategy and extend the deficit to stave off service cuts and tax hikes.]]></description>
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		<title>The magic S word</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/crikey-says-the-magic-s-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/crikey-says-the-magic-s-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today Bernard Keane writes of a time when politicians treated voters like they actually had half a brain ...]]></description>
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		<title>Nielsen: 54-46 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/03/13/nielsen-54-46-to-coalition-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/03/13/nielsen-54-46-to-coalition-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fairfax's monthly Nielsen poll has the Coalition leading <b>54-46</b>, which adds to a general impression of the Coalition lead having blown out from <b>51-49</b>, reports <b>William Bowe</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott’s amazing ability to make an audience of supporters cheer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/03/07/abc-gushes-about-abbotts-amazing-ability-to-make-an-audience-of-supporters-cheer/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/03/07/abc-gushes-about-abbotts-amazing-ability-to-make-an-audience-of-supporters-cheer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ABC online reported that Tony Abbott found an enthusiastic cheering audience in Adelaide. What it neglected to mention was that the crowd were Liberal supporters, writes <b>Jeremy Saunders</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Essential: Labor cops a hammering</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/07/essential-labor-cops-a-hammering-over-broken-promise-on-carbon-pricing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/07/essential-labor-cops-a-hammering-over-broken-promise-on-carbon-pricing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change: The Long View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labor's carbon price announcement is further battering an already-damaged brand. There is also strong opposition to the government's carbon pricing announcement, with 48% of voters opposed compared to 35% in support. ]]></description>
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		<title>Galaxy: 64-36 to Coalition in NSW</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/03/04/galaxy-64-36-to-coalition-in-nsw/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/03/04/galaxy-64-36-to-coalition-in-nsw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 NSW election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Galaxy poll for New South Wales has the Coalition on 50 percent of the primary vote, down a point on the previous poll, with Labor up three to 23 percent, leveling out to <b>64-36</b> two-party preferred, writes <b>William Bowe</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Coalition&#8217;s shock bible scandal horror</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/02/mps-furious-in-pc-gone-mad-shock-bible-scandal-horror/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/02/mps-furious-in-pc-gone-mad-shock-bible-scandal-horror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Hardgrave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coalition MPs are hot under the collar about bans on bibles at citizenship ceremonies. They should give their former colleague Gary Hardgrave a call.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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