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	<title>Crikey &#187; Colin Barnett</title>
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		<title>Woodside&#8217;s Kimberley: red dirt, pristine coastline &#8230; and heavy security</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/woodsides-kimberley-red-dirt-pristine-coastline-and-heavy-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/woodsides-kimberley-red-dirt-pristine-coastline-and-heavy-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james price point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kimberley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodside]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When West Australian Premier Colin Barnett said last week that he welcomed the announcement of a permanent US military presence in northern Australia), his words are worth considering in a wider context.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA government weighing up GM wheat options</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/wa-government-weighing-up-gm-wheat-options/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/31/wa-government-weighing-up-gm-wheat-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The WA Department of Agriculture and Food's new Merredin Research Centre is part of the state government’s $9 million New Genes for New Environments project and it's developing genetically modified (GM) wheat and barley, writes <b>Lisa Roth</b>, a journalist with 3rd Degree.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>CHOGM: Barnett&#8217;s evocation of security on the money, but target is not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Clayfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People don't feel that you're serving and protecting them when you're taking to their neighbours with a baton.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: 57-43 to Liberal-National in WA</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/04/newspoll-57-43-to-liberal-national-in-wa-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/04/newspoll-57-43-to-liberal-national-in-wa-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest quarterly Newspoll of state voting intention for Western Australia shows no change on two-party preferred, with the Liberal-National ("don’t call us the Coalition!") government still holding a commanding 57-43 lead, reports <b>William Bowe</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/04/newspoll-57-43-to-liberal-national-in-wa-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kimberley: jurassic-type thinking on heritage listing that isn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/01/kimberley-jurassic-type-thinking-on-heritage-listing-that-isnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/01/kimberley-jurassic-type-thinking-on-heritage-listing-that-isnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dinosaurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james price point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kimberley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Burke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west kimberley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world heritage listing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The supposed heritage listing for the West Kimberley has some rather large holes in it, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sceptics on the menu at Rinehart&#8217;sluncheon</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/29/sceptics-on-the-menu-at-rineharts-big-luncheon-bash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/29/sceptics-on-the-menu-at-rineharts-big-luncheon-bash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Forrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Monckton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Plimer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mallika Reddy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart hosted a lunch with WA Premier Colin Barnett with a presentation from a prominent Australian climate-change sceptic, writes <b>Graham Readfearn</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/29/sceptics-on-the-menu-at-rineharts-big-luncheon-bash/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>274</slash:comments>
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		<title>Warning, NSW: companies like Serco can give privatisation a bad name</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/warning-nsw-companies-like-serco-can-give-privatisation-a-bad-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/warning-nsw-companies-like-serco-can-give-privatisation-a-bad-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatisation of prisons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=210180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Privatisation is firmly on the agenda of the NSW election campaign. But leaders and voters should look to Western Australia for some of the problems it brings.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>In WA, Labor does the splits and its vitals are showing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/11/in-wa-labor-does-the-splits-and-its-vitals-are-showing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/11/in-wa-labor-does-the-splits-and-its-vitals-are-showing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ben wyatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[western australian divisions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=202900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[, writes <b>Luke Walladge</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA cabinet reshuffle heralds &#8216;return of the living dead&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/17/wa-cabinet-reshuffle-heralds-return-of-the-living-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/17/wa-cabinet-reshuffle-heralds-return-of-the-living-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[troy buzwell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn’t been a good year for Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett, who this week has reinstated the "Member for Crass", writes <b>Luke Walladge</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Should Buswell resign?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/should-buswell-resign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/should-buswell-resign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adele Carles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[troy buswell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Daily media wrap</b>: WA treasurer Troy Buswell has been busted misusing public funds in a sexual affair with Greens MP Adele Carles. Will he resign or will Barnett fire him? And has Carles crossed the ultimate line?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health reforms: all posturing and political theatre</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/from-operating-theatre-to-political-theatre/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/from-operating-theatre-to-political-theatre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brumby vs Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state premiers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why couldn't Victoria -- a state with a strong track record of managing hospitals -- continue to operate its health care system as normal as a trial? Why didn't we embrace competitive federalism? asks <b>Graeme Orr</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grattan: Both parties are sick when it comes to health</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/spoils-to-the-patient-party-20100422-tfqi.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/spoils-to-the-patient-party-20100422-tfqi.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd is coming out of the health reforms looking a little awkward -- lots of extra cash was given away and WA still isn't on board -- but he still looks a lot healthier than backed-into-a-corner Tony Abbott, writes <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd is running out of time to deliver on health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/rudd-can-change-the-gst-any-time-he-likes-but-there-isnt-much-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/rudd-can-change-the-gst-any-time-he-likes-but-there-isnt-much-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate obstructionism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Colin Barnett can't wreck the health deal: only the Senate can. But with only three sitting weeks left before the election, will the "states' house" thwart the will of the states?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keane: a big bucket of cash for a small step to reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The health deal yesterday is a useful economic reform, but won't do much for health outcomes. And it costs plenty. Every COAG meeting, the price of buying off the states seems to go up, partly because Kevin Rudd is so willing to pay.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fighting for the states&#8217; right to exist</title>
		<link>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2010/04/avoiding-the-hole-in-the-middle.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2010/04/avoiding-the-hole-in-the-middle.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenore Taylor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's political agenda was wrapped up in a hospital plan. The historic health reform deal was only partly about health and the GST, but more about fighting for the states' rights and their right to exist.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Deal and no deal between PM and Premiers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/deal-and-no-deal-between-pm-and-premiers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/deal-and-no-deal-between-pm-and-premiers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brumby vs Rudd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Daily media wrap</b>: All sides are declaring victory in the battle over public hospital reform, except no one seems to have <em>actually</em> won -- yet.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Westpoll: 57-43 to Liberals in WA</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/01/26/westpoll-57-43-to-liberal-in-wa-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/01/26/westpoll-57-43-to-liberal-in-wa-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpoll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Westpoll survey shows the Barnett government back to a commanding <b>57-43</b> lead, plus the surprising finding that, after a month’s merciless pillorying in the media, support for Police Minister Rob Johnson being sacked is running 22% to 50% against, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/01/26/westpoll-57-43-to-liberal-in-wa-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The incredible exploding police minister</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/14/the-incredible-exploding-police-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/14/the-incredible-exploding-police-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robyn mcsweeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Barnett government's attempts at populism have blown up with a glorious detonation this week in the west, and the political chicken entrails are predicting a cabinet re-shuffle very soon, writes <b>Luke Walladge</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/14/the-incredible-exploding-police-minister/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA cops get frisky II &#8212; WA ALP gets screwed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/wa-cops-get-frisky-ii-wa-alp-gets-screwed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/wa-cops-get-frisky-ii-wa-alp-gets-screwed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Quigley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Quirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/wa-cops-get-frisky-ii-wa-alp-gets-screwed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, more than ever, Western Australia needs capable, effective and forceful Opposition, writes <b>The Western Warrior</b>. And what are we getting? Spineless, clueless, and directionless dross.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/wa-cops-get-frisky-ii-wa-alp-gets-screwed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA cops get frisky</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/wa-cops-get-frisky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/wa-cops-get-frisky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Quigley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police searches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/wa-cops-get-frisky/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New WA legislation means police can now stop and search people and vehicles in designated areas without having to prove reasonable suspicion that a crime has taken place, writes <b>The Western Warrior</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/wa-cops-get-frisky/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sheehan: The 10 commandments of the refugee lobby</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/refugee-lobbys-10-commandments-20091015-gz2k.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/refugee-lobbys-10-commandments-20091015-gz2k.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Danby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=93310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of asylum seekers is one of principle, not one of race or poverty. "Non-citizens are not entitled to self-select as residents before their bona fides have been established", writes <b>Paul Sheehan</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/refugee-lobbys-10-commandments-20091015-gz2k.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Harvey: Double trouble for Turnbull</title>
		<link>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/peter-costello-ends-the-dream-for-liberal-devotees-with-early-retirement/story-e6frfhqf-1225783896582</link>
		<comments>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/peter-costello-ends-the-dream-for-liberal-devotees-with-early-retirement/story-e6frfhqf-1225783896582#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byelections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Costello's dream to lead the nation is finally over, and he won't be back, writes <b>Michael Harvey</b>. But his departure is a double edged sword for Malcolm Turnbull, battling byelections and leadership struggles.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/peter-costello-ends-the-dream-for-liberal-devotees-with-early-retirement/story-e6frfhqf-1225783896582/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>One year on: WA&#8217;s &#8220;accidental Premier&#8221; digs in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/one-year-on-was-accidental-premier-digs-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/one-year-on-was-accidental-premier-digs-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa liberals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/one-year-on-was-accidental-premier-digs-in/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many have been quick to label Colin Barnett "the accidental Premier" -- a fall guy who was never meant to win -- but if history is any judge, then it should be smooth sailing for the Libs, writes <b>The Western Warrior</b>. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/one-year-on-was-accidental-premier-digs-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>After one year in the WA wilderness, Labor is stuffed (part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/after-one-year-in-the-wa-wilderness-labor-is-stuffed-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/after-one-year-in-the-wa-wilderness-labor-is-stuffed-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACNielsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/after-one-year-in-the-wa-wilderness-labor-is-stuffed-part-i/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd needs the WA Labor Party to start being a threat, not a liability, writes <b>Western Warrior</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/after-one-year-in-the-wa-wilderness-labor-is-stuffed-part-i/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Costello to be next Victorian premier?</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25986137-7583,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25986137-7583,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=82325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Costello is at a career crossroads. He should head into state politics, get rid of the Labor government and become the next premier of Victoria, writes <b>Arthur Sinodinos</b>.]]></description>
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