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		<title>Politicians haven&#8217;t done homework on Joint Strike Fighters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/24/politicians-havent-done-homework-on-joint-strike-fighters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s national security committee may make an approval on the Joint Strike Fighter project today. But what do they have to base a sound purchase decision on? Nothing, says <b>Eric Palmer</b>.
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		<title>White Paper budget increase high enough to induce nose bleeds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/white-paper-budget-increase-high-enough-to-induce-nose-bleeds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/white-paper-budget-increase-high-enough-to-induce-nose-bleeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rudd's Defence White Paper will rely on the rise of China to fund our defence against the, erm, rise of China.]]></description>
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		<title>Why are we fighting in Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/why-are-we-fighting-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/why-are-we-fighting-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZUS treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So we are going to send another 450 young Australians to fight in Afghanistan. We’d better be very sure it is worth putting our people in harm’s way, writes <b>Brian Walters</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence is simply too big for Nick Warner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/defence-is-simply-too-big-for-nick-warner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/defence-is-simply-too-big-for-nick-warner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Warner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of course Nick Warner is the wrong man for the job of Secretary of the Defence Department. That’s because the job is beyond any single individual, and certainly beyond any single Minister, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fitzgibbon affair points to bureaucrats out of control</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/fitzgibbon-affair-points-to-bureaucrats-out-of-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/fitzgibbon-affair-points-to-bureaucrats-out-of-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ministerial responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of issues in play in the revelation that Defence has been spying on its own minister. All bear teasing out, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>DMO to be cut loose from Defence Department?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/dmo-to-be-cut-loose-from-defence-department/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/dmo-to-be-cut-loose-from-defence-department/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alarm bells rang across Canberra’s defence establishment this morning over the official report calling for the Defence Material Organisation to be cut loose from the Defence Department, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Five-hour delay for wounded Australians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/12/five-hour-delay-for-wounded-australians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/12/five-hour-delay-for-wounded-australians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wounding of two ADF personnel has again raised the question of the support Australian forces are providing for personnel conducting operations around Tarin Kowt, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/04/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/04/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andrew wilke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian troops in Iraq ... the public service ... Andrew Wilkie and the Greens ... Fairfax and windmills ... ABARE ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/02/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/02/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people's political coverage. <b>Richard Farmer</b> writes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Davies: Defence department crashes back to earth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/14/davies-defence-department-crashes-back-to-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/14/davies-defence-department-crashes-back-to-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget 08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the first Rudd government budget has delivered Defence a real increase as promised, that’s where the good news stops, writes <b>Andrew Davies</b>, program director at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute]]></description>
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		<title>Memo to Joel Fitzgibbon: Why not wait for the White Paper?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/29/memo-to-joel-fitzgibbon-why-not-wait-for-the-white-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/29/memo-to-joel-fitzgibbon-why-not-wait-for-the-white-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence White Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joint strike fighters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ordering new fighter planes before the Defence White Paper is finished is a tad premature, argues former Office of national Assessments strategist <b>Sam Roggeveen</b>.]]></description>
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