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	<title>Crikey &#187; electoral reform</title>
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		<title>Compulsory or automatic? Time to vote for enrolment reform</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/a-hundred-years-later-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/a-hundred-years-later-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One hundred years ago compulsory enrolment was introduced in Australia for purely political reasons. Now might be the time to push for automatic enrolment, writes <b>Brian Costar</b><b>. </b>]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian PM to reformers: &#8216;Crushed bodies, broken bones, dead bodies&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/malaysian-pm-to-reformers-crushed-bodies-broken-bones-dead-bodies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/malaysian-pm-to-reformers-crushed-bodies-broken-bones-dead-bodies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Malaysian government is deploying all of the tactics seen from Middle-Eastern dictators in an attempt to suppress the Bersih 2.0 movement]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian solution to calls for electoral reform: arrests, threats</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/malaysian-solution-to-calls-for-electoral-reform-arrests-threats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/04/malaysian-solution-to-calls-for-electoral-reform-arrests-threats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysian students in Australia have been threatened by the Malaysian government, which is cracking down on calls for fairer elections.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW: desperate parties make bold reformers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/21/nsw-desperate-parties-makes-bold-reformers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/21/nsw-desperate-parties-makes-bold-reformers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=173170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A dying government has produced an agenda for comprehensive electoral reform. It's marvellous what desperation can do.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Steve Fielding decides if you vote or not</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2848717.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2848717.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young people]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's madness that politicians get to decide their own electoral regulations. Now, "wild-card" Steve Fielding has power over whether thousands of young people vote, writes <b>Dominic Knight</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Daily Tele takes NSW back to William IV</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/daily-tele-takes-nsw-back-to-william-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/daily-tele-takes-nsw-back-to-william-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tabloid frenzy in New South Wales over constitutional changes is dangerous and ill-informed. While we may well need a mechanism to call an early election against the government's wishes, it shouldn't be driven by the likes of the <em>Daily Tele</em>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland clerk: political culture is sick</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/09/30/clerk-of-the-senate-speaks-about-was-to-improve-the-senate-the/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/09/30/clerk-of-the-senate-speaks-about-was-to-improve-the-senate-the/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartlett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queensland parliament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a scathing 17,500-word call for reform, Neil Laurie, Clerk of the only legislative chamber in Queensland’s Parliament, has suggested the current political culture is in some ways worse than the pre-Fitzgerald era, says <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>. Full submission can be found <a href=" http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26138357-952,00.html">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Small parties to be squeezed out of Senate?</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/contributors/fieldings-days-numbered-20090927-g7c3.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/contributors/fieldings-days-numbered-20090927-g7c3.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family first]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Electoral reform of the Senate is being floated by the government, in the hope that the likes of Steve Fielding will never get elected on preferences alone, again.]]></description>
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		<title>300,000 disenfranchised by our voting system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/300000-disenfranchised-by-our-voting-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/300000-disenfranchised-by-our-voting-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Ludwig]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government does seem to make an effort to elicit actual discussion in their government papers, and the new Electoral Reform Green Paper is a perfect example. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>16-year-old wannabe voters get a boost</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/09/24/how-green-was-my-paper-episode-two/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/09/24/how-green-was-my-paper-episode-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electorial Reform Green Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green paper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the headline grabbers from the government's electoral reform paper, says <b>William Bowe</b>: serious discussion of voluntary voting for 16-year-olds. And could resigning MPs suffer financial penalties?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/09/24/how-green-was-my-paper-episode-two/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vote now for radical reforms to Australia&#8217;s electoral system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/your-chance-to-weight-in-on-radical-reforms-to-australias-electoral-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/your-chance-to-weight-in-on-radical-reforms-to-australias-electoral-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web exclusive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government is taking submissions on some wide-ranging reforms to Australia's electoral systems, including letting non-citizens vote, removing "truth in advertising" requirements for campaigns, and ending mandatory voting. Have your say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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