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		<title>One-trick pony McGauchie resigns from Telstra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/well-donald-mcgauchie-pretty-much-only-had-one-idea-as-telstra-chairman-and-that-was-to-antagonise-the-company%e2%80%99s-regulator-and-the-government-behind-the-regulator-as-much-as-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/well-donald-mcgauchie-pretty-much-only-had-one-idea-as-telstra-chairman-and-that-was-to-antagonise-the-company%e2%80%99s-regulator-and-the-government-behind-the-regulator-as-much-as-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald McGauchie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sol Trujillo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Donald McGauchie pretty much only had one idea as Telstra chairman, and that was to antagonise the company’s regulator, and the Government behind the regulator, as much as possible.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama shows up Aussie counterparts on climate challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/obama-shows-up-aussie-counterparts-on-climate-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/obama-shows-up-aussie-counterparts-on-climate-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US President's speech leaves our Government and Opposition's climate agendas looking decidedly weak and unambitious, writes <b>Phil Freeman</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Viewing the Liberals through a prism of party instability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/viewing-the-liberals-through-a-prism-of-party-instability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/viewing-the-liberals-through-a-prism-of-party-instability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cory bernadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week's shambles keeps coming back to structural issues within the Liberal Party, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Liberals at war over state seats</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/nsw-liberals-at-war-over-state-seats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/nsw-liberals-at-war-over-state-seats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members of federal parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the internal warfare inside the Liberal Party these days requires a GPS device, radar, a satellite dish, an asbestos suit, a pair of lead boots and a strong stomach, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberal Students get decisive on student unionism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/liberal-students-get-decisive-on-student-unionism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/liberal-students-get-decisive-on-student-unionism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kate ellis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberals have this hang up about voluntary student unionism. The your ones especially so, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it farmers being subsidised &#8211; or the water quota system?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/28/is-it-farmers-being-subsidised-or-the-water-quota-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/28/is-it-farmers-being-subsidised-or-the-water-quota-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drought assistance announced by the Federal Government this week is more than just bundles of cash aimed at helping out ruralists in need. It’s a reform package by another name, writes Lionel Elmore.]]></description>
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		<title>A potential backlash from voters over horse flu</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/26/a-potential-backlash-from-voters-over-horse-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/26/a-potential-backlash-from-voters-over-horse-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lee freedman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The equine influenza outbreak is becoming an increasingly awkward issue for the Coalition with the natural reaction of people affected by it being to blame someone for their economic and social hardship and the Federal Government being a logical candidate for the venting of spleen.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The indigenous land grab will mean more suffering, not less</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/17/the-indigenous-land-grab-will-mean-more-suffering-not-less/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/17/the-indigenous-land-grab-will-mean-more-suffering-not-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal communities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a senior traditional owner of the Yirrkala community land, which the Federal Government is trying to take from my family, without even having the guts or the courtesy to speak to us, writes Banduk Marika, community leader and artist in Yirrkala, Arnhem Land.]]></description>
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		<title>Voters and baseball bats – in Queensland and elsewhere</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/17/voters-and-baseball-bats-in-queensland-and-elsewhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/17/voters-and-baseball-bats-in-queensland-and-elsewhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the Queensland local council kafuffle cost Kevin Rudd seats in Queensland? Maybe. But it might cost John Howard seats elsewhere, writes Peter Brent. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Territory: racism is abuse too</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/08/tales-from-the-territory-racism-is-abuse-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/08/tales-from-the-territory-racism-is-abuse-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glynis johns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last four years, I have worked as a GP in remote NT Aboriginal communities, a position which privileges me to be both doctor and friend to many Aboriginal people, most of whom are delightful, loving, law abiding citizens. Rarely has child sexual abuse been brought to my attention, writes Dr Glynis Johns. ]]></description>
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		<title>Not a single voice in support of intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/not-a-single-voice-in-support-of-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/not-a-single-voice-in-support-of-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stolen generation report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During a three-day conference here on Indigenous health, the message has come loud and clear from doctors, lawyers, researchers, public servants, economists and Aboriginal leaders. Not a single voice has been raised in defence of the Federal Government’s plans for the NT.

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		<title>Week in words, week in numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/03/week-in-words-week-in-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/03/week-in-words-week-in-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mississippi river bridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our fabulous Friday feature, we crunch the transcripts from the Sydney 7.45am ABC News Bulletin from Monday to Friday to take 400 pages of news and current events and squish it into this tag cloud for your perusal.]]></description>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/23/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/23/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enough is enough on Haneef ... the poll swing ...  resurrecting the Senate ... CASA's cone of silence ... Labor is not a party of reform ... MacBank's millionaires ... ]]></description>
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