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	<title>Crikey &#187; Federal Opposition</title>
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		<title>Not clean, not dirty &#8230; Turnbull masters inactivity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Phelps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Opposition is good at neither the high road nor the low road politics. The scandal over Malcolm Turnbull's office proposing tactics for getting media attention just demonstrates this further.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The $20b CPRS amendments with no budget impact</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/the-20b-cprs-amendments-with-no-budget-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/the-20b-cprs-amendments-with-no-budget-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Conservation Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Opposition believes its proposed CPRS amendments will have little or no fiscal impact, despite a suggested significant increase in compensation for trade-exposed polluters and the removal of coal emissions from the scheme.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interest rates: the difference between reality and chatter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the media chatter today about what the interest rate rise means for the "stimulus debate", news from the real world is that the majority of Australians reckon the government is handling the economy very well.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s Question Time antics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/crikey-says-86/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/crikey-says-86/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Tony Abbott was booted from Question Time. Today he's threatened that the Opposition might boycott it. His dummy-spit is particularly egregious as a senior member and, better yet, Leader of the House.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/crikey-says-86/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time for Turnbull to lighten up and celebrate the great escape</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/mungo-its-time-for-turnbull-to-lighten-up-and-celebrate-the-great-escape/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/mungo-its-time-for-turnbull-to-lighten-up-and-celebrate-the-great-escape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull and his colleagues appear unable to come to terms with the single most pertinent fact about the government's stimulus measures: they worked.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/07/mungo-its-time-for-turnbull-to-lighten-up-and-celebrate-the-great-escape/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Coalition does Opposition very, very badly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/crikey-says-66/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/crikey-says-66/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition is at odds with itself, unable to get its act together even when its leaders have committed to passing legislation of which it professes to be supportive. 
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/crikey-says-66/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition&#8217;s a muddle, but that doesn&#8217;t make Wong right</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/coalitions-a-muddle-but-that-doesnt-make-wong-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/coalitions-a-muddle-but-that-doesnt-make-wong-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/coalitions-a-muddle-but-that-doesnt-make-wong-right/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Penny Wong’s relentless insistence that the real question is always Mr Turnbull's leadership is doing the government no favours in its so-far successful campaign to use climate change as a political weapon.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/coalitions-a-muddle-but-that-doesnt-make-wong-right/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Malcolm Turnbull Jim, but not as we know him</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/its-malcolm-turnbull-jim-but-not-as-we-know-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/its-malcolm-turnbull-jim-but-not-as-we-know-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Shanahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/its-malcolm-turnbull-jim-but-not-as-we-know-him/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Bernard Keane</b> went to bed in a universe in which Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership was damaged, but not terminal, and awoke in one in which he was about to be deposed by “senior Liberals”, “within days”. It's like a bad episode of <em>Star Trek</em>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/its-malcolm-turnbull-jim-but-not-as-we-know-him/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malcolm&#8217;s &#8216;mission accomplished&#8217; falls very, very flat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/malcolms-mission-accomplished-falls-very-very-flat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/malcolms-mission-accomplished-falls-very-very-flat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/malcolms-mission-accomplished-falls-very-very-flat/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull's "mission accomplished" comment was about the most childish thing he has said in his four-and-a-half years in politics.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/malcolms-mission-accomplished-falls-very-very-flat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull&#8217;s ETS deferral is only a distraction</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/turnbulls-ets-deferral-is-only-a-distraction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/turnbulls-ets-deferral-is-only-a-distraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull's decision on emissions trading is a sort of Frankenstein’s monster, sewn together from bits of National Party hostility, climate scepticism and moderate enthusiasm.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/turnbulls-ets-deferral-is-only-a-distraction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>A big parliamentary fortnight, by any estimate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/a-big-parliamentary-fortnight-by-any-estimate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/a-big-parliamentary-fortnight-by-any-estimate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Estimates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the budget, the next fortnight should be a target-rich environment for Opposition senators. If they can't score some points now, it may be time to give up.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/a-big-parliamentary-fortnight-by-any-estimate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A day Malcolm Turnbull should probably forget</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/a-day-malcolm-turnbull-should-probably-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/a-day-malcolm-turnbull-should-probably-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Press Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The 7:30 Report]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull had a bad day at the office yesterday, with a bad Press Club speech and an ill-tempered interview on <i>The 7:30 Report</i>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/a-day-malcolm-turnbull-should-probably-forget/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to Opposition: demonising boat people won&#8217;t work anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/memo-to-opposition-demonising-boat-people-wont-work-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/memo-to-opposition-demonising-boat-people-wont-work-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Steketee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a risk for the current opposition that in taking too old-school a line on boat people they will be seen as Howardite relics. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/memo-to-opposition-demonising-boat-people-wont-work-anymore/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: rich payouts and poor politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/kohler-rich-payouts-and-poor-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/kohler-rich-payouts-and-poor-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golden handshake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australians are being very poorly served by their politicians at present. They are consumed by combat and we are being spiflicated by spin, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/kohler-rich-payouts-and-poor-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carry On Question Time: Opposition at a loss in the House</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/carry-on-question-time-opposition-at-a-loss-in-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/carry-on-question-time-opposition-at-a-loss-in-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a week when the Government should have been under pressure, given its inability to get key legislation through the Senate, Question Time has been like shooting fish in a barrel, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/carry-on-question-time-opposition-at-a-loss-in-the-house/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition stymies donations transparency. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/coalition-stymies-donations-transparency-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/coalition-stymies-donations-transparency-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s electoral reform bill has been blocked by the party that lost the election and a senator elected on the vote of 1.77% of Victorians, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/coalition-stymies-donations-transparency-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull walks the path of Opposition Leaders past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/turnbull-walks-the-path-of-opposition-leaders-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/turnbull-walks-the-path-of-opposition-leaders-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest walks in Parliament House is from the Opposition Leader’s office out to the "Opposition Leader’s Courtyard", writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/turnbull-walks-the-path-of-opposition-leaders-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Costello rising: Labor braces for an early election</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/costello-rising-labor-braces-for-an-early-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/costello-rising-labor-braces-for-an-early-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming increasingly clear that the Liberal Party has decided to drop Malcolm Turnbull and recall Peter Costello to lead them at the next federal election, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/costello-rising-labor-braces-for-an-early-election/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/obama-shows-up-aussie-counterparts-on-climate-challenge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Estimates schmestimates: Opposition goes soft on the ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/estimates-schmestimates-opposition-goes-soft-on-the-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/estimates-schmestimates-opposition-goes-soft-on-the-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You get the impression from senior Coalition senators that they’re not prepared to do the hard work of sifting through material and building a case in the search for embarrassing revelations, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/estimates-schmestimates-opposition-goes-soft-on-the-alp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mafia scandal should make O&#8217;Farrell and Turnbull very nervous &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/mafia-scandal-should-make-ofarrell-and-turnbull-very-nervous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/mafia-scandal-should-make-ofarrell-and-turnbull-very-nervous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Vanstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal elements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration detention centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, it now seems the Federal Police have been investigating links between the Liberal Party organisation and a local franchise of the Calabrian mafia, writes <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/mafia-scandal-should-make-ofarrell-and-turnbull-very-nervous/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Penny Wong is a cipher for Kevin Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/penny-wong-is-a-cipher-for-kevin-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/penny-wong-is-a-cipher-for-kevin-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penny Wong isn’t really to blame for the growing debacle of the Government’s emissions trading scheme plans. She’s a cipher for Kevin Rudd, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/penny-wong-is-a-cipher-for-kevin-rudd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull is just a bad poll from implosion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/turnbull-is-just-a-bad-poll-from-implosion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/turnbull-is-just-a-bad-poll-from-implosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull’s leadership could implode very quickly if there are any further polling reverses, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/turnbull-is-just-a-bad-poll-from-implosion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>The coalition got it really, really wrong on the financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/the-coalition-got-it-really-really-wrong-on-the-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/the-coalition-got-it-really-really-wrong-on-the-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the Essential Report from yesterday -- the magnitude of how wrong the Coalition not only got the stimulus package, but the broader GFC starts to become apparent, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/the-coalition-got-it-really-really-wrong-on-the-financial-crisis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Opposition backflips on stimulus package</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/10/opposition-backflips-on-stimulus-package/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/10/opposition-backflips-on-stimulus-package/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull this morning told the Coalition joint party room that while he was happy to take a short-term political hit, he was willing to negotiate with the Government to pass the package, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/10/opposition-backflips-on-stimulus-package/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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