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		<title>A risky and short sighted Opposition policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/a-risky-and-short-sighted-opposition-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/a-risky-and-short-sighted-opposition-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=174110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The decision by the Coalition to renege on its deal with the rural independents to provide the greatest possible stability to a federal government will rebound to its disadvantage.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>How about pollies shaping nations not headlines?</title>
		<link>http://hoydenabouttown.com/20100329.7380/politics-vs-policy-how-superficial-gamesmanship-steals-our-future/</link>
		<comments>http://hoydenabouttown.com/20100329.7380/politics-vs-policy-how-superficial-gamesmanship-steals-our-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our politicians are in campaigning mode, which means that everything they say or do is about nice media sound bites. Let's have policy over politics, pleads <b>Tigtog</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s charge falters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/25/abbotts-charge-falters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/25/abbotts-charge-falters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite their best attempts, the Opposition couldn't breach the Government's desperate defence of Peter Garrett this week.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>Opposition fails to pin Garrett</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/02/23/opposition-tactics-again-awry-in-the-pursuit-of-garrett/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/02/23/opposition-tactics-again-awry-in-the-pursuit-of-garrett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Hunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition’s pursuit of Peter Garrett has faded in only the second Question Time this week, with the Minister untroubled by sustained Opposition questioning this afternoon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Garrett is soiled but solid</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/abbott-blew-the-censure-motion-garrett-is-soiled-but-solid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/abbott-blew-the-censure-motion-garrett-is-soiled-but-solid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minter Ellison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Garrett's fate has nothing to do with the merits of his case and everything to do with how long he deprives the Government of clear air in its task of attacking Tony Abbott.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joyce is only at the extreme end of a nonsensical argument</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/10/joyce-is-only-at-the-extreme-end-of-a-nonsensical-argument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/10/joyce-is-only-at-the-extreme-end-of-a-nonsensical-argument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce is now a serious problem for Tony Abbott -- but Joyce is only pursuing a dud strategy that seriously undermines the Coalition's economic credentials.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grattan: Fire Barnaby the loose cannon</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/loose-cannon-needs-firing-20100209-npqn.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/loose-cannon-needs-firing-20100209-npqn.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce as opposition finance minister is destroying Abbott's already shaky economic credibility. Get Joyce out of finance and into a less risky portfolio before he ruins it further, writes <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartlett: Do we as say, not as we&#8217;d do</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/12/do-as-we-say-not-as-wed-do/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/12/do-as-we-say-not-as-wed-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartlett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-whaling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Hunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whaling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whilst holding a government to its promises has a lot going for it, urging the government to do something that you believe yourself is a bad idea just because you are the Opposition is a bit of a non-sequitur, writes <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grattan: Abbott&#8217;s on the offensive</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/ready-for-battle-20091217-kzuo.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/ready-for-battle-20091217-kzuo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull feared an early election, Tony Abbott says bring it on. Turnbull pushed for an ETS, Abbott turned ETS debate into a tax fight. Abbott is ready to battle Rudd at the next election, says <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The fantasy that is an Abbott-led government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/mungo-the-fantasy-that-is-an-abbott-led-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/mungo-the-fantasy-that-is-an-abbott-led-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronwyn Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Plimer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Ruddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott’s media cheer squad are making encouraging noises, but even they seem to have their doubts about his leadership. Words such as "desperate" and "last hope" have been replaced by "high risk".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crazy Barnaby shooting from the heartland</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/crazy-barnaby-shooting-from-the-heartland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/crazy-barnaby-shooting-from-the-heartland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian league of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The trouble for the Coalition is not that Barnaby Joyce says first thing that comes into his mind -- it's that he's speaking from the heart. And the longer he's in the shadow Cabinet, the more he'll do.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/crazy-barnaby-shooting-from-the-heartland/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>The party puppeteers pulling all the strings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/crikey-says-142/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/crikey-says-142/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Obeid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tripodi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating feature of last week's political killing season -- a Premier and a federal Opposition Leader gunned down over three blood-spilling days -- was the role of the Tripodi, Obeid and Minchin as sneaky puppeteers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull: Bring it on</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/26/turnbull-bring-it-on/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/26/turnbull-bring-it-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=101359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the resignation of frontbencher Tony Abbott and several others, Malcolm Turnbull has remained confident and aggressive, daring his party opponents to blast him out of the leadership, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberals explode, Turnbull finished</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/26/liberals-explode-turnbull-finished/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/26/liberals-explode-turnbull-finished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=101345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Party is falling apart tonight as conservative frontbenchers resign. Tony Abbott and Sophie Mirabella resigned a short time ago, with Nick Minchin rumoured to follow. <b>Bernard Keane</b> tracks the carnage as it happens.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/26/liberals-explode-turnbull-finished/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s most hated opposition leaders</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/25/charts-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/25/charts-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graph pr0n]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Possum Comitatus</b> charts the final net satisfaction rating of past opposition leaders. Malcolm Turnbull may not be tracking too well at the moment, but he'll need to sink a lot further to match the likes of Downer, Peacock and Crean.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Finally, the Opposition stop looking like idiots</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26297221-5017906,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26297221-5017906,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's taken the Federal Opposition quite a while, but it's now making the government the issue, not itself, writes <b>Lenore Taylor</b>. Now Turnbull just has to make sure Coalition members keep their heads down and mouths shut until the next election. Good luck with that.]]></description>
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		<title>Hartcher: Rudd spears the centre while the Opposition misses the target</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/captain-rudds-preferred-course--a-little-to-the-right-20091030-hppk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/captain-rudds-preferred-course--a-little-to-the-right-20091030-hppk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's handling of asylum seekers is a pure numbers game, says <b>Peter Hartcher</b>. Rudd's aiming at the centre because the lefties will just vote Labor anyway. Lucky for him, the Opposition have forgotten their audience. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the Opposition is stuffed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/01/this-is-why-the-opposition-is-fed/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/01/this-is-why-the-opposition-is-fed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Opposition <em>nearly</em> managed to get through an entire sitting week last week without making themselves the issue, says <b>Bernard Keane</b>. Nearly. But Nick Minchin and Barnaby Joyce had other ideas. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/01/this-is-why-the-opposition-is-fed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shanahan: Rudd&#8217;s moral compass has lost its direction</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26277993-17301,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26277993-17301,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oceanic viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The only reason things aren't looking worse for Kevin Rudd on asylum seekers is because the Opposition is such as shambles. Both are operating on outdated and flawed immigration ideas, writes <b>Dennis Shanahan</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26277993-17301,00.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/the-20b-cprs-amendments-with-no-budget-impact/</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/the-20b-cprs-amendments-with-no-budget-impact/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not even fear mongering can save the Opposition</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/a-scare-campaign-thats-bound-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/a-scare-campaign-thats-bound-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilson Tuckey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=93236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many in the Opposition are pushing an anti-ETS line, but it's hard to run a scare campaign when you're not in power. A time will come when voters don't view Kevin Rudd as Father Christmas, but not for awhile, writes <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who cares what the Opposition say?</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/a-big-swing-and-a-miss-in-coalition-pledge-to-axe-spending-20091013-gvkx.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/a-big-swing-and-a-miss-in-coalition-pledge-to-axe-spending-20091013-gvkx.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Reduction Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=92765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition is finally learning that since they're not in government, media focus is on personalities not politics. But what is their latest debt reduction strategy and is it a good plan?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/a-big-swing-and-a-miss-in-coalition-pledge-to-axe-spending-20091013-gvkx.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/</guid>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/crikey-says-86/</guid>
		<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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