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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s chunky bits: Ordinary folk ignored by foreign affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-ordinary-folk-ignored-by-foreign-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-ordinary-folk-ignored-by-foreign-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Kohler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonald's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men in the workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in the workforce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australians think that the government paid too little attention to the opinions of ordinary people when making foreign policy, according to the last annual Lowy Institute survey.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>International TV service should be left to die, not put to tender</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/24/international-tv-service-should-be-left-to-die-not-put-to-tender/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/24/international-tv-service-should-be-left-to-die-not-put-to-tender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international broadcasting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our international television service costs $20m a year and has no discernible impact. Now we're going to extend it for a decade.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Voters rate Joe on banks, and we want to get closer to China</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/essential-voters-rate-joe-on-banks-and-we-want-to-get-closer-to-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/essential-voters-rate-joe-on-banks-and-we-want-to-get-closer-to-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia-US alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US alliance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=186013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More of us want to get closer to China than the United States, Essential Research's new poll shows. And there's strong support for gay marriage as well.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/essential-voters-rate-joe-on-banks-and-we-want-to-get-closer-to-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>In foreign policy, Gillard needs to undo the damage of the Rudd era</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/in-foreign-policy-gillard-needs-to-undo-the-damage-of-the-rudd-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/in-foreign-policy-gillard-needs-to-undo-the-damage-of-the-rudd-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard needs to remove foreign policy emphasis from China and undo the damage of the Rudd government era while focusing on other nations in the South East Asia region, says a foreign affairs expert. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cabinet reshuffle tips for Gillard: Rudd’s a dud on foreign affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/28/cabinet-reshuffle-tips-for-gillard-rudd%e2%80%99s-a-dud-on-foreign-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/28/cabinet-reshuffle-tips-for-gillard-rudd%e2%80%99s-a-dud-on-foreign-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign minister stephen smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=148789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd’s foreign policy experience was limited and it showed, writes former diplomat <b>Bruce Haigh</b>. Julia Gillard shouldn't return him to the ministerial post.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential Research: nervous voters back Budget spending cut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/essential-research-nervous-voters-back-budget-spending-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/essential-research-nervous-voters-back-budget-spending-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voters are urging the government to cut spending programs, according to new polling, as they brace for a federal budget most believe will hurt them personally. <i>Crikey</i> has the latest Essential Research results.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/essential-research-nervous-voters-back-budget-spending-cut/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The copyright outrage the geeks forgot to mention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/the-copyright-outrage-the-geeks-forgot-to-mention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/the-copyright-outrage-the-geeks-forgot-to-mention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computer geeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Firewall of Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tech community hasn't done much of a job of persuading mainstream Australia that proposed internet censorship laws are a bad idea, despite their potentially crippling effect on freedom of speech, writes <b>Angus Kidman</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/the-copyright-outrage-the-geeks-forgot-to-mention/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oops, there goes the relationship with Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/oops-there-goes-the-relationship-with-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/oops-there-goes-the-relationship-with-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia and Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balibo Five]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The roller-coaster that is the Australia-Indonesia bilateral relationship is again plummeting.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/oops-there-goes-the-relationship-with-indonesia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>China, Australia and Rio Tinto: economic/resource shadow war?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/china-australia-and-rio-tinto-economicresource-shadow-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/china-australia-and-rio-tinto-economicresource-shadow-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stern Hu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/china-australia-and-rio-tinto-economicresource-shadow-war/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The arrest of ethnic Chinese and Australian citizen executives of Rio Tinto in Shanghai has crystallised the differences in the two countries' economic culture and political systems, writes <b>Tony Lamond</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/china-australia-and-rio-tinto-economicresource-shadow-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hu and 420 others: Aussies on the beermat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/hu-and-420-others-aussies-on-the-beermat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/hu-and-420-others-aussies-on-the-beermat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detainees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stern Hu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/hu-and-420-others-aussies-on-the-beermat/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the PM issues soundbites over China’s detention of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, Crikey thought it pertinent to cast an eye over other, less prominent, Australians languishing in overseas gulags.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/hu-and-420-others-aussies-on-the-beermat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>China will do whatever it likes. Hu knew!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/china-will-do-whatever-it-likes-hu-knew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/china-will-do-whatever-it-likes-hu-knew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hu Jintao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/china-will-do-whatever-it-likes-hu-knew/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd suddenly finds himself in the firing line for failing to meet Australians’ expectations about how we should be treated overseas. But, says <strong>Bernard Keane</strong>, Australia can’t control what the Chinese do.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/china-will-do-whatever-it-likes-hu-knew/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australians working in China are terrified</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/australians-working-in-china-are-terrified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/australians-working-in-china-are-terrified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/australians-working-in-china-are-terrified/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The arrest of the general manager for Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in China has sent shockwaves through the expat community, reports <b>Isabelle Oderberg</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/australians-working-in-china-are-terrified/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vanstone and Gus the weimaraner invite Rudd to a sleep over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/vanstone-and-gus-the-weimaraner-invite-rudd-to-a-sleep-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/vanstone-and-gus-the-weimaraner-invite-rudd-to-a-sleep-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Everingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Vanstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus the Weimeraner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/vanstone-and-gus-the-weimaraner-invite-rudd-to-a-sleep-over/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the imminent arrival of Kevin Rudd to Rome, Crikey understands that current Ambassador to Italy Amanda Vanstone actually invited the Prime Minister to stay.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/vanstone-and-gus-the-weimaraner-invite-rudd-to-a-sleep-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>What next for Australia-Malaysia relations?</title>
		<link>http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=14954</link>
		<comments>http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=14954#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=71833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Relationships between Australia and Malaysia were terse under former PM Mahathir Mohamad. Now that his son's in a political position, will there be a return to old times? asks <strong>Greg Lopez</strong>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Latin America is important to Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/latin-america-is-important-to-australia-heres-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/latin-america-is-important-to-australia-heres-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latin america]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/latin-america-is-important-to-australia-heres-why/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The absence of Australian media presence in Latin America is indicative of a media and broader community mindset in this country.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/latin-america-is-important-to-australia-heres-why/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Love and hate: Australia and Indonesia [PDF]</title>
		<link>http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/21539/Howard_Dick_Indonesia_Essay.pdf</link>
		<comments>http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/21539/Howard_Dick_Indonesia_Essay.pdf#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia and Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=65617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia's relationship with Indonesia is not what it used to be. <b>Howard Dick</b> explains how this is both a good and bad thing.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is Gillard&#8217;s Israel visit all about?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/what-is-gillards-israel-visit-all-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/what-is-gillards-israel-visit-all-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No one should be surprised at the news that the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard is hot footing it to Israel, writes <b>Peter Dowding</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/what-is-gillards-israel-visit-all-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Speaking the language of diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/05/26/knowing-the-lingo/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/05/26/knowing-the-lingo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 02:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartlett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If only a quarter of our diplomats speak a language other than English, it is hard to see how our diplomatic service is being as effective as it could be, says <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Overseas Aussies can go it alone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/60522/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/60522/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian tourists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beermat Mum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why do Australians assume they have a special right to be rescued from whatever trouble they get into while travelling overseas?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asia will be China&#8217;s. Will we be prepared?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/asia-will-be-chinas-will-we-be-prepared/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/asia-will-be-chinas-will-we-be-prepared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence White Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government's looming defence White Paper will need to address the challenges of power shifts in Asia, writes <b>Hugh White</b> in a new Lowy Institute paper.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taiwan, China and Israel dominate foreign travel of our MPs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/taiwan-china-and-israel-dominate-foreign-travel-of-our-mps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/taiwan-china-and-israel-dominate-foreign-travel-of-our-mps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the influence of foreign governments on MPs and Senators, it isn’t China that we should be concerned about -- it’s Taiwan, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>All the Queen&#8217;s men: life after Dauth in DFAT</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/all-the-queens-men-life-after-dauth-in-dfat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/all-the-queens-men-life-after-dauth-in-dfat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john dauth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Aussie diplomat John Dauth, the wheel of career fortune has turned full cirlce, writes a <b>Special Correspondent</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/all-the-queens-men-life-after-dauth-in-dfat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>US08: Primary the Musical!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/02/us08-primary-the-musical/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/02/us08-primary-the-musical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If only the Democrat death match could be set to music ... cue <b>Guy Rundle</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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