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	<title>Crikey &#187; greens</title>
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		<title>Electoral funding figures show Labor&#8217;s donations collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labor's donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian political parties are dying, and fast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian political parties are cossetted by compulsory voting, public funding and exemptions in areas such as privacy. But despite those protections, they are dying, and quickly.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Greens&#8217; day, anyway you look at it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/its-the-greens-day-anyway-you-look-at-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/its-the-greens-day-anyway-you-look-at-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The passage of the government's carbon pricing package is a major victory for the Greens. Even if it's so weak it needs to be bolstered by an extensive array of taxpayer spending]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/its-the-greens-day-anyway-you-look-at-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>186</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guarding the Left flank: gay unions and Labor&#8217;s primary vote</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/guarding-the-left-flank-gay-unions-and-labors-primary-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/guarding-the-left-flank-gay-unions-and-labors-primary-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe de Bruyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Murphy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new poll shows supporting same-sex marriage would boost Labor's vote -- but mainly at the expense of the Greens. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/guarding-the-left-flank-gay-unions-and-labors-primary-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kisses all round as clean energy bills pass the House</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/labor-kisses-all-round-as-18-clean-energy-bills-pass-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/labor-kisses-all-round-as-18-clean-energy-bills-pass-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Bandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the last vote finally came to adopt the 18 clean energy bills as complete package, former Slater &#038; Gordon lawyer Adam Bandt broke into a broad grin, his election night pronouncements 14 months ago having born fruit.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/labor-kisses-all-round-as-18-clean-energy-bills-pass-the-house/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>184</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ghosts of climate policy past haunt our Clean Energy Future</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/cef-clean-energy-future-legislation-through-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/cef-clean-energy-future-legislation-through-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy and science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s an old refrain, but the closer we get to the Clean Energy Future legislation ducking and weaving its way through parliament, the more we are reminded of the ghosts of the current proposal’s stepmother, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b> of <a href="http://www.climatespectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Climate Spectator</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/cef-clean-energy-future-legislation-through-parliament/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon tax: key changes reflect the Greens, Garnaut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/10/carbon-tax-cprs-garnaut-greens-expediency-equals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/10/carbon-tax-cprs-garnaut-greens-expediency-equals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multi Party Climate Change Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Garnaut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Windsor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some key changes from Rudd's CPRS that reflect both the influence of the Greens and Ross Garnaut in its development.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/10/carbon-tax-cprs-garnaut-greens-expediency-equals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>$3.2b later, Ferguson loses in the ARENA of renewables</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/arena-martin-ferguson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/arena-martin-ferguson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARENA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson's department has been stripped of responsibility for billions in renewables programs as the Greens demand greater certainty for the sector.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/arena-martin-ferguson/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASIO gets its new powers &#8212; and no one will tell us why</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/asio-gets-its-new-powers-and-no-one-will-tell-us-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/asio-gets-its-new-powers-and-no-one-will-tell-us-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney-General's Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Ludlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor and the Coalition combined to give ASIO new powers last night. We still don't know why.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/asio-gets-its-new-powers-and-no-one-will-tell-us-why/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jericho: Egad! The Green goblins have arrived</title>
		<link>http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-qt-feel-audacity-of-greens.html</link>
		<comments>http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-qt-feel-audacity-of-greens.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greens, who received 13% of the vote in the Senate, now hold 11% of the seats in the Senate. Amazing! Controversial! Their evil plan has begun and, god luv 'em, they've seriously screwed with the minds of the Press Gallery, writes <b>Greg Jericho</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Expect the unexpected from a Greener Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/expect-the-unexpected-from-a-greener-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/expect-the-unexpected-from-a-greener-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meg Lees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=232797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has taken the best part of a year, but the full consequences of last August’s election have now played out. History tells us to expect the unexpected. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/expect-the-unexpected-from-a-greener-senate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>78</slash:comments>
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		<title>What will lure people back to political parties?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until parties empower their members and can convince them they can achieve something positive for society, voters won't be interested.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>No recovery for a leader too much like the man she knifed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/no-recovery-for-a-leader-too-much-like-the-man-she-knifed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/no-recovery-for-a-leader-too-much-like-the-man-she-knifed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard has not been able to give voters a sense of who she is beyond the woman who knifed Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/no-recovery-for-a-leader-too-much-like-the-man-she-knifed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plebiscite a key to making Abbott&#8217;s life easier</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/plebiscite-a-key-to-making-abbotts-life-easier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/plebiscite-a-key-to-making-abbotts-life-easier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The words of the NZ PM on emissions trading hinted at why Tony Abbott ran with a poorly-devised plebiscite stunt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/plebiscite-a-key-to-making-abbotts-life-easier/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>86</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: is &#8216;cost of living&#8217; a partisan issue?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/essential-is-cost-of-living-a-partisan-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/essential-is-cost-of-living-a-partisan-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting intention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to perceptions of "cost of living pressures", voters see the issue differently according to how they vote.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/essential-is-cost-of-living-a-partisan-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>75</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: the Labor Party &#8230; trashing its brand since 2009&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The extent of Labor's brand damage is once again apparent, today's Essential Report shows.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chewing up the Greens &#8212; the Israel boycott backlash</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/chewing-up-the-greens-the-israel-boycott-backlash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/chewing-up-the-greens-the-israel-boycott-backlash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greens have been labelled, in media and political discourse, as “extremists” for the NSW arm's position on BDS. But how reasonable and representative is the mainstream debate on this issue, asks Associate Professor <b>Jake Lynch</b>?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/chewing-up-the-greens-the-israel-boycott-backlash/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: forget the surplus, voters say, and save us from cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/essential-forget-the-surplus-voters-say-and-save-us-from-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/essential-forget-the-surplus-voters-say-and-save-us-from-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=215324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most voters would rather the federal government delay its back to black strategy and extend the deficit to stave off service cuts and tax hikes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/essential-forget-the-surplus-voters-say-and-save-us-from-cuts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The magic S word</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/crikey-says-the-magic-s-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/crikey-says-the-magic-s-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surplus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=215259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Bernard Keane writes of a time when politicians treated voters like they actually had half a brain ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/04/crikey-says-the-magic-s-word/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>No precedents for depths plumbed by Labor vote</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/28/poll-bludger-no-precedents-for-depths-plumbed-by-labor-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/28/poll-bludger-no-precedents-for-depths-plumbed-by-labor-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 NSW election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=213577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is little about NSW Labor at present that offers cause for optimism about its regenerative capacities.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/28/poll-bludger-no-precedents-for-depths-plumbed-by-labor-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW election not entirely a no-brainer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/25/crikey-says-nsw-election-not-entirely-a-no-brainer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/25/crikey-says-nsw-election-not-entirely-a-no-brainer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Nile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw legislative assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Legislative Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=213118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we all are then. Election eve. This is it. The end of 16 years of Labor rule.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/25/crikey-says-nsw-election-not-entirely-a-no-brainer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dear Labor MPs: remember, we don&#8217;t have a majority government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/03/dear-labor-mps-remember-we-dont-have-a-majority-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/03/dear-labor-mps-remember-we-dont-have-a-majority-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=207458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t let the majority rule. Just as there are many in the Liberal and National parties having difficulty accepting that they did not win the last election, there are a fair number of Labor Party MPs who don&#8217;t understand that their lot are not in control of the Parliament either. Greens senator Christine Milne put it [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/03/dear-labor-mps-remember-we-dont-have-a-majority-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suspending disbelief in the carbon debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/suspending-disbelief-in-the-carbon-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/suspending-disbelief-in-the-carbon-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There may be less to the current brawl over carbon pricing than meets the eye, given how close, and inconsistent, both the major parties are on the issue.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/suspending-disbelief-in-the-carbon-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Labor edges up, but voters rate Rudd as PM &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/essential-labor-edges-up-but-voters-rate-rudd-as-pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/essential-labor-edges-up-but-voters-rate-rudd-as-pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=205066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor has edged ahead in today's Essential report poll - but Julia Gillard doesn't compare favourably to her predecessor.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/essential-labor-edges-up-but-voters-rate-rudd-as-pm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Labor only facing disaster, not apocalypse, in NSW</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/essential-labor-only-facing-disaster-not-apocalypse-in-nsw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/essential-labor-only-facing-disaster-not-apocalypse-in-nsw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's vote is worsening in NSW, according to Essential Research's new poll, although it's only facing a shattering defeat, not the annihilation suggested by other polls.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/essential-labor-only-facing-disaster-not-apocalypse-in-nsw/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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