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	<title>Crikey &#187; Joel Fitzgibbon</title>
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		<title>Simons: Liu case tests assertion journos should never reveal sources</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/simons-liu-case-tests-assertion-journos-should-never-reveal-sources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/simons-liu-case-tests-assertion-journos-should-never-reveal-sources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are there any circumstances under which journalists should reveal their sources? The instinct in the profession is "no".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gays jilted at altar: how serious is Labor about marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/gay-marriage-debate-and-private-members-bil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/gay-marriage-debate-and-private-members-bil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private members bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex couples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marriage equality advocates have the Herculean task before them of convincing Tony Abbott of allowing a conscience vote, writes <b>Brian Greig</b>, former Democrats senator and gay rights campaigner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Helen Liu leans on The Age to give up Fitzgibbon story sources</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/12/helen-liu-leans-on-the-age-to-give-up-fitzgibbon-story-sources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/12/helen-liu-leans-on-the-age-to-give-up-fitzgibbon-story-sources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Helen Liu, the Chinese-Australian businesswoman at the heart of alleged national security concerns surrounding former Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon, has taken legal action in the New South Wales Supreme Court in an attempt to find out the sources of information given to Age investigative reporters Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What would Faulkner do?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/05/28/what-would-faulkner-do-the-new-counter-factual-on-government-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/05/28/what-would-faulkner-do-the-new-counter-factual-on-government-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 05:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Ludwig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Faulkner’s shift to Defence was a turning point in this Government’s approach to accountability. The government has been backsliding ever since Joe Ludwig replaced him, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fitzgibbon&#8217;s $150k gift from Helen Liu</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/secret-payments-to-labor-mp-listed-in-liu-files-20100202-nb49.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/secret-payments-to-labor-mp-listed-in-liu-files-20100202-nb49.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revealed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Juicy exclusive from the <em>SMAge</em> today: New documents reveal former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon <em>did</em> receive money from businesswoman Helen Liu -- about $150,000 -- <em>and</em> Julia Gillard knew.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Inside the inner Rudd sanctum</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-jump-to-the-left-then-a-step-to-the-right-20090920-fwss.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-jump-to-the-left-then-a-step-to-the-right-20090920-fwss.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Clare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Burke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The design of the parliamentary office of PM Kevin Rudd's inner circle says much about the power factions of the Rudd government. <b>Mark Davis</b> examines who sits where.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it time to bring the troops home?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/mungo-is-it-time-to-bring-the-troops-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/mungo-is-it-time-to-bring-the-troops-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/mungo-is-it-time-to-bring-the-troops-home/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After seven years of achieving very little, it may be timely to ask just how and when we an expect to bring the troops home from Afghanistan.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Silent redundancies at Fairfax?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/tips-and-rumours-39/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/tips-and-rumours-39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fairfax are again offering redundancies to selected journalists, says a tipster. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/tips-and-rumours-39/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd shakes his way to the top</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/the-media-monitors-top-20-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/the-media-monitors-top-20-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Baume</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Media Monitors' Top 20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chaser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After that many shakes of the sauce bottle, the PM's still on top.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/the-media-monitors-top-20-7/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The brothers Fitzgibbon</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chaser]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-14/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say on Joel and Mark Fitzgibbon, <em>The Chaser</em> and the ALP's origins.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-14/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fitzgibbon, Faulkner and the cost of new appointments</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/mungo-fitzgibbon-faulkner-and-the-cost-of-new-appointments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/mungo-fitzgibbon-faulkner-and-the-cost-of-new-appointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/mungo-fitzgibbon-faulkner-and-the-cost-of-new-appointments/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just because you’re paranoid it doesn’t mean that they’re not after you.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/mungo-fitzgibbon-faulkner-and-the-cost-of-new-appointments/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd turns Faulkner to Defence</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/rudd-turns-faulkner-to-defence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/rudd-turns-faulkner-to-defence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jihn Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Special Minister of State John Faulkner will move to the Defence portfolio to cover the resignation of Joel Fitzgibbon.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/rudd-turns-faulkner-to-defence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The brothers Fitzgibbon: the ALP writ small</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/the-brothers-fitzgibbon-the-alp-writ-small/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/the-brothers-fitzgibbon-the-alp-writ-small/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Fitzgibbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/the-brothers-fitzgibbon-the-alp-writ-small/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Fitzgibbon, whose inability or unwillingness to stay out of his younger brother’s office led to Joel Fitzgibbon’s downfall is, as they say, no stranger to controversy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/the-brothers-fitzgibbon-the-alp-writ-small/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>After Fitzgibbon, who can take the fight to Defence?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/after-fitzgibbon-who-can-take-the-fight-to-defence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/after-fitzgibbon-who-can-take-the-fight-to-defence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/after-fitzgibbon-who-can-take-the-fight-to-defence/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Replacing Joel Fitzgibbon will be no easy task.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/after-fitzgibbon-who-can-take-the-fight-to-defence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Britain v Australia: a tale of two MP scandals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/crikey-says-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/crikey-says-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British MP expenses scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/05/crikey-says-15/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey is normally shy of the crass nationalism so readily found in the mainstream media. But for once, it’s worth pondering the effectiveness of the Australian political system...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Banham: Monster portfolio too big for Fitzgibbon</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/defence-too-big-for-erring-reformer-20090604-bx96.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/defence-too-big-for-erring-reformer-20090604-bx96.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Defence portfolio was a reward from Rudd for helping him obtain party leadership -- but it was too much for a cautious minister like Fitzgibbon to handle, argues <b>Cynthia Banham</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dodd: Undone by his own failings</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25589550-5013404,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25589550-5013404,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon was brought down by his own sloppy ministerial standards, says <b>Mark Dodd</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pearlman: One banana skin too many</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/one-banana-skin-too-many-for-flailing-minister-20090604-bx99.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/one-banana-skin-too-many-for-flailing-minister-20090604-bx99.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon's ministerial career ended after a sorry history of oversights rather than one single sackable offence, says <b>Jonathan Pearlman</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Defence Minister Fitzgibbon&#8217;s gone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/joel-fitzgibbons-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/joel-fitzgibbons-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgibbon resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standards of Ministerial Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The beleaguered Defence minister is gone (read the back story <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/joel-fitzgibbon-time-to-step-aside/">here</a>). Who will replace him?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joel Fitzgibbon, time to step aside?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/joel-fitzgibbon-time-to-step-aside/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/joel-fitzgibbon-time-to-step-aside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standards of Ministerial Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon has now breached the Government’s Standards of Ministerial Ethics twice and, if those standards have any meaning, should step aside.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Age finds communists in China</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[binge drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headline of the day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Age</em> investigates and finds communism in China, Australians are not drinking any less and headline of the day!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>PETA applauds Rudd&#8217;s vegetarian stance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/opera-australia-qld-lnp-kevin-rudd-gerard-henderson-climate-change-air-traffic-control-khmer-rouge-trials-joel-fitzgibbon-helen-liu-and-the-oz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/opera-australia-qld-lnp-kevin-rudd-gerard-henderson-climate-change-air-traffic-control-khmer-rouge-trials-joel-fitzgibbon-helen-liu-and-the-oz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air traffic control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antarctica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerard Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khmer Rouge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PETA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAAF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Rudd may have spit the dummy on a RAAF flight at the prospect of having his diet derailed by a fatty meat meal, but who wouldn’t? writes PETA's Alistair Cornell. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s OS meet-and-greet trumps the Fitzgibbon affair</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/rudds-os-meet-and-greet-trumps-the-fitzgibbon-affair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/rudds-os-meet-and-greet-trumps-the-fitzgibbon-affair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Monitors' Top 20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What should have been a tricky week turns out to be another bottler for the PM, writes <b>Patrick Baume</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fitzgibbon, Israel and La Diva Vanstone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/fitzgibbon-israel-and-la-diva-vanstone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/fitzgibbon-israel-and-la-diva-vanstone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Vanstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Hour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Prix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yellow peril]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bernie Ecclestone -- just a smaller version of Napoleon, according to one Crikey reader. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fitzgibbon and the shadow of the Yellow Peril</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/fitzgibbon-and-the-shadow-of-the-yellow-peril/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/fitzgibbon-and-the-shadow-of-the-yellow-peril/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yellow peril]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Behind the Fitzgibbon debate -- and not very far behind it -- lurks the spectre of the Yellow Peril, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.]]></description>
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