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	<title>Crikey &#187; John Brumby</title>
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		<title>How much cash will the states get under the CPRS? Zero.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-much-cash-will-the-states-get-under-the-cprs-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-much-cash-will-the-states-get-under-the-cprs-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately for those of us who ever rely on the public health, education or transport systems, the CPRS is estimated to cost state budgets more than $2.1 billion in 2013, writes executive director of the Australia Institute, <b>Dr Richard Denniss</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Buy our brown coal! Now cleaning up on eBay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/buy-our-brown-coal-now-cleaning-up-on-ebay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/buy-our-brown-coal-now-cleaning-up-on-ebay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brumby government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal fired power stations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria’s 13 billion tonnes of unallocated brown coal are now listed as an eBay item, under the seller name "BrumbyGovt". Bids are open for the next seven days. The starting price is $1,000,000, writes <b>Greg Foyster</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health departments are not equipped for the new focus on prevention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/health-departments-are-not-equipped-for-the-new-focus-on-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/health-departments-are-not-equipped-for-the-new-focus-on-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Preventative Health Taskforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventative health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prevention is the new black in health policy. But do our politicians really understand prevention and are our health departments well equipped to understand and implement this new focus?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray Darling deals in a shocking state</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/pig-headed-hold-outs-refuse-to-deal-on-murray-darling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/pig-headed-hold-outs-refuse-to-deal-on-murray-darling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Irrigators' Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While NSW and the Commonwealth have agreed to a deal that will see the lifting of NSW’s embargo on water trading, Victoria and Queensland aren't cooperating. <b>Bernard Keane</b> breaks it down.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s browns versus greens in Brumby&#8217;s ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/its-browns-versus-greens-in-brumbys-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/its-browns-versus-greens-in-brumbys-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor Environmental Action Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP's internal war over the environment is gathering pace, with two recent decisions in Victoria revealing the deep fissures that exist between "browns" and "greens".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s ALP in turmoil as rats run rampant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/brumbys-alp-in-turmoil-as-rats-run-rampant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/brumbys-alp-in-turmoil-as-rats-run-rampant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen newnham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian Branch of the ALP has descended into high farce after Stephen Newnham retained his state secretary position at last night's meeting of the state administrative committee.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Branch stacking brouhaha: Victorian ALP factions fight it out</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/alp-factions-hit-back-on-race-mathews-stacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/alp-factions-hit-back-on-race-mathews-stacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race Mathews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senior members of the Victorian ALP's Left faction have accused John Brumby's ruling Right faction of rank hypocrisy over branch stacking.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours: Performance reviews for Fairfax bosses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/tips-and-rumours-82/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/tips-and-rumours-82/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joanna Gash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian bushfires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fairfax media does performance reviews, further troubles for Qantas and which towns are listed as high risk for the upcoming Victorian bushfire season?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Race Mathews lets fly at &#8220;tragic&#8221; stacked ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hakki Suleyman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race Matthews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading ALP elder statesman, Race Matthews, has increased pressure on Victorian Premier John Brumby to appoint a membership czar to clean out stacked branches.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s staffer code jumps ahead of the law</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/brumbys-staffer-code-jumps-ahead-of-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/brumbys-staffer-code-jumps-ahead-of-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code of conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Brumby Government is introducing a staffers' code to insulate itself from controversy.  Ministerial staff will be banned from holding office as a local Government Councillor.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Frozen out, Newnham prepares to meet his maker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/frozen-out-newnham-prepares-to-meet-his-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/frozen-out-newnham-prepares-to-meet-his-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Reece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen newnham]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Premier John Brumby has increased pressure on ALP State Secretary Stephen Newnham to resign immediately by banning him from preparations for the 2010 State Election campaign.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Clearing roadsides may not be the answer for fire safety</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The call for the burning and clearing of roadside vegetation from entry and exit roads to towns in bushfire areas may in fact be a counter productive approach that will put people at risk, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why is there no media scepticism about these terror raids?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/why-is-there-no-media-scepticism-about-these-terror-raids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/why-is-there-no-media-scepticism-about-these-terror-raids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdul Nacer Benbrika]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Bongiorno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christine nixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terror raids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With all the reports that an imminent terrorist attack had been thwarted by police, there's been no mention of the fact that police have spun this line to the media before.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Theophanous gone: Dean Mighell waiting</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/theophanous-gone-dean-mighell-waiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/theophanous-gone-dean-mighell-waiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Mighell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theo theophanous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Controversial Victorian MP Theo Theophanous formally announced his resignation from state politics today. After a weekend of intense speculation, his future was finally sealed by Premier John Brumby.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s big call on the Honourable Member for Ivanhoe</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/brumbys-big-call-on-the-honorable-member-for-ivanhoe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/brumbys-big-call-on-the-honorable-member-for-ivanhoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Carbines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Langdon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanhoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Office Selection Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Brumby's right faction of the Victorian ALP faces a difficult decison tonight when it decides whether the prolong the career of the Member for Ivanhoe Craig Langdon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pre-conference pandemonium in Brumby&#8217;s ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/pre-conference-pandemonium-in-brumbys-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/pre-conference-pandemonium-in-brumbys-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Ombudsman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An angry showdown is looming over Victorian Premier John Brumby's promise to "clean up" the ALP, after key proposals to reform party membership were rejected by his factional allies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Watching the ALP stacks come in: the membership rorts go on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lannan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Extensive and apparently systemic rorting of ALP membership rules in Victoria has continued despite the Brimbank scandal.]]></description>
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		<title>The Brimbank scourge that spans Victoria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darebin Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local councillors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittlesea Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Brumby's decision to sideline notorious numbers man George Seitz will have little impact in faction-ridden Victoria.]]></description>
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		<title>ALP councillors who are MP staffers: a Crikey list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/alp-councillors-who-are-mp-staffers-a-crikey-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/alp-councillors-who-are-mp-staffers-a-crikey-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The parlous state of Labor-controlled councils in Victoria suggests John Brumby's mob is more than capable of imploding on its own.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another feral ALP council set to test Brumby</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/another-feral-alp-council-set-to-test-brumby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/another-feral-alp-council-set-to-test-brumby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casey Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Melbourne council described by ALP insiders as the "new Brimbank" is being probed by the Victorian Ombudsman on at least three fronts.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Beer mat Mum&#8221; follows media script to perfection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/beermat-mum-follows-media-script-to-perfection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/21/beermat-mum-follows-media-script-to-perfection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dodd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beermat Mum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest tabloid beat-up suggests the Australian media will grab any chance it can to condemn the authorities of our Asian neighbours, especially if it involves beer.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public support for Bushfire Royal Commission fast evaporating</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/public-support-for-bushfire-royal-commission-fast-evaporating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/public-support-for-bushfire-royal-commission-fast-evaporating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian bushfires]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Commission should revise its format now, or we may need another inquiry down the track, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s Grand Prix spinning out of control. Don&#8217;t tell Fairfax</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/brumbys-grand-prix-spinning-out-of-control-dont-tell-fairfax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/brumbys-grand-prix-spinning-out-of-control-dont-tell-fairfax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Ecclestone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Prix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could this be the beginning of the end for the Grand Prix at Melbourne’s Albert Park? Asks <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger&#8217;s &#8216;economic benefit&#8217; a case of hit and hope</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/tigers-economic-benefit-a-case-of-hit-and-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/tigers-economic-benefit-a-case-of-hit-and-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ernst and young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Preimer John Brumby says a visit from Tiger Woods is worth $19 million. How does he know, asks <b>Andrew Crook</b>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>John Brumby: Jewish lobby puppet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/john-brumby-jewish-lobby-puppet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/john-brumby-jewish-lobby-puppet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian jewish community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iranian president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why has Victorian Premier John Brumby succumbed to the Jewish lobby on meeting former Iranian president Sayed Khatami? Asks <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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