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	<title>Crikey &#187; John Faulkner</title>
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		<title>Women at war, the mother of political betrayals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/rundle-women-at-war-the-mother-of-political-betrayals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/rundle-women-at-war-the-mother-of-political-betrayals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women and war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd government's policy of equality will be fulfilled when a young Australian mother is killed on the front line, and her small children can fold up a flag and put it on her coffin.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner flicks FOI exclusivity; bunfight begins!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/no-exclusivity-in-faulkners-new-world-of-gotcha-free-foi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/no-exclusivity-in-faulkners-new-world-of-gotcha-free-foi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new era of transparency and openness sought by the media (and most prominently by the News Ltd dominated Right To Know Coalition) comes with an unexpected complication: now everyone can play.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Terminator Salvation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/first-dog-on-the-moon-332/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/first-dog-on-the-moon-332/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joke fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First Dog On the Moon Exclusive! Australian Labor Party linked to Skynet!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The new Defence Minister&#8217;s first visit to Russell Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/tips-and-rumours-31/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/tips-and-rumours-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Debus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The West Australian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scene One, Act One from the new Defence Minister's first visit to Russell Hill, and <em>The West</em> calls for voluntary redundancies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd reshuffle: a win for talent&#8230; and factional allegiances</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/rudds-reshuffle-adds-a-layer-to-the-levels-of-complexity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/rudds-reshuffle-adds-a-layer-to-the-levels-of-complexity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You have to hand it to the Prime Minister -- he sure likes making things complicated. <strong>Bernard Keane</strong> wraps the weekend reshuffle action after Joel Fistgibbon's resignation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</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>

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		<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>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>

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		<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>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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/joel-fitzgibbons-gone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Think tanks as lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/think-tanks-as-lobbyists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/think-tanks-as-lobbyists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[think tanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Koutsantonis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Faulkner should remember the influence and power of think tanks when reviewing the effectiveness of the federal lobbyists register. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Attorney General&#8217;s break with tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/the-attorney-generals-break-with-tradition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/the-attorney-generals-break-with-tradition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Turnbull mistake ... Talking down the rates ... John Faulkner practices what he preaches]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/the-attorney-generals-break-with-tradition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner&#8217;s Freedom of Information shake-up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/faulkners-freedom-of-information-shake-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/faulkners-freedom-of-information-shake-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Freedom of Information regime faces its biggest shake-up since its inception under draft legislation unveiled by John Faulkner today, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/faulkners-freedom-of-information-shake-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>John Faulkner: Captain transparency</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/john-faulkner-captain-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/john-faulkner-captain-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 election will be held under significantly stronger funding and disclosure requirements if John Faulkner has his way, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/john-faulkner-captain-transparency/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberals play spot the hypocrite on political accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/liberals-play-spot-the-hypocrite-on-political-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/liberals-play-spot-the-hypocrite-on-political-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barry ofarrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyist register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therese Rein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The opposition bags the government over fundraising, but stays conspicuously silent on other accoutability issues, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Privacy Oz style in a google world</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/privacy-oz-style-in-a-google-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/privacy-oz-style-in-a-google-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For John Faulkner, the definitional challenge of privacy is resolved by empowering people to make their own decisions about what personal information becomes available, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whistle blower protection too late for Orkopoulos staffer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/whistle-blower-protection-too-late-for-orkopoulos-staffer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/whistle-blower-protection-too-late-for-orkopoulos-staffer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Special Minister of State John Faulkner today committed to legislation establishing a "preferred model" for whistle-blower protection in 2009, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/whistle-blower-protection-too-late-for-orkopoulos-staffer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government takes its time reforming FOI</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/government-takes-its-time-reforming-foi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/government-takes-its-time-reforming-foi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Special Minister of State John Faulkner today announced the abolition of conclusive certificates that can be used to block Freedom of Information requests, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner&#8217;s fight for transparency lands some big blows</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/15/faulkners-fight-for-transparency-lands-some-big-blows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/15/faulkners-fight-for-transparency-lands-some-big-blows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Special Minister of State John Faulkner has amended the Government’s new Register of Lobbyists requirements to address industry concerns, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/01/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/01/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The West Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[troy buswell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people's political coverage. <b>Richard Farmer</b> writes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Faulkner&#8217;s Lobbyist Register won&#8217;t work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/03/why-faulkners-lobbyist-register-wont-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/03/why-faulkners-lobbyist-register-wont-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday John Faulkner released the Federal Government’s long-awaited proposal for a Register of Lobbyists, but it will only capture a minority – a small minority – of lobbyists, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Libs to put up or shut up on political funding reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/time-for-libs-to-put-up-or-shut-up-on-political-funding-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/time-for-libs-to-put-up-or-shut-up-on-political-funding-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political funding reform bill announced by John Faulkner last week is the most significant reforms to the mechanics of our political system in decades, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>That lobbyists&#8217; register would help, Mr Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/03/that-lobbyists-register-would-help-mr-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/03/that-lobbyists-register-would-help-mr-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawker Britton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The optics of the link between Rudd chief of staff David Epstein and his lobbyist wife Sandra Eccles are not good, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s Choice: 2007&#8217;s Sexiest Male &amp; Female Politicians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/21/peoples-choice-2007s-sexiest-male-female-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/21/peoples-choice-2007s-sexiest-male-female-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here they are, the annual People's Choice Award for Sexiest Male and Female Politician. Hot. ]]></description>
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		<title>New government: It’s not the gloss, it’s how long it lasts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/07/new-government-its-not-the-gloss-its-how-long-it-lasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/07/new-government-its-not-the-gloss-its-how-long-it-lasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bright new dawn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ministerial code of conduct is finally out, lobbyists will be registered, there’s a new era at the Reserve Bank and the already more than ample egos down at Treasury must now be pumped up close to bursting. Welcome to Kevin’s Age of Change, writes Christian Kerr.]]></description>
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		<title>Sorting fact from fiction in Kevin&#8217;s faction dealings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/sorting-fact-from-fiction-in-kevins-faction-dealings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/sorting-fact-from-fiction-in-kevins-faction-dealings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister elect Kevin Rudd keeps asserting he chose his own ministerial team rather than having the selections of internal groups ratified by a token vote of the Parliamentary Labor Party. There were always discussions between the leader and the leaders of the factions before the factions settled on their choices, says Richard Farmer]]></description>
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		<title>Team Kevin, John and Robert</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/team-kevin-john-and-robert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/team-kevin-john-and-robert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[arch bevis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey understands that the left heavy, along with Victorian right powerbroker Robert Ray, has been hard at work on transition to government plans. They are also advising Rudd on the make up of the ministry, and are believed to be stressing experience, writes Christian Kerr. ]]></description>
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