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	<title>Crikey &#187; Kevin Rudd</title>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s divorced from reality when it comes to gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/rudds-divorced-from-reality-when-it-comes-to-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/rudds-divorced-from-reality-when-it-comes-to-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Partnerships Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Religious Right are gathering in Canberra this weekend and Kevin Rudd is the guest speaker. There is only one thing this audience want to hear from him: that he will strike down the ACT’s recently amended Civil Partnerships Act, writes <b>Brian Greig</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd is drowning on boat people</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/when-it-comes-to-the-boat-people-issue-rudd-is-drowning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/when-it-comes-to-the-boat-people-issue-rudd-is-drowning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oceanic viking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He may have got a bounce in the polls today, but the Prime Minister’s handling of the <em>Oceanic Viking</em> issue has been singularly inept.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Uncle Kevin&#8217;s Working Family Assortment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/first-dog-on-the-moon-445/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/first-dog-on-the-moon-445/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Fevola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freddo frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Sandilands]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orangutan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palm oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stolen generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilson Tuckey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the times when saying sorry just isn't enough]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sorry, but Kevin and Malcolm pulled it off</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/sorry-but-kevin-and-malcolm-pulled-it-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/sorry-but-kevin-and-malcolm-pulled-it-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgotten Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national apology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speeches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well done to both Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, who this morning made excellent speeches in Parliament's Great Hall, to representatives of the Forgotten Generation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s Indian diplomacy to be tested</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Diplomacy to be tested ... A good time to have something else on his mind ... A glutton for interest rate punishment ... Words of wisdom from on high]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours: Rudd&#8217;s media management continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/tips-and-rumours-133/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/tips-and-rumours-133/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Sturt Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What did journalist Sandra O'Malley write about Rudd's trip to India that was enough to send him into a rage and attempt to ban future background briefings for overseas trips?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murdoch visits, spends a week talking to himself</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/murdoch-visits-spends-a-week-talking-to-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/murdoch-visits-spends-a-week-talking-to-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural cringe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Corp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we keep listening to Rupert Murdoch? Is it because he doesn't let us stop, with all interviews conducted by either employees or employees of an arm of News, directly or indirectly.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/murdoch-visits-spends-a-week-talking-to-himself/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd and the rentseekers: climate for sale</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/rudd-could-be-a-great-leader-on-climate-change-if-he-actually-tried/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/rudd-could-be-a-great-leader-on-climate-change-if-he-actually-tried/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change sceptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Prime Minister is so angry about the efforts of denialists to derail action on climate change, here's a suggestion: stop giving them taxpayers' money.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Saint Kevin&#8217;s halo has finally slipped</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/mungo-saint-kevin%e2%80%99s-halo-has-finally-slipped/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/mungo-saint-kevin%e2%80%99s-halo-has-finally-slipped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If last week's polling switch is really a result of the boat people kerfuffle, Rudd won’t be able to bluster and twitter his way out of it. So what does he have to do to win the voters back?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cage match: Rudd on climate sceptics &#8212; a step forward or pure politics?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/cage-match-rudd-on-climate-sceptics-a-step-forward-or-pure-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/cage-match-rudd-on-climate-sceptics-a-step-forward-or-pure-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change deniers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change sceptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey cage match]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lowy institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rudd's <a href="http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1167">a speech</a> about climate change sceptics was clever politics, and statesmanlike to boot, writes <b>Tony Kevin</b>. But <b>Tim Hollo</b> doesn't agree -- in fact, he says Rudd might be the worst kind of climate sceptic. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Golden Retriever Digest proudly presents&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/first-dog-on-the-moon-438/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/first-dog-on-the-moon-438/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/first-dog-on-the-moon-438/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[... an open letter to Kevin Rudd]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Global climate talks hotting up in Barcelona</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/global-climate-talks-hotting-up-in-barcelona/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/global-climate-talks-hotting-up-in-barcelona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hepburn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate talks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions targets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global climate talks are hotting up. This week, negotiators are meeting in Barcelona for the last week of discussions before the Copenhagen meeting in December. But the talks were brought to a halt by a group of African nations.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/global-climate-talks-hotting-up-in-barcelona/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tough new restrictions on visits to detention centres</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/tough-new-restrictions-on-visits-to-detention-centres/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/tough-new-restrictions-on-visits-to-detention-centres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serco -- the company behind troubled UK immigration detention centres and prisons and now the contractor in Australia -- has introduced a tough new regime to inhibit visitors to Australian detention centres, writes <b>Trish and John Highfield</b>.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shocking. Watch punter Kevin go off</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/shocking-watch-punter-kevin-go-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/shocking-watch-punter-kevin-go-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne cup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The PM was on Shocking in the Melbourne Cup. Which pretty much covers his response.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kevin Rudd knows nothing, even less than Alan Jones</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/kevin-rudd-knows-nothing-even-less-than-alan-jones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/kevin-rudd-knows-nothing-even-less-than-alan-jones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister has developed a too-cute-by-half strategy of professing ignorance about the handling of events in Indonesia, reflecting his ongoing struggle to find a communications strategy that will enable him to get control of the issue again.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd leads the nation, not the ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/crikey-says-120/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/crikey-says-120/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition should give up -- its best and brightest have left politics and now work for Kevin Rudd. And Rudd's power as national leader now looks unassailable.]]></description>
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		<title>Mungo: Tough stance on boat people borders on the ridiculous</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/mungo-tough-stance-on-boat-people-borders-on-the-ridiculous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/mungo-tough-stance-on-boat-people-borders-on-the-ridiculous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Border protection" -- the very phrase is ominous. It evokes a country under siege, its frontiers threatened by the rampaging armies of Attila the Hun. No wonder our politicians feel that they have to be tough about it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meet Kevin Rudd&#8217;s &#8220;scum of the earth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/meet-kevin-rudds-scum-of-the-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/meet-kevin-rudds-scum-of-the-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Gosford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smugglers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smuggling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of the Northern Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The two men charged with bringing a boatload of Afghani asylum seekers into Australian waters appeared before the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory last week. Are these the people really "scum of the Earth"? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Politicians try to patch up a leaky boat of their own making</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/rundle-politicians-try-to-patch-up-a-leaky-boat-of-their-own-making/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/rundle-politicians-try-to-patch-up-a-leaky-boat-of-their-own-making/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government's current problems with the <em>Oceanic Viking</em> stem entirely from its being too-clever-by-half – it's of a piece with Ruddism, the idea that a series of brilliant technical decisions can serve as policy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to stand up for human rights in Sri Lanka &#8212; at last</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/time-to-stand-up-for-human-rights-in-sri-lanka-at-last/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/time-to-stand-up-for-human-rights-in-sri-lanka-at-last/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamil Tigers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamils]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's <a href="http://www.srilankaweek.com.au/">Sri Lanka Week</a>, but rather than thinking about investments, perhaps we should focus on the 300,000 Tamils being imprisoned in an internment camp in the country, in direct violation of their human rights rights, writes <b>Jake Lynch</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Question Time fun: See Kevin run. See Kevin hide.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/question-time-fun-see-kevin-run-see-kevin-hide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/question-time-fun-see-kevin-run-see-kevin-hide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oceanic viking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Ruddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The pursuit of the Prime Minister over the Oceanic Viking made, <em>inter alia</em>, for a rather more interesting Question Time yesterday than we’ve had in some months.]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Photoshop Nightmare</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/first-dog-on-the-moon-432/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/first-dog-on-the-moon-432/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cujo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[night of the living dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the shining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agggghghghghhhh]]></description>
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		<title>We need new fast trains &#8230; fast.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/we-need-new-fast-trains-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/we-need-new-fast-trains-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are all to blame with our pathetic mimicking of the American arrogant entitlement to drive anywhere we want. But fast rail lines, like those seen in Spain, are exactly what Australia's public transport system needs.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>To, The Austrialian Government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-430/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-430/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazaras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir there is to much truble on us.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boat people have had the Rudd government lost for words</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/boat-people-have-had-the-rudd-government-lost-for-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/boat-people-have-had-the-rudd-government-lost-for-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Kerr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Shanahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government is clearly rattled. Oddly, though, it hasn’t been rattled by the Coalition, which has its own problems on asylum seekers. It seems more scared by what might happen on the issue rather than what has happened.]]></description>
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