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	<title>Crikey &#187; Kim Beazley</title>
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		<title>Another Beazley jnr set to step up to the political plate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/another-beazley-jnr-set-to-step-up-to-the-political-plate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hannah Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The name Beazley could once again grace the green leather of an Australian parliament with Kim Beazley’s daughter Hannah being vigorously bandied about ahead of WA Labor’s 2013 preselection round.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tanya Plibersek takes the pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/03/tanya-plibersek-takes-the-pledge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/03/tanya-plibersek-takes-the-pledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pledge loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pledge of allegiance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Citizenship is a birthright; reciting or refusing to recite a pledge of allegiance would make zero difference to that. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The WikiLeaks Australian cable dump: choice picks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/the-wikileaks-australian-cable-dump-choice-picks-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/the-wikileaks-australian-cable-dump-choice-picks-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Loughnane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wikileaks's latest cables offer a particularly revealing insight into the way Alexander Downer and some of his officals conducted themselves when he was Foreign Minister.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richardson: elections aren&#8217;t always what they seem</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/richardson-elections-arent-always-what-they-seem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/richardson-elections-arent-always-what-they-seem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peru elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preferential voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two-party preferred vote]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ollanta Humala is the legitimate president-elect of Peru, and he's entitled to make what he can of his opportunity. If he succeeds, this could be remembered as the time his country made a decisive choice.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Latham: Gerard Henderson suffers from chronic corresponditis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerard Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henderson Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim fischer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I worry about Gerard Henderson, really. He has a chronic case of corresponditis -- the inability, at the end of a protracted exchange of letters, to allow his correspondent to have the last word, writes former Labor leader <b>Mark Latham</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>Placards not the only thing on display as the denialists gather</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/24/placards-not-the-only-thing-on-display-as-the-denialists-gather/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/24/placards-not-the-only-thing-on-display-as-the-denialists-gather/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate denialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=212834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The gathering of climate denialists in Canberra yesterday was notable for its age and monoculturalism, and for why they remain a problem for the Liberal Party.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/24/placards-not-the-only-thing-on-display-as-the-denialists-gather/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>165</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another vintage &#8216;let&#8217;s get Rudd&#8217; story</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/another-vintage-lets-get-rudd-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/another-vintage-lets-get-rudd-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Everingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd's not a gatecrasher, a DFAT source says. His enemies, and there are many, should get over him and let him get on with his job and his life.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shanahan: Labor back in Beazley territory</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tony-abbott-narrows-gap-on-kevin-rudd/story-e6frg6n6-1225882038091</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tony-abbott-narrows-gap-on-kevin-rudd/story-e6frg6n6-1225882038091#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=147044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Tony Abbott's maintains high levels of personal dissatisfaction with voters, but he is slowly narrowing the gap of preferred prime minister, says <b>Dennis Shanahan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Poll Bludger&#8217;s Election 2010 preview, Part 1: WA &#8212; the state of excitement!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/poll-bludgers-election-2010-preview-part-1-wa-the-state-of-excitement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/poll-bludgers-election-2010-preview-part-1-wa-the-state-of-excitement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources Super Profits Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Will history prove again that Western Australia is a problem for the ALP? Get your wonk on in this, the first in a preview series from Poll Bludger's <b>William Bowe</b> on the upcoming Federal election...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ding dong, the ALP is dead</title>
		<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10413&#038;page=0</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10413&#038;page=0#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 23:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian Labor Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP is a shell of its former self, a power hungry Faux-Labor Party that lacks vision, writes <b>Geoff Davies</b>. We thought Kevin Rudd would save the ALP, but from asylum seekers to climate change, he just digs its grave deeper.]]></description>
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		<title>Penberthy: Next stop, Kevin Rudd the musical</title>
		<link>http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/yoursay/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/pm_rules_with_hard_head_not_soft_heart/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/yoursay/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/pm_rules_with_hard_head_not_soft_heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd's personal style is making his health reform plans terminal. Rudd's setting himself to be the next Paul Keating: the popular PM who couldn't convince voters of challenging ideas, says <b>David Penberthy</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>When will Beazley realise he isn&#8217;t a pollie now?</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/backward-looking-beazley-shows-why-pollies-make-bad-diplomats/story-e6frg6zo-1225854277892</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/backward-looking-beazley-shows-why-pollies-make-bad-diplomats/story-e6frg6zo-1225854277892#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accredited diplomats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian ambassador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we keep having Australian ambassadors as ex-politicians? asks <b>Jim Molan</b>. Kim Beazley in Washington shouldn't be talking so candidly about the war in Afghanistan since it's such a tense issue between the US and Australia.]]></description>
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		<title>Marieke Hardy: That loveable perennial loser, Kim Beazley</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/01/2832575.htm?site=thedrum</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/01/2832575.htm?site=thedrum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kim Beazley seems like such a lovely chap -- intelligent, yet cuddly -- except he always stumbles at the last hurdle. His wheelchair photos in the Oval Office are ripe for ridiculing, says <b>Marieke Hardy</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Great myths in Australian politics: GST almost cost Howard &#8217;98 election</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/great-myths-in-australian-politics-gst-almost-cost-howard-98-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/great-myths-in-australian-politics-gst-almost-cost-howard-98-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The GST didn't nearly lose John Howard the election in 1998, instead it's the only reason he stayed in office. Just check out the Newspoll ratings <em>before</em> the GST announcement, says <b>Stephen Spencer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fran Kelly: Fight, fight, fight, fight&#8230; Abbott&#8217;s itching for one</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/18/2775322.htm?site=thedrum</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/18/2775322.htm?site=thedrum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former boxer and current Liberal leader Tony Abbott may be chomping at the bit for an election battle, but a look at Labor history shows aggressive Oppositions don't win elections, notes <b>Fran Kelly</b>. Remember Mark Latham?]]></description>
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		<title>My trip to the Parliamentary Press Gallery: day one</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/24/my-trip-to-the-parliamentary-press-gallery-day-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/24/my-trip-to-the-parliamentary-press-gallery-day-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annabel Crabb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The truth about Shantung Lamb ... it's delicious!]]></description>
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		<title>Oakes: Tough talking Rudd misses the real baddies</title>
		<link>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-should-talk-tough-to-sri-lanka/story-e6frezz0-1225787671159</link>
		<comments>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-should-talk-tough-to-sri-lanka/story-e6frezz0-1225787671159#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than "beating the anti-asylum seeker drum', Kevin Rudd should criticise the Sri Lankan government for their treatment of Tamils. <em>That</em> might improve conditions and decrease refugees, argues <b>Laurie Oakes</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Big tick for Beazley/Nelson appointments</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/29/essential-report-leaders-approval-strength/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/29/essential-report-leaders-approval-strength/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's Essential Report comes in with a two-party preferred vote of <b>59-41</b> -– a 1-point gain to the ALP -- and finds Aussies give a thumbs-up to Brendan Nelson and Kim Beazley's ambassadorial appointments. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/29/essential-report-leaders-approval-strength/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Environment shouldn&#8217;t be a ball in political game</title>
		<link>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2009/09/playing-with-their-heads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2009/09/playing-with-their-heads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian ambassador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll tells the real double dissolution story: the electorate wants an Emissions Trading Scheme but it doesn't want an early election over it. ]]></description>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87816</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-jump-to-the-left-then-a-step-to-the-right-20090920-fwss.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Hartcher: Rudd plays nicely with the other team</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rudd-likes-to-embrace-liberals-20090917-ftr9.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rudd-likes-to-embrace-liberals-20090917-ftr9.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian pollies aren't known for their bipartisanship, although PM Kevin Rudd is changing that with his latest ambassadorial postings. Or, is Rudd just forward planning for his own career? asks <b>Peter Hartcher</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rudd-likes-to-embrace-liberals-20090917-ftr9.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fair shares: Nelson gets the EU, Beazley gets US</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In another deft display of bipartisanship, Kevin Rudd has immediately followed Brendan Nelson’s farewell to Parliament with a surprise announcement that the former Opposition Leader will be appointed EU and NATO Ambassador.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/fair-shares-nelson-gets-the-eu-beazley-gets-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Overseas postings: send your critics far, far away</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/crikey-says-88/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/crikey-says-88/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian ambassador]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister had big news this morning, announcing Kim Beazley and Brendan Nelson as new ambassadors. Is Mark Latham's ambassadorial posting due any second now?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/crikey-says-88/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mr Beazley goes to Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/mr-beazley-goes-to-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/mr-beazley-goes-to-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Ambassador]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kim Beazley will head to Washington as the next US ambassador. And in a smart nod to bipartisanship, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has also just announced Brendan Nelson as Australia's new ambassador to the EU and NATO. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/mr-beazley-goes-to-washington/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Telstra decision is just good policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/telstra-out-of-bad-policy-by-greed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s an element of politics in Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s decision to break Telstra up. But it’s also good policy that finally corrects the huge mistake Bob Hawke and Kim Beazley made.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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