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	<title>Crikey &#187; labor party</title>
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		<title>Electoral funding figures show Labor&#8217;s donations collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor's donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>CFMEU out of the WA Labor cold, state conference to decide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cfmeu-out-of-the-wa-labor-cold-state-conference-to-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WA branch of the CFMEU appears to have succeeded in its botched bid to re-affiliate with Labor, after an emergency meeting of the ALP’s administrative committee referred the decision to state conference.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reshuffle promotes Gillard&#8217;s &#8216;warlords&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: A ministerial reshuffle yesterday resulted in promotions for the architects of Julia Gillard's prime ministerial coup, a demotion for a Kevin Rudd supporter and a record number of female ministers in Australian politics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP Left hang tight to reforms as they step up numbers drive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/alp-left-hang-tight-to-reforms-as-they-step-up-numbers-drive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/alp-left-hang-tight-to-reforms-as-they-step-up-numbers-drive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP Left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium to India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP's Left say they will not give up on key reforms trashed by the Right at national conference and will urgently move to recruit multiple members to force Labor to democratise.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: Gillard consolidates her lead</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll has the Coalition two-party lead at 54-46, down from an aberrant 57-43 a fortnight ago. The Coalition is down four points on the primary vote to 44%, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Delegates back Gillard on uranium exports to India</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/04/pm-predictably-gets-her-way-on-uranium/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/04/pm-predictably-gets-her-way-on-uranium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium to India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ALP delegates back Julia Gillard on uranium exports to India despite an emotive round of speeches against the proposition. <b>Andrew Crook</b> reports from the national conference floor at <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump"><em>The Stump</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/04/pm-predictably-gets-her-way-on-uranium/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd parties with gay activists; will &#8216;examine bill closely&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/04/rudd-in-buoyant-mood-at-same-sex-celebration/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/04/rudd-in-buoyant-mood-at-same-sex-celebration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Has Kevin Rudd changed his tune on gay marriage? <b>Andrew Crook</b> found him celebrating with activists last night at the ALP national conference, reporting the latest at <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump"><em>The Stump</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/04/rudd-in-buoyant-mood-at-same-sex-celebration/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bowen wins ALP fight for offshoreprocessing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/03/bowen-gets-offshore-nod-at-raucous-alp-conf/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/03/bowen-gets-offshore-nod-at-raucous-alp-conf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Bowen has succeeded in his bid to change Labor’s national platform to allow for offshore processing of refugees after a rancour-filled debate, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/03/bowen-gets-offshore-nod-at-raucous-alp-conf/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian political parties are dying, and fast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/crikey-says-australian-political-parties-are-dying-and-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian political parties are cossetted by compulsory voting, public funding and exemptions in areas such as privacy. But despite those protections, they are dying, and quickly.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let the ALP conference begin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/let-the-alp-conference-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/let-the-alp-conference-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The ALP party has rolled into town for the first day of the Labor national conference in Sydney. With gay marriage, uranium and asylum seeker policy all up for grabs, expect it to be a raucous weekend. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/let-the-alp-conference-begin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why gay marriage is life and death</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/crikey-says-why-gay-marriage-is-life-and-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/crikey-says-why-gay-marriage-is-life-and-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT deputy chief minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Barr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's lots of arguments for same-sex marriage. Andrew Barr -- ACT deputy chief minister, member of Labor's National Right caucus and a gay man -- makes a pretty compelling one in <em>Crikey</em> today.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/crikey-says-why-gay-marriage-is-life-and-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd is only stating the obvious on reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/despite-hypocrisy-rudd-is-only-stating-the-obvious-on-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/despite-hypocrisy-rudd-is-only-stating-the-obvious-on-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Far from being a radical contribution to the Labor reform debate, Kevin Rudd's proposals are only a first step in what Labor needs to do.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/despite-hypocrisy-rudd-is-only-stating-the-obvious-on-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Uranium sales, arms control fails</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/16/uranium-sales-arms-control-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/16/uranium-sales-arms-control-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium to India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=259423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>NAJ Taylor</b> discusses uranium exports in the context of nonproliferation and disarmament, after Labor yesterday announced its proposal to sell uranium to India. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>In WA, Labor attention turns from Gillard to the backroom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/in-wa-labor-attention-turns-from-gillard-to-the-backroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/in-wa-labor-attention-turns-from-gillard-to-the-backroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Ripper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lost in this week's mild panic over Labor's dire national Newspoll performance has been the parlous state of the party's primary vote in Western Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/in-wa-labor-attention-turns-from-gillard-to-the-backroom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Young Labor backs gays on Richo&#8217;s advice</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/young-labor-backs-gays-on-richos-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/young-labor-backs-gays-on-richos-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe de Bruyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=249493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Young Labor national conference has backed progressive resolutions on gay marriage and asylum seekers while simultaneously electing arch social conservative Ben Maxfield as its next president.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/young-labor-backs-gays-on-richos-advice/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s core values? Take your pick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/26/labors-core-values-take-your-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/26/labors-core-values-take-your-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In her rendition of Labor values, the Prime Minister left out any sense of how community -is meant to cohere or function in the face of the hurry and instability of post modern post industrial globalisation, writes <b>David Ritter</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richardson: how Labor blew its chance of marriage compromise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/richardson-how-labor-blew-its-chance-of-marriage-compromise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/richardson-how-labor-blew-its-chance-of-marriage-compromise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain's Liberal Democrats have pledged to legalise same-sex marriage before the next election. In Australia, Labor blew its chances of a compromise.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/richardson-how-labor-blew-its-chance-of-marriage-compromise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>As the economy improves, Labor&#8217;s ownership of it deteriorates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/08/as-the-economy-improves-labors-ownership-of-it-deteriorates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/08/as-the-economy-improves-labors-ownership-of-it-deteriorates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resources boom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The stronger the economy seems under Labor, the less Labor gets any credit for it. Labor should be pondering why and front and centre in any such inquiry should be Wayne Swan.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/08/as-the-economy-improves-labors-ownership-of-it-deteriorates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thomson’s tax time bomb. Tick, tick, tick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/thomson%e2%80%99s-tax-time-bomb-tick-tick-tick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/thomson%e2%80%99s-tax-time-bomb-tick-tick-tick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Taxation Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson is facing some serious issues with the Australian Taxation Office, writes <b>Chris Seage</b>, tax consultant and former ATO audit manager.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/thomson%e2%80%99s-tax-time-bomb-tick-tick-tick/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is real, people</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/crikey-says-this-is-real-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/crikey-says-this-is-real-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership speculation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem is there for the prime minister, a problem that wasn't there before Wednesday afternoon, and it's one that won't go away any time soon.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/crikey-says-this-is-real-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor Party suffering at the hands of union leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/the-power-index-labor-party-suffering-at-the-hands-of-union-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/the-power-index-labor-party-suffering-at-the-hands-of-union-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Barry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor factions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Labor party membership falling fast, the rank and file angry and disillusioned and loyalists declaring that Labor no longer stands for anything. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/the-power-index-labor-party-suffering-at-the-hands-of-union-leaders/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon cops run amok in a world of spin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/01/carbon-cops-run-amok-in-a-world-of-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/01/carbon-cops-run-amok-in-a-world-of-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political spin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carbon price "debate" shows the effects of decades of spin. "Carbon cops", busting down your front door and scaring the kids in pursuit of unauthorised emissions, had been invented by the Coalition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/01/carbon-cops-run-amok-in-a-world-of-spin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>What will lure people back to political parties?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until parties empower their members and can convince them they can achieve something positive for society, voters won't be interested.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>With the Greens in charge, there&#8217;s no hope for Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/rundle-with-the-greens-in-charge-theres-no-hope-for-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/rundle-with-the-greens-in-charge-theres-no-hope-for-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live exports ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Sherry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The vacuum of leadership in Labor has been filled by the Greens, which is now setting the political agenda. Nobody believes this government can retain power in two years.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/rundle-with-the-greens-in-charge-theres-no-hope-for-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor needs to shut up, but it can&#8217;t stop talking</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/labor-needs-to-shut-up-but-it-cant-stop-talking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/labor-needs-to-shut-up-but-it-cant-stop-talking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press gallery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's lack of resilience is directly feeding the traditional press gallery obsession with personality politics.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/labor-needs-to-shut-up-but-it-cant-stop-talking/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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