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		<title>All roads lead to Queensland</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/crikey-says-all-roads-lead-to-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/crikey-says-all-roads-lead-to-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campbell newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wivenhoe dam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brace yourselves as Queensland becomes the centre of the political universe ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>A dumb reshuffle puts spotlight back on Gillard&#8217;s woes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/a-dumb-reshuffle-puts-spotlight-back-on-gillards-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/a-dumb-reshuffle-puts-spotlight-back-on-gillards-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gllard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard's federal cabinet reshuffle -- promoting Bill Shorten and Mark Arbib while sacking good ministers -- again demonstrates her lack of judgment and fragility.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>203</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Labor&#8217;s &#8216;poor relationship with business&#8217; such a bad thing?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/is-labors-poor-relationship-with-business-such-a-bad-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/is-labors-poor-relationship-with-business-such-a-bad-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian public service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rr]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor apparently has a bad relationship with business. But what exactly does that mean, and why do voters not have a problem with it?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bonhomie thick at ALP conference as the deal-making begins</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/bonhomie-thick-at-alp-conference-as-the-deal-making-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/bonhomie-thick-at-alp-conference-as-the-deal-making-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doug cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gillard kicked off ALP National conference proceedings at the Sydney Convention Centre this morning by adopting Obama's/Optus' “yes” refrain, presumably to distinguish Labor from Tony Abbott’s negativity.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nielsen: strong improvement for Gillard, modest for Labor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/11/13/nielsen-55-45-to-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/11/13/nielsen-55-45-to-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:57:02 +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]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nielsen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Nielsen poll has Julia Gillard's personal ratings up six points on approval and down five points on disapproval but Labor's primary vote -- 32 percent -- is still dreadful, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/11/13/nielsen-55-45-to-coalition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>$80k pay day for Labor as CFMEU rejoins WA fold</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/80k-pay-day-for-labor-as-cfmeu-rejoins-wa-fold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Reynolds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA Labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The West Australian branch of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union is poised to re-affiliate with the Labor Party in that state, injecting up to $80,000 a year into ALP coffers and burying once and for all a bitter 2007 spat with foreign minister Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: 57-43 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/11/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/11/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll has Labor recovering three points from their record low primary vote last time, but continuing to languish on 29%, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for Gillard to put away funny hats, fluoro vests</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/time-for-gillard-to-put-away-funny-hats-fluoro-vests-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/time-for-gillard-to-put-away-funny-hats-fluoro-vests-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when your tactics are completely failing and defeat is looming? Some people might decide to try something different but not the Australian Labor Party. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/31/time-for-gillard-to-put-away-funny-hats-fluoro-vests-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: the Baillieu government&#8217;s honeymoon bounce</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/30/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-in-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/30/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-in-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ted ballieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor’s primary vote of 28 percent in Victoria offers the party new cause for woe: they have now had results in the twenties federally and in all five states covered by Newspoll, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/30/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-in-victoria/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Outgoing Labor MP Gibbons to rivals: adhere to a &#8216;proper f-cking process&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/outgoing-labor-mp-gibbons-to-rivals-adhere-to-a-proper-f-cking-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/outgoing-labor-mp-gibbons-to-rivals-adhere-to-a-proper-f-cking-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP preselection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Gibbons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Labor MP Steve Gibbons has delivered an impressive sledge against internal ALP rivals.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/outgoing-labor-mp-gibbons-to-rivals-adhere-to-a-proper-f-cking-process/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What game theory says about Labor&#8217;s woes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/what-game-theory-says-about-labors-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/what-game-theory-says-about-labors-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[game theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Faced with their opponents abandoning sound policy, what should Labor do? Maybe do the same, says one theory.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: could a six-year-old s-x scandal really bring Gillard undone?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/the-power-index-could-a-six-year-old-s-x-scandal-really-bring-gillard-undone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/the-power-index-could-a-six-year-old-s-x-scandal-really-bring-gillard-undone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Knott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the spectator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom switzer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Could a six-year-old sex scandal really bring Julia Gillard’s minority government undone? <a href="http://www.thepowerindex.com.au" target="_blank"><em>The Power Index</em></a>'s <b>Matthew Knott</b> reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: voters prefer Coalition if there&#8217;s another GFC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/essential-voters-prefer-coalition-if-theres-another-gfc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/essential-voters-prefer-coalition-if-theres-another-gfc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting intention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voters prefer the Coalition if there's another GFC, and they're convinced there's a surge of asylum seekers coming to Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/essential-voters-prefer-coalition-if-theres-another-gfc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Under pressure: leaning on lobby groups over the carbon tax</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/under-pressure-leaning-on-lobby-groups-over-the-carbon-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/under-pressure-leaning-on-lobby-groups-over-the-carbon-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Thomson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=236462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brad Kitschke, head of the Australian Sporting Goods Association and leader of the Fair Imports Alliance, has claimed that Tony Abbott's office effectively told him that the opposition would support his group on the GST issue if it came out against the carbon tax.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/under-pressure-leaning-on-lobby-groups-over-the-carbon-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Gillard under the hammer, support for a carbon price down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/essential-gillard-labor-bad-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/essential-gillard-labor-bad-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard's support has collapsed among voters and she now trails Tony Abbott as preferred Prime Minister. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/essential-gillard-labor-bad-polls/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon tax equates to a hiding in polls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/carbon-tax-equates-to-a-hiding-in-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/carbon-tax-equates-to-a-hiding-in-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebekah Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south sudan election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the carbon tax debate is about something that's going to happen, Labor is in for a public opinion poll hiding. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey says: Climate Change Authority key to carbon future</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/crikey-says-climate-change-authority-key-to-carbon-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/crikey-says-climate-change-authority-key-to-carbon-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct action plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the better aspects of the carbon price package revealed yesterday is its governance arrangements. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/crikey-says-climate-change-authority-key-to-carbon-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cynical weakness v economic irrationalism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/take-your-pick-cynical-weakness-v-economic-irrationalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/take-your-pick-cynical-weakness-v-economic-irrationalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live cattle exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government appears unconvinced it should be in power, and the Opposition will say anything, no matter how ridiculous, to confirm that.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/take-your-pick-cynical-weakness-v-economic-irrationalism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>91</slash:comments>
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		<title>Possum: Labor&#8217;s worst month in government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/possum-labors-worst-month-in-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/possum-labors-worst-month-in-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This quarter has seen everything move towards the Coalition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/possum-labors-worst-month-in-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No recovery for a leader too much like the man she knifed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/no-recovery-for-a-leader-too-much-like-the-man-she-knifed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/no-recovery-for-a-leader-too-much-like-the-man-she-knifed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard has not been able to give voters a sense of who she is beyond the woman who knifed Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/no-recovery-for-a-leader-too-much-like-the-man-she-knifed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pobje: Why does everybody think Labor is knackered?</title>
		<link>http://newmatilda.com/2011/06/23/labor-woes-what-labor-woes</link>
		<comments>http://newmatilda.com/2011/06/23/labor-woes-what-labor-woes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor is getting thumped by the media and in the polls, but when it comes to complex issues and long term reform people should be patient. A humane carbon-neutral country is in the mail, writes <b>Ben Pobje</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newmatilda.com/2011/06/23/labor-woes-what-labor-woes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Splitting climate change on party lines</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/crikey-says-splitting-climate-change-on-party-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/crikey-says-splitting-climate-change-on-party-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the striking elements about the public's belief in climate change that emerges from today's Essential Report findings is its highly politicised nature.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/crikey-says-splitting-climate-change-on-party-lines/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner&#8217;s Seinfeld moment &#8212; it&#8217;s all about nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/rundle-faulkners-seinfeld-moment-its-all-about-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/rundle-faulkners-seinfeld-moment-its-all-about-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Faulkner's Wran oration -- described as the "speech of his life" -- is, in fact, his <em>Seinfeld moment</em>: it is a speech about nothing. Labor's problems go much deeper.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/rundle-faulkners-seinfeld-moment-its-all-about-nothing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>106</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why is the federal government always in such a hurry?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/08/why-is-the-federal-government-always-in-such-a-hurry/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/08/why-is-the-federal-government-always-in-such-a-hurry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One feature of this federal government is that it is always in a hurry. There is no patience to wait until everything is in order before making an announcement. Slow down! says <b>Richard Farmer</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/08/why-is-the-federal-government-always-in-such-a-hurry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>In politics, impressions are paramount</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/04/29/when-its-only-your-opponents-who-are-making-noise/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/04/29/when-its-only-your-opponents-who-are-making-noise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard obviously reasoned that she could burn her base without consequence but what she forgot, and what the Labor party had better remember very soon, is that modern politics is largely about impressions, writes <b>Jeremy Sear</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/04/29/when-its-only-your-opponents-who-are-making-noise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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