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	<title>Crikey &#187; Lawrence Springborg</title>
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		<title>The magical world of John-Paul Langbroek</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/the-magical-world-of-john-paul-langbroek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/the-magical-world-of-john-paul-langbroek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jake Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John-Paul Langbroek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland opposition leader John-Paul Langbroek has had yet another week from hell.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qld ALP heavy to take the fall for Bligh campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/qld-alp-heavy-to-take-the-fall-for-bligh-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/qld-alp-heavy-to-take-the-fall-for-bligh-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A secret report has isolated 'systemic failures' in the ALP's recent Queensland campaign, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/qld-alp-heavy-to-take-the-fall-for-bligh-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland: hardly a triumph for democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/queensland-hardly-a-triumph-for-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/queensland-hardly-a-triumph-for-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks on, and results from the Queensland election are now final. <b>Charles Richardson</b> reflects. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hot dentist with famous sibling to lead LNP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/03/hot-dentist-with-famous-sibling-to-lead-lnp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/03/hot-dentist-with-famous-sibling-to-lead-lnp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John-Paul Langbroek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland has a new opposition leader: former Liberal and Member for Surfers Paradise, John-Paul Langbroek, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/03/hot-dentist-with-famous-sibling-to-lead-lnp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland gives hope to the hopeless</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/queensland-gives-hope-to-the-hopeless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/queensland-gives-hope-to-the-hopeless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP has won a lot of elections in the last decade, but few of them have confounded expectations as much as Saturday's victory in Queensland, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/queensland-gives-hope-to-the-hopeless/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Take the N out of QLD LNP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/take-the-n-out-of-qld-lnp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/take-the-n-out-of-qld-lnp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the LNP candidates who were the most successful in Brisbane and the Gold Coast are about as un-National as you can get, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Springborg&#8217;s stuff ups summoned the ghost of Joh</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/springborgs-stuff-ups-summoned-the-ghost-of-joh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/springborgs-stuff-ups-summoned-the-ghost-of-joh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP exploited Springborg’s ineloquence to the hilt during the campaign, and it worked, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/springborgs-stuff-ups-summoned-the-ghost-of-joh/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: have a nice trip Kevin, see you next fall</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/mungo-have-a-nice-trip-kevin-see-you-next-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/mungo-have-a-nice-trip-kevin-see-you-next-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister might feel that even if the economic cycle is still clearly running against him, the political climate at least has changed for the better, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/mungo-have-a-nice-trip-kevin-see-you-next-fall/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pineapple Party Time QLD election wrap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/pineapple-party-time-qld-election-wrap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/pineapple-party-time-qld-election-wrap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queensland labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What we had expected would be a long night was over in a flash, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/pineapple-party-time-qld-election-wrap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government by <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gold Coast Bully gives Queensland ALP the time of day</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/gold-coast-bully-gives-queensland-alp-the-time-of-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/gold-coast-bully-gives-queensland-alp-the-time-of-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The overall coverage from the Gold Coast Bulletin has been discernibly negative regarding Lawrence Springborg and his policies, writes <b>Ross Stapleton</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/gold-coast-bully-gives-queensland-alp-the-time-of-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What would a Springborg victory mean?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/what-would-a-springborg-victory-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/what-would-a-springborg-victory-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems reasonably clear that the opposition is gaining ground in spite of the Nationals' takeover, not because of it, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/what-would-a-springborg-victory-mean/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Borg can&#8217;t be sold to Brisbane, nor Bligh to Howard&#8217;s battlers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/borg-cant-be-sold-to-brisbane-nor-bligh-to-howards-battlers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/borg-cant-be-sold-to-brisbane-nor-bligh-to-howards-battlers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Few seem to have asked -- until the swing became obvious -- whether Anna Bligh could hold onto Beattie's vote on the urban fringes and in the regions, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/borg-cant-be-sold-to-brisbane-nor-bligh-to-howards-battlers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland ALP in dire straits</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/queensland-alp-in-dire-straits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/queensland-alp-in-dire-straits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Internal Labor tracking polls show the LNP on course for a win, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/19/queensland-alp-in-dire-straits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gold Coast political football &#8212; see the gloves come off</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/gold-coast-political-football-see-the-gloves-come-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/gold-coast-political-football-see-the-gloves-come-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You could be mistaken for thinking Saturday's Queensland election is about the whole of the state voting on whether it wants an AFL team on the Gold Coast, writes <b>Ross Stapleton</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/gold-coast-political-football-see-the-gloves-come-off/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anna Bligh&#8217;s ship of state threatened by a flood tide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/13/anna-blighs-ship-of-state-threatened-by-a-flood-tide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/13/anna-blighs-ship-of-state-threatened-by-a-flood-tide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Resigned apathy might be the phrase best suited to the election vibe in Queensland, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/13/anna-blighs-ship-of-state-threatened-by-a-flood-tide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carrara stadium funding political football raining goals for ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/10/carrara-stadium-funding-political-football-raining-goals-for-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/10/carrara-stadium-funding-political-football-raining-goals-for-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrara Stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now the ALP has a ready-made partisan issue where a vote for them is essentially a mandate for an AFL Gold Coast club -- while voting for the LNP will all but kill it off. Such a stark choice mocks Springborg's political radar, writes <b>Ross Stapleton</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/10/carrara-stadium-funding-political-football-raining-goals-for-alp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Springborg&#8217;s leadership question</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/springborgs-leadership-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/springborgs-leadership-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland Nationals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's little politicians can do when the press declares war on them, fairly or unfairly. But declaring war on the press rarely works, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/springborgs-leadership-question/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lawrence Springborg&#8217;s kooky rebranding exercise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has started talking up the possibility of former Minister Mal Brough running for a Labor held state seat. This is quite bizarre, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>A Lib-Nat merger will cripple the conservative cause</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/15/a-lib-nat-merger-will-cripple-the-conservative-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/15/a-lib-nat-merger-will-cripple-the-conservative-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal-National merger is being portrayed by Lawrence Springborg as unstoppable, but Queensland's federal Liberals disagree, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Springborg &#8211; The Borg &#8211; returns, this time as farce</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/springborg-the-borg-returns-this-time-as-farce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/springborg-the-borg-returns-this-time-as-farce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg has taken the extraordinary step of shovelling dirt into the Nationals' grave, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
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