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		<title>Meet Kevin Rudd&#8217;s &#8220;scum of the earth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/meet-kevin-rudds-scum-of-the-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/meet-kevin-rudds-scum-of-the-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Gosford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smugglers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people smuggling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of the Northern Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The two men charged with bringing a boatload of Afghani asylum seekers into Australian waters appeared before the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory last week. Are these the people really "scum of the Earth"? ]]></description>
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		<title>Why televising the Patel case is a recipe for disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/why-televising-the-patel-case-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/why-televising-the-patel-case-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jayant patel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[televised courts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Televising what happens in a courtroom is a brilliant idea for a range of reasons, but the case involving Dr Jayant Patel in Queensland is an unsuitable guinea pig.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Berlusconi may yet get his day in court</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/berlusconi-may-yet-get-his-day-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/berlusconi-may-yet-get-his-day-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judicial immunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi is not Italy's head of state -- just its head of government. If the country's minister is a crook, the courts need to be given the opportunity to say so.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW prison operator has a very chequered past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/nsw-prison-operator-has-a-very-chequered-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/nsw-prison-operator-has-a-very-chequered-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GEO Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New South Wales government has allowed the GEO Group to take over Sydney’s Parklea prison, despite the company's questionable history.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/nsw-prison-operator-has-a-very-chequered-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice in the balance &#8230; bank balance, that is</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/courts-justice-in-the-balance-bank-balance-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/courts-justice-in-the-balance-bank-balance-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/courts-justice-in-the-balance-bank-balance-that-is/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite decades of lip service from governments and the legal community, the price of justice is still prohibitively expensive for most Australians.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice on the cheap could be coming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/justice-on-the-cheap-could-be-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/justice-on-the-cheap-could-be-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Nicola Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/justice-on-the-cheap-could-be-coming/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Small groups suing corporate behemoths could benefit from a recent NSW court ruling, with capped fees and easier access. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/justice-on-the-cheap-could-be-coming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aboriginal patients may end up the real losers in ACC victory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/aboriginal-patients-may-end-up-the-real-losers-in-acc-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/aboriginal-patients-may-end-up-the-real-losers-in-acc-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a long-running legal tussle, a remote Aboriginal health clinic has lost its battle against the Australian Crime Commission to safeguard the privacy of its patient records.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>When copyright is specious: Salinger and The Catcher</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/when-copyright-is-specious-salinger-and-the-catcher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/when-copyright-is-specious-salinger-and-the-catcher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catcher in the Rye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JD Salinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The dogmatic insistence that <i>The Catcher in the Rye</i> is a masterpiece beyond change, adulteration or imitation is naïve at best, disingenuous at worst, writes <b>Binoy Kampmark</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dear Fairfax: Martin Bryant&#8217;s mother set to sue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/dear-fairfax-martin-bryants-mother-set-to-sue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/dear-fairfax-martin-bryants-mother-set-to-sue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Black</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairfax media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slater and gordon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey has obtained a copy of a letter from Slater and Gordon to Fairfax Media on behalf of convicted serial killer Martin Bryant's mother Carleen Bryant.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/dear-fairfax-martin-bryants-mother-set-to-sue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>How I found out a killer was stalking me</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/how-i-found-out-a-killer-was-stalking-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/how-i-found-out-a-killer-was-stalking-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 03:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Eric Gassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, psychiatrist Jean Eric Gassy was found guilty of murder. <b>Dr Peter Arnold</b> writes that shortly after Gassy was charged, he was told that the accused was found carrying a photo of him.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/how-i-found-out-a-killer-was-stalking-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tasmania: jailing ten-year-olds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/tasmania-jailing-ten-year-olds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/tasmania-jailing-ten-year-olds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobart Reception Prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juvenile justice system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tasmanian Department of Justice confirmed yesterday that last week a 10-year-old boy "was held for an hour in an adult prison before being taken to court and bailed."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/tasmania-jailing-ten-year-olds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Warhaft reaches for a lawyer in The Monthly fracas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/warhaft-reaches-for-a-lawyer-in-the-monthly-fracas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/warhaft-reaches-for-a-lawyer-in-the-monthly-fracas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Bornstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Warhaft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Monthly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The battle over Sally Warhaft's departure from <i>The Monthly</i> could be about shift to the courtroom.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/warhaft-reaches-for-a-lawyer-in-the-monthly-fracas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>David Souter &#8212; the Republican&#8217;s Democrat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/rundle-david-souter-the-republicans-democrat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/rundle-david-souter-the-republicans-democrat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Souter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Appointing liberal-minded Republican David Souter to the Supreme Court bench has had momentous consequences for American society.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conman Peter Foster&#8217;s untold stories of Tony and Cherie Blair</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/conman-peter-fosters-untold-stories-of-tony-and-cherie-blair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/conman-peter-fosters-untold-stories-of-tony-and-cherie-blair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherie Blair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Foster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Blair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conman Peter Foster intends continuing a Supreme Court action against London's <i>Daily Mail</i>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/conman-peter-fosters-untold-stories-of-tony-and-cherie-blair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fawcett to sue Tele over those &#8216;Hanson&#8217; pics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/fawcett-to-sue-tele-over-those-hanson-pics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/fawcett-to-sue-tele-over-those-hanson-pics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Fawcett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Breen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Telegraph]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems the notorious Pauline Hanson fake nude photos saga is headed for a delicious postscript.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/fawcett-to-sue-tele-over-those-hanson-pics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Alice in Wonderland world of asylum seeker law</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/the-alice-in-wonderland-world-of-asylum-seeker-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/the-alice-in-wonderland-world-of-asylum-seeker-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd government should fix Australia's two tier system for asylum seekers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland’s &#8216;antiquated and repressive&#8217; abortion laws</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/queensland%e2%80%99s-antiquated-and-repressive-abortion-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/queensland%e2%80%99s-antiquated-and-repressive-abortion-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cairns Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misoprostol]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The incoming Queensland government should follow the lead of Victoria and send the abortion laws to the Law Reform Commission for review, writes <b>Dr Caroline de Costa</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nothing normal in the BrisConnections fiasco</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/nothing-normal-in-the-brisconnections-fiasco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/nothing-normal-in-the-brisconnections-fiasco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BrisConnections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Byrnes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Anne Barrow Charitable Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Bolton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Rowe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The victims of the Nicholas Bolton-Leighton-BrisConnections secret deal have certainly not laid down, with continued legal action against BrisConnections and Macquarie Bank likely.]]></description>
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		<title>We need more like Frank Costigan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/we-need-more-like-frank-costigan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/we-need-more-like-frank-costigan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Faris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Costigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Packer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Costigan was a great Australian, but unfortunately he will always be remembered in the context of his conflict with Kerry Packer. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama fails the detention test</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/obama-fails-the-detention-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/obama-fails-the-detention-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, the Obama Administration took steps to prevent a Washington judge from hearing a challenge by four men who have been held for six years as ‘enemy combatants’ at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook: how to defame someone without really trying</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/facebook-how-to-defame-someone-without-really-trying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/facebook-how-to-defame-someone-without-really-trying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmanian politician Paula Wriedt is the latest high profile victim of Facebook attacks, but why aren't the proprietors of social networking sites doing more to prevent their use for harrassment?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Karadzic v Guantanamo Bay detainees: two very different trials</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/karadzic-v-guantanamo-bay-detainees-two-very-different-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/karadzic-v-guantanamo-bay-detainees-two-very-different-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on terror]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Karadzic is being tried by a UN War Crimes Tribunal. There have been no suggestions of torture at this tribunal. Guantanamo Bay detainees aren't so lucky,  argues <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice French II: continuing Rudd&#8217;s Liberal penchant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/justice-french-ii-continuing-rudds-liberal-penchant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/justice-french-ii-continuing-rudds-liberal-penchant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[robert french]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that Kevin Rudd is developing a penchant for appointing former Liberal and National Party members, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>High Court concedes influence of stolen generations apology</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/high-court-concedes-influence-of-stolen-generations-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/high-court-concedes-influence-of-stolen-generations-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s High Court decision in Northern Territory of Australia v Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust is one of those left-field events that can disrupt the entire political narrative of the nation, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice French I: wresting back the High Court</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/justice-french-i-wresting-back-the-high-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/justice-french-i-wresting-back-the-high-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert french]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd government has at last begun the task of wresting the High Court back from the conservatives who have dominated the bench for the last decade, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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