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		<title>Labor stuck between the miners and a Green place</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/business/mining-tax-is-far-from-settled-20100722-10n38.html?autostart=1</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/business/mining-tax-is-far-from-settled-20100722-10n38.html?autostart=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With news that the smaller mining companies may begin advertising against the government's proposed mining tax this weekend, the government appears caught between the Greens and the mining industry, writes <b>Elizabeth Knight</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the women in the Liberal Party?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/where-are-the-women-in-the-liberal-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/where-are-the-women-in-the-liberal-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal oppostion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shortage of Liberal women in parliament is one of the great unnoted stories following the last election, writes <b>Stephen Luntz</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull walks the path of Opposition Leaders past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/turnbull-walks-the-path-of-opposition-leaders-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/turnbull-walks-the-path-of-opposition-leaders-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest walks in Parliament House is from the Opposition Leader’s office out to the "Opposition Leader’s Courtyard", writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/turnbull-walks-the-path-of-opposition-leaders-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The endless search for the Liberal Party Messiah</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/the-endless-search-for-the-liberal-party-messiah/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/11/the-endless-search-for-the-liberal-party-messiah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Peacock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hewson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malcolm fraser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberals never disappoint. They lose government and they search desperately, often in the most unlikely places, for a Messiah. It happens every time, writes <b>Norman Abjorensen</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Costello&#8217;s mission to destroy the Liberal Party</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/06/costellos-mission-to-destroy-the-liberal-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/06/costellos-mission-to-destroy-the-liberal-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re witnessing one of the lowest, most selfish and spiteful acts of political bastardry in many a year, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/06/costellos-mission-to-destroy-the-liberal-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mafia scandal should make O&#8217;Farrell and Turnbull very nervous &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/mafia-scandal-should-make-ofarrell-and-turnbull-very-nervous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/mafia-scandal-should-make-ofarrell-and-turnbull-very-nervous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Vanstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal elements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration detention centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, it now seems the Federal Police have been investigating links between the Liberal Party organisation and a local franchise of the Calabrian mafia, writes <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull is just a bad poll from implosion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/turnbull-is-just-a-bad-poll-from-implosion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/turnbull-is-just-a-bad-poll-from-implosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull’s leadership could implode very quickly if there are any further polling reverses, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/turnbull-is-just-a-bad-poll-from-implosion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business donations crossed the floor in 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007-08 political donations data shows a massive surge in business donations to the ALP prior to the 2007 election, compared to prior to the 2004 election, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Rudd manifesto: an exercise in simplistic propaganda</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/the-rudd-manifesto-an-exercise-in-simplistic-propaganda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/the-rudd-manifesto-an-exercise-in-simplistic-propaganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo liberalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Rudd's <i>Monthly</i> fairytale, evil Austrian economists reanimated the corpse of laissez faire economics and the parties of the Right sent it raging across the developed world, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/the-rudd-manifesto-an-exercise-in-simplistic-propaganda/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s membership crisis &#8212; they&#8217;re not the only ones</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/labors-membership-crisis-theyre-not-the-only-ones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/labors-membership-crisis-theyre-not-the-only-ones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The malaise in our political parties has underlying social causes that neither of them is yet willing to face up to, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/labors-membership-crisis-theyre-not-the-only-ones/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Costello retirement saga, part XXIV</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/the-costello-retirement-saga-part-xxiv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/the-costello-retirement-saga-part-xxiv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Costello disappears from the scene altogether, his supporters will find their lack of a unifying theme all the more debilitating, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/the-costello-retirement-saga-part-xxiv/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to the Liberal Party: just shut up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/memo-to-the-liberal-party-just-shut-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/memo-to-the-liberal-party-just-shut-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world may be undergoing an historic financial crisis and Australia teetering on the edge of recession but for many Liberals at the moment it’s all about the Nationals, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK Labour weighs up leadership change</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/uk-labour-weighs-up-leadership-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/uk-labour-weighs-up-leadership-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thabo mbeki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political parties are becoming less tolerant of their leaders writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Turnbull&#8217;s front bench: clash of the chihuahuas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/turnbulls-front-bench-clash-of-the-chihuahuas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/turnbulls-front-bench-clash-of-the-chihuahuas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to female ministerial representation,  the conservative side has lifted its game. 7 of Labor’s 30 ministers are women, compared to 7 of 32 on the Coalition side, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/turnbulls-front-bench-clash-of-the-chihuahuas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The saga of filling Malcolm Turnbull&#8217;s front bench</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/the-saga-of-filling-malcolm-turnbulls-front-bench/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/the-saga-of-filling-malcolm-turnbulls-front-bench/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front bench]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new frontbench will have a very thin look about it. Turnbull will have to make the most effective use of limited resources, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/the-saga-of-filling-malcolm-turnbulls-front-bench/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Competent WA bureaucracy makes former ministry look competant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/competent-wa-bureaucracy-makes-former-ministry-look-competant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/competent-wa-bureaucracy-makes-former-ministry-look-competant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The announcement of the new Liberal Ministry yesterday concluded the most spectacular period in Western Australian politics in recent history, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership II: Turnbull lovers can wait</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/leadership-ii-turnbull-lovers-can-wait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/leadership-ii-turnbull-lovers-can-wait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership challenge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no counting of numbers or lobbying today, which suggests there’ll be no action initiated by Turnbull next week, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Transition or challenge, either way, bye bye Nelson</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/transition-or-challenge-either-way-bye-bye-nelson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/transition-or-challenge-either-way-bye-bye-nelson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull might reflect -- in fact it would be strange if he hadn’t already -- that the winners of Australian politics are those who let nothing get in the way of their ambitions, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malcolm Turnbull &#8212; time to go for the full Nelson</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/11/malcolm-turnbull-time-to-go-for-the-full-nelson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/11/malcolm-turnbull-time-to-go-for-the-full-nelson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull needs to move quickly – next week, preferably – to take the Liberal leadership and get conservative politics out of this leadership absurdity, write <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/11/malcolm-turnbull-time-to-go-for-the-full-nelson/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Minchin&#8217;s Liberals forget the Senate rules</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/minchins-liberals-forget-the-senate-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/minchins-liberals-forget-the-senate-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Minchin, in what appears an appalling knowledge of precedent and tradition, last week convinced his colleagues not to offer a candidate for the position of Senate President, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/minchins-liberals-forget-the-senate-rules/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Marking the Costello legacy: average to poor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/marking-the-costello-legacy-average-to-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/marking-the-costello-legacy-average-to-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Costello was an aordinary treasurer and his legacy has been soured by inflation and weakenning economic growth, writes <b>Stephen Koukoulas</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/02/marking-the-costello-legacy-average-to-poor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA Labor&#8217;s reactionary smoking gun</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/wa-labors-reactionary-smoking-gun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/wa-labors-reactionary-smoking-gun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Public policy is still run in Western Australia by obscene and ostentatious greed, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/wa-labors-reactionary-smoking-gun/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Woodside&#8217;s $25,000 to WA Liberals condenses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/woodsides-25000-to-wa-liberals-condenses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/woodsides-25000-to-wa-liberals-condenses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodside Petroleum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WA Liberals have brought home the bacon for Woodside, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/woodsides-25000-to-wa-liberals-condenses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor &#8216;cr-pping itself&#8221; over WA polling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/labor-cr-pping-itself-over-wa-polling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/labor-cr-pping-itself-over-wa-polling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Expectations that Alan Carpenter’s government will be comfortably returned in Western Australia are dying hard, writes <b>Poll Bludger</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/labor-cr-pping-itself-over-wa-polling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nats and Libs in merger fever</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/nats-and-libs-in-merger-fever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/nats-and-libs-in-merger-fever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark mcardle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minister john howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queensland parliament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 16 months on the backbench, Lawrence Springborg is back in charge of the Queensland Nats and his merger crusade seems unstoppable, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/nats-and-libs-in-merger-fever/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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