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		<title>Electoral funding figures show Labor&#8217;s donations collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sock puppets are not real people</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/sock-puppets-are-not-real-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/sock-puppets-are-not-real-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian Labor Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: Gillard consolidates her lead</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/12/05/newspoll-54-46-to-coalition-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Newspoll has the Coalition two-party lead at 54-46, down from an aberrant 57-43 a fortnight ago. The Coalition is down four points on the primary vote to 44%, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/10/11/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor has neither the brains nor strength to fix its problems</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/rundle-labor-has-neither-the-brains-nor-strength-to-fix-its-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/rundle-labor-has-neither-the-brains-nor-strength-to-fix-its-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rundle's ruminations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Emerson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's leaders would have to be political geniuses to manoeuvre themselves out of the current fix -- and they ain't no geniuses. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/rundle-labor-has-neither-the-brains-nor-strength-to-fix-its-problems/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: disaffection for both parties</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/22/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/22/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newspoll has the Coalition lead up from 56-44 to <b>57-43</b>, from primary votes of 27% for Labor (down two), 47% for the Coalition (steady) and a solid 14% for the Greens (up two), reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/08/22/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kroger joins call to ban political donations &#8230; it&#8217;s prawns, Moet and satire for yachties &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Power Index</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamilton Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael kroger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael yabsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They call him 'the Pope', Don Farrell is number six on our list of Political Fixers. Also Michael Yabsley gets the backing of Liberal Party grandee Michael Kroger over banning political donations, it's prawns, Moet and satire for the yachties at Hamilton and Phil Green’s chance to give back.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberal.org.au publishes calls to violence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/08/01/liberal-org-au-publishes-calls-to-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/08/01/liberal-org-au-publishes-calls-to-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comment moderation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal.org.au]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are dangers of a political party publishing comments as if it were a media organisation. On the Liberal Party’s liberal.org.au website, comments inciting violence against the Greens remain, notes <b>Jeremy Sear</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/08/01/liberal-org-au-publishes-calls-to-violence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reith v Abbott: the early 90s wants its zeal back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/reith-v-abbott-the-early-90s-just-called-and-wants-its-reform-zeal-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/reith-v-abbott-the-early-90s-just-called-and-wants-its-reform-zeal-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hewson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malcolm fraser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tensions between Tony Abbott and Peter Reith have deep roots in recent Liberal history. The former minister's eagerness to prevent a return to "the Fraser years", unencumbered by the party presidency, will be fascinating to watch.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/reith-v-abbott-the-early-90s-just-called-and-wants-its-reform-zeal-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>What will lure people back to political parties?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until parties empower their members and can convince them they can achieve something positive for society, voters won't be interested.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/what-will-lure-people-back-to-political-parties/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott makes Irish joke of Liberals&#8217; economic cred</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/27/abbott-makes-irish-joke-of-liberals-economic-credentials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/27/abbott-makes-irish-joke-of-liberals-economic-credentials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Briggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Ciobo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott's incapacity to handle the basics of economic policy is hurting his party.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/27/abbott-makes-irish-joke-of-liberals-economic-credentials/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>82</slash:comments>
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		<title>A very fair question for the Prime Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/a-very-fair-question-for-the-prime-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/a-very-fair-question-for-the-prime-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Stockdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Julia Gillard knows how to ask a fair question. It's a pity she doesn't know how to answer it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: is &#8216;cost of living&#8217; a partisan issue?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/essential-is-cost-of-living-a-partisan-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/essential-is-cost-of-living-a-partisan-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting intention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to perceptions of "cost of living pressures", voters see the issue differently according to how they vote.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/essential-is-cost-of-living-a-partisan-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>75</slash:comments>
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		<title>Morgan: 51.5-48.5 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/06/02/morgan-51-5-48-5-to-coalition-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/06/02/morgan-51-5-48-5-to-coalition-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[morgan poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Roy Morgan face-to-face poll shows little change on the previous result from a fortnight ago. But preselection news for the next electoral cycle heats up, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/06/02/morgan-51-5-48-5-to-coalition-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: 52-48 to Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/05/30/newspoll-52-48-to-coalition-essential-research-54-46/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/05/30/newspoll-52-48-to-coalition-essential-research-54-46/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=226206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Relatively good news for Labor from Newspoll, which shows the Coalition’s eight point two-party preferred lead cut to four, reports <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/05/30/newspoll-52-48-to-coalition-essential-research-54-46/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: the Labor Party &#8230; trashing its brand since 2009&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gambling regulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The extent of Labor's brand damage is once again apparent, today's Essential Report shows.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 2010 Australian election study</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/04/11/essential-research-53-47-and-the-2010-australian-election-study/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2011/04/11/essential-research-53-47-and-the-2010-australian-election-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Essential Research is in, with one particular graph showing <em>when</em> voters decided who they were voting for in last year's election, reports <b>William Bowe</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Possum: Crashes and rebounds for Labor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2011/03/22/crashes-and-rebounds/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2011/03/22/crashes-and-rebounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=212420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plugging all the latest political polling data fit to print, we can see how the two party preferred Pollytrend has changed, from a sharp downturn for the government in late February, to a recovery in recent weeks. <b>Possum Comitatus</b> explains.]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima wrecks the already problematic finances of nuclear power</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/fukushima-wrecks-the-already-problematic-finances-of-nuclear-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/fukushima-wrecks-the-already-problematic-finances-of-nuclear-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=210772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Financing new nuclear power stations is difficult enough at the best of times. Fukushima will make the maths even harder for years to come.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/fukushima-wrecks-the-already-problematic-finances-of-nuclear-power/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Opposition says</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/03/09/the-opposition-says/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/03/09/the-opposition-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=209362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, they might as well rename the ABC News “The Opposition Says”, since nowadays it seems to be their default method of opening any story about Australian politics, argues <b>Jeremy Sear</b>,]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>New angle for the Coalition? Asylum seekers and child p-rn&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/22/new-angle-for-the-coalition-asylum-seekers-and-child-p-rn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/22/new-angle-for-the-coalition-asylum-seekers-and-child-p-rn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department of immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=205439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Liberal senator has gone fishing trying to connect asylum seekers and child pornography.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/22/new-angle-for-the-coalition-asylum-seekers-and-child-p-rn/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ideology dividing both parties</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/17/policies-and-personalities-causing-grief-on-both-sides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/17/policies-and-personalities-causing-grief-on-both-sides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideology and personalities are usually the stumbling blocks to political unity. But they work in quite different ways in the Liberal and Labor parties.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/17/policies-and-personalities-causing-grief-on-both-sides/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grattan: Morrison&#8217;s disgraceful effort</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/thats-not-guts-thats-not-an-apology-20110216-1awod.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/thats-not-guts-thats-not-an-apology-20110216-1awod.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers funerals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Michelle Grattan</b> fires up over MP Scott Morrison's non-apology for his "insensitive" comments about asylum seekers attending funerals, declaring that Abbott needs to "get back the discipline", before the Opposition unravels completely.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/thats-not-guts-thats-not-an-apology-20110216-1awod.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hockey stands aside from Islamophobia campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/16/hockey-stands-aside-from-islamophobia-campaign-and-where-was-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/16/hockey-stands-aside-from-islamophobia-campaign-and-where-was-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cory Bernardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scott Morrison's attempt to exploit the funerals of the Christmas Island victims forms part of a series of attacks on Muslims from sections of the Liberal Party.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/16/hockey-stands-aside-from-islamophobia-campaign-and-where-was-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>141</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senior Liberal staffer: Hockey must go</title>
		<link>http://www.menzieshouse.com.au/2011/02/senior-liberal-staffer-speaks-out-hockey-must-go.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.menzieshouse.com.au/2011/02/senior-liberal-staffer-speaks-out-hockey-must-go.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers funerals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Hockey should be forced to leave his position as Shadow Treasurer after he undermined colleague Scott Morrison and manipulated the funerals of asylum seekers for political benefit, writes an anonymous senior Liberal Party staffer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.menzieshouse.com.au/2011/02/senior-liberal-staffer-speaks-out-hockey-must-go.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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