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	<title>Crikey &#187; Liberal Party</title>
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		<title>The Liberal-National divide grows deeper</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/crikey-says-127/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/crikey-says-127/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Federal Coalition is going to rupture, it would be better for the Liberal Party to control the process, rather than sit back and let it happen or allow Barnaby Joyce to control it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/crikey-says-127/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate change: the Coalition&#8217;s new Hansonism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-coalition-need-howards-pragmatism-on-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-coalition-need-howards-pragmatism-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4 corners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change sceptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-coalition-need-howards-pragmatism-on-climate-change/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a number of similarities between Howard-era Hansonism and climate denialism, but the biggest similarity is that both mean big trouble for the Coalition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-coalition-need-howards-pragmatism-on-climate-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>193</slash:comments>
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		<title>Barnaby&#8217;s gotta go &#8230; and fast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/barnabys-gotta-go-and-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/barnabys-gotta-go-and-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce is a serious threat to the electoral prospects of the Coalition and must be removed forthwith from Opposition ranks. The federal Liberal Party should demand that the LNP remove Joyce. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/barnabys-gotta-go-and-fast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not clean, not dirty &#8230; Turnbull masters inactivity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Phelps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Opposition is good at neither the high road nor the low road politics. The scandal over Malcolm Turnbull's office proposing tactics for getting media attention just demonstrates this further.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/not-clean-not-dirty-turnbull-masters-inactivity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do the Coalition shuffle!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/do-the-coalition-shuffle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/do-the-coalition-shuffle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris pearce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret May]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/do-the-coalition-shuffle/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to the Coalition reshuffle? Remember that? But reshuffles create losers and Malcolm Turnbull, who is one major brain explosion away from losing the leadership, has enough enemies as things stand.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/do-the-coalition-shuffle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>No happy endings for Coalition after Minchin&#8217;s stance on Telstra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/no-happy-endings-for-coalition-after-minchins-stance-on-telstra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/no-happy-endings-for-coalition-after-minchins-stance-on-telstra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/no-happy-endings-for-coalition-after-minchins-stance-on-telstra/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nick Minchin may succeed in delaying Stephen Conroy’s Telstra break-up Bill. But he is painting the Coalition into a corner on Telstra and it’s not going to end well.

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/no-happy-endings-for-coalition-after-minchins-stance-on-telstra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Singing from Howard&#8217;s hymn book no help to Libs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition parties that have been in government for a long time often take just as long to realise that they are no longer in government and to start behaving accordingly, writes <b>Dr Aron Paul</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/singing-from-howards-hymn-book-no-help-to-libs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Break-up Telstra? Nope, no way, forgeddaboutit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/crikey-says-113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/crikey-says-113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/crikey-says-113/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know the Liberal Party’s position on the break-up of Telstra -- denial and delay! -- is flawed when it makes Barnaby Joyce look like the voice of reason. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/crikey-says-113/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Possum: Coalition&#8217;s &#8220;economic legacy&#8221; in tatters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/coalitions-economic-legacy-in-tatters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/coalitions-economic-legacy-in-tatters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/coalitions-economic-legacy-in-tatters/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new Essential Report has found the public have a favourable view of the Rudd government's economic management, and they're dismissing every single economic angle the Opposition has been raising as an attack for the past six months.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/coalitions-economic-legacy-in-tatters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The CPRS: what the Liberals want</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Malcolm Turnbull has convinced the Coalition to push amendments on the  Government’s CPRS. But what is it that the Liberals want?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/the-cprs-what-the-liberals-want/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<item>
		<title>Stimulus and employment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-99/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on the economic stimulus package and jobs as an economic indicator. Plus, Bernard Keane's alleged jealousy of Joe Hockey.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/12/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-99/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Looking back, this will not be the Liberals&#8217; finest hour</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/looking-back-this-will-not-be-the-liberals-finest-hour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/looking-back-this-will-not-be-the-liberals-finest-hour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/looking-back-this-will-not-be-the-liberals-finest-hour/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A future historian will look back at the gung-ho neoliberal era of circa 1975-2006 and wonder about its wild excesses and its selective blindness; the present day Liberal Party will no doubt be part of that curious museum exhibit, writes <b>Norman Abjorensen</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/looking-back-this-will-not-be-the-liberals-finest-hour/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Turnbull&#8217;s four steps to annihilation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/kohler-turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/kohler-turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/kohler-turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull’s 'Four Point Plan To Pay Off Labor’s Debt' was a tired, dismal effort that will sink without trace, because there’s hardly anything in it, and no-one cares anyway because they’re focused on whether he’ll survive to the weekend.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/kohler-turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malco the Magnificent!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a bunny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malco the magnificent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pick a card, any card...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hockey would be a disaster as Opposition Leader</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/hockey-would-be-a-disaster-as-opposition-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/hockey-would-be-a-disaster-as-opposition-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/hockey-would-be-a-disaster-as-opposition-leader/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Hockey is a lightweight at best, and his performance in the media yesterday proved it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/hockey-would-be-a-disaster-as-opposition-leader/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to become a federal MP. Part 2, the Libs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-2-the-libs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-2-the-libs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-2-the-libs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your handy pocket guide to gaining preselection in the federal Liberal Party, where hopefuls must jump through numerous social hoops and front "pre-pre-selection" selection committees just to get a look-in.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-2-the-libs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bradfield preselection shows NSW Libs have changed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/how-the-nsw-conservative-wing-of-the-liberal-party-has-changed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/how-the-nsw-conservative-wing-of-the-liberal-party-has-changed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Yusuf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality and politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Berger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/how-the-nsw-conservative-wing-of-the-liberal-party-has-changed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At this Saturday’s Bradfield preselection at the Hornsby RSL, one of the front runners will be a conservative who also happens to be openly gay, although <b>Irfan Yusuf</b> doubts that he'll  be wearing a skivvy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/how-the-nsw-conservative-wing-of-the-liberal-party-has-changed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Opposition and climate: what&#8217;s really going on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/the-opposition-and-climate-whats-really-going-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/the-opposition-and-climate-whats-really-going-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For some time, the Liberal leadership has been resigned to the Nationals voting against any form of emissions trading. And even some Liberal backbenchers voting against it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd rage consumes the Opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/the-red-mists-of-rudd-rage-descend-on-the-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/the-red-mists-of-rudd-rage-descend-on-the-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/the-red-mists-of-rudd-rage-descend-on-the-opposition/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Howard haters took years to develop. Rudd rage has been quicker -- and the Federal Opposition is obsessed with it as yesterday's Question Time showed. But the rage won't help them.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Helen Coonan: Labor rewrites history on female participation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/helen-coonan-labor-rewrites-history-on-female-participation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/helen-coonan-labor-rewrites-history-on-female-participation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Reid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/helen-coonan-labor-rewrites-history-on-female-participation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The propensity of the Labor Party to rewrite history was on clear display yesterday with the triumphal chest beating of Labor women Ministers at the expense of the Liberal Party. How wrong they are! writes <b>Helen Coonan</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Termination payouts: government policy simply makes sense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris pearce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive termination payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government introduced a Bill seeking to limit executive termination payments to one year’s fixed salary. But in a move that's commercially, morally and politically indefensible, the Libs have opposed it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Advice for Arthur on winning back Bennelong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/advice-for-arthur-on-winning-back-bennelong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/advice-for-arthur-on-winning-back-bennelong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Saville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthur Sinodinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bennelong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some free advice for former Howard staffer Arthur Sinodinos on how to win back Bennelong for the Libs in 2010. For a start, keep Jackie Kelly's husband away from the printer...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The way forward for the NSW and Victorian Liberals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/the-way-forward-for-the-nsw-and-victorian-liberals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/the-way-forward-for-the-nsw-and-victorian-liberals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barry ofarrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/the-way-forward-for-the-nsw-and-victorian-liberals/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Tom Elliott</b> has a seven-point plan to deliver Liberal ascendancy in NSW and Victoria, including a focus on water and the three Rs. Hey, it couldn't hurt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/the-way-forward-for-the-nsw-and-victorian-liberals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull is failing his party on every front</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/rundle-turnbull-is-failing-his-party-on-every-front/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/rundle-turnbull-is-failing-his-party-on-every-front/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/rundle-turnbull-is-failing-his-party-on-every-front/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull has the least aptitude for frontline politics of anyone in recent memory.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/rundle-turnbull-is-failing-his-party-on-every-front/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bradfield will be a test for the Liberals, mark my words</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Mackerras</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gippsland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Byelections can no longer be guaranteed to record good results for Opposition parties. So how will the Bradfield byelection play out? If the Liberal share is less than 58%, it'll be bad news for Malcolm Turnbull. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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