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	<title>Crikey &#187; lobbyists</title>
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		<title>Small business and the light on the hill</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/small-business-and-the-light-on-the-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/29/small-business-and-the-light-on-the-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian Labor Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey reads have their say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbyists and public policy decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/23/lobbyists-and-public-policy-decisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/23/lobbyists-and-public-policy-decisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<title>Business&#8217; $10m carbon tax rally &#8212; will anyone show up?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/07/business-carbon-tax-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/07/business-carbon-tax-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no carbon tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=233917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Confusion surrounds the fledgling Australian Trade and Industry Alliance and its advertising campaign against the federal government’s carbon price scheme, with industry groups unsure of its membership or direction, writes <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Andrew Duffy</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Raising the profile&#8217; of Dictators R Us &#8212; a PR register</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/25/raising-the-profile-of-dictators-r-us-a-pr-register/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/25/raising-the-profile-of-dictators-r-us-a-pr-register/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mubarak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's plenty of money to be made representing despots in Washington.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/25/raising-the-profile-of-dictators-r-us-a-pr-register/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Westpac&#8217;s Labor insiders go to work in Canberra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/westpacs-labor-insiders-go-to-work-in-canberra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/westpacs-labor-insiders-go-to-work-in-canberra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Westpac has turned to two former Labor staffers to represent it in Canberra as the heat comes on to regulate the banks.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/westpacs-labor-insiders-go-to-work-in-canberra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Disappointment abounds at CPI&#8217;s small rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/27/disappointment-abounds-at-cpis-small-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/27/disappointment-abounds-at-cpis-small-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=181231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The consumer price index figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Australia does not yet have an inflationary problem]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does anybody in Canberra really know anything?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/24/come-in-spinner-does-anybody-in-canberra-really-know-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/24/come-in-spinner-does-anybody-in-canberra-really-know-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Come in Spinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press gallery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=148101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting close to a subject in political science often makes things darker and harder to see and journalists in the press gallery are no exception, writes <b>Noel Turnbull</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Goldman&#8217;s secret army</title>
		<link>http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2010/05/goldman-sachs-publicly-backs-financial-reform-%E2%80%94-while-dispatching-army-lobbyists</link>
		<comments>http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2010/05/goldman-sachs-publicly-backs-financial-reform-%E2%80%94-while-dispatching-army-lobbyists#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 04:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs may be publicly cheering for tighter financial regulations, but behind the scenes, it has spent $6 million in the last year alone, running an army of DC lobbyists, employing the services of 14 separate lobbying firms.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public Option Annie: an impromptu insurance industry musical</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/public-option-annie-an-impromptu-insurance-industry-musical/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/public-option-annie-an-impromptu-insurance-industry-musical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billionaires for Wealthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[musicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public option]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Protestors from Billionaires for Wealthcare interrupt a meeting of insurance lobbyists America&#8217;s Health Insurance Plans, which is doing its darndest to stop health care reform&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;in song!]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/public-option-annie-an-impromptu-insurance-industry-musical/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Soros spends $1b on a green paint job</title>
		<link>http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/convenient_george_soros_to_invest_10_million_year_in_rent_seeking_for_his_g/</link>
		<comments>http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/convenient_george_soros_to_invest_10_million_year_in_rent_seeking_for_his_g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Soros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=92227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Billionaire George Soros has <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=aMU3BkV3yqPU">received</a> plenty of positive press for pledging to invest $1 billion in green technology and forming an environmental lobby group. But is lobbying for your investments really philanthropy? Or just rent-seeking?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Funeral lobby leaves regulation in its wake</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funerals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week in lobbyville, the nation's undertakers appear to be embarking on a campaign to keep the cost of dying high by calling on governments to regulate low cost operators out of business.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama vs the lobbyists: who&#8217;s winning?</title>
		<link>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/09/obama-vs-lobbyists</link>
		<comments>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/09/obama-vs-lobbyists#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rahm emanuel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=86781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On his first day in office, Barack Obama issued an executive order targeting lobbyists' power. But with 3,300 lobbyists working on health care alone, he underestimated the task ahead. <b>Andy Kroll</b> checks out the scorecard.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paul Kelly, John Howard and East Timor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-77/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-77/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east timor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-77/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on John Howard's involvement in East Timor's independence, the lobbyist to MP ratio and Senator Steve Fielding's spelling.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-77/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Four to one: our lobbyist to MP ratio</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/four-to-one-our-lobbyist-to-mp-ratio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/four-to-one-our-lobbyist-to-mp-ratio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Fitzgerald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyist register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/four-to-one-our-lobbyist-to-mp-ratio/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Parliament now has at least four lobbyists for every MP and Senator, according to the Government’s Register of Lobbyists. And that's only counting third-party lobbyists.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/four-to-one-our-lobbyist-to-mp-ratio/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbyists fall on hard times</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/05/AR2009090502419.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/05/AR2009090502419.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=84560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington now has 2,200 fewer registered lobbyists than a year ago, even though it's prime time for political lobbying, with health care and energy legislation up for grabs. Companies just don't have the money, says <b>Dan Eggen</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbyists&#8217; MP form guide: Hockey &#8220;buffoon&#8221;, Wong &#8220;least impressive&#8221;, Bishop &#8220;no cred&#8221;, Turnbull &#8220;no contest&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/lobbyists-mp-form-guide-hockey-buffoon-wong-least-impressive-bishop-no-cred-turnbull-no-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/lobbyists-mp-form-guide-hockey-buffoon-wong-least-impressive-bishop-no-cred-turnbull-no-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endeavour Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Tunrbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/lobbyists-mp-form-guide-hockey-buffoon-wong-least-impressive-bishop-no-cred-turnbull-no-contest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As an insight into the views of a senior Canberra lobbying outfit, these notes from Endeavour Consulting are priceless and very informative of what well-placed insiders think of key players in Canberra.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pearson: Wild Rivers run with the stink of lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/pearson-wild-rivers-run-with-the-stink-of-lobbyists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/pearson-wild-rivers-run-with-the-stink-of-lobbyists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chalco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noel Pearson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/pearson-wild-rivers-run-with-the-stink-of-lobbyists/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The handling of the Wild Rivers process indicates a complete disequilibrium in power, writes <b>Noel Pearson</b>. The indigenous community must have equal access to government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/pearson-wild-rivers-run-with-the-stink-of-lobbyists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbyists on the move</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/tips-and-rumours-65/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/tips-and-rumours-65/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centrelink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Press Club]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/tips-and-rumours-65/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor spinner Alex Cramb will be returning to lobbying outfit Government Relations Australia next week, a tipster tells <em>Crikey</em> today.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A clarification on children in detention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin Grech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walkman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-30/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lobbyists ... Detention centres ... that Grech guy ... First Dog on christianity ... Walkmans and Helen Razer ... MJ jokes. It's all on Crikey readers' minds today.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>New lobbyists land in Canberra every week</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/3-4-new-lobbyists-landing-in-canberra-every-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/3-4-new-lobbyists-landing-in-canberra-every-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyist register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spin cycle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/3-4-new-lobbyists-landing-in-canberra-every-week/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd Government's Lobbyist Register celebrates its first birthday today and is in rude health.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/3-4-new-lobbyists-landing-in-canberra-every-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to lobbyists: update your details please</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/18/tips-and-rumours-37/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/18/tips-and-rumours-37/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AEG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/18/tips-and-rumours-37/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's Crikey tips and rumours, a request for lobbyists to update their details and NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal tries to avoid "dirty dancing" incident.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/18/tips-and-rumours-37/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hot tips for lobbying Ministers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/06/16/some-free-tips-for-lobbyists/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/06/16/some-free-tips-for-lobbyists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=67375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our source -- who's been both a lobbyist and the recipient of lobbying -- is now doling out advice. For example, why not use the Opposition to raise your issue?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A golden age for lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/567nydlh.asp</link>
		<comments>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/567nydlh.asp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=64799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Obama spreads Washington's reach, big government can mean big opportunities for lobbyists.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s &#8220;useful idiots&#8221; in the Australian media</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/israels-useful-idiots-in-the-australian-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/israels-useful-idiots-in-the-australian-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Howe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Sheridan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Albrechtsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Limited]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel understands how important it is to roll out the red carpet for the media. But why are any journalists accepting? ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/israels-useful-idiots-in-the-australian-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The top ten firms lobbying Washington on climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-climate-change-lobbying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-climate-change-lobbying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 06:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon emissions trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new analysis of Senate disclosure records shows that more than 880 businesses and interest groups registered to lobby on climate change in the first quarter of 2009 — up more than 14%.]]></description>
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