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		<title>Tips and rumours: Public servants get chakras aligned at taxpayer expense!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/tips-and-rumours-107/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/tips-and-rumours-107/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Thodey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service perks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to one tip-off today, a federal agency is the talk of the town after forking out $50,000 for a recent two night/three day sojourn at a luxury Southern Highlands resort for the entire staff.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Local concerns swept aside by Gillard&#8217;s Education Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/local-concerns-dont-cut-it-when-it-comes-to-gillards-education-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/02/local-concerns-dont-cut-it-when-it-comes-to-gillards-education-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stonnington Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Planning no longer operates under this system of fairness -- not when the Education Revolution is on the agenda, writes <b>Cr Claude Ullin</b><b>, mayor of the City of Stonnington.</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ferguson urges &#8220;science, not green faith&#8221; in letter to Batman residents</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/ferguson-urges-science-not-green-faith-in-letter-to-batman-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/ferguson-urges-science-not-green-faith-in-letter-to-batman-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darebin Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has taken a blowtorch to loyal ALP supporters in his own electorate, using a taxpayer-funded letter to slam a push for zero emissions as "faith based".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s staffer code jumps ahead of the law</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/brumbys-staffer-code-jumps-ahead-of-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/brumbys-staffer-code-jumps-ahead-of-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code of conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Brumby Government is introducing a staffers' code to insulate itself from controversy.  Ministerial staff will be banned from holding office as a local Government Councillor.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Byron Bay to be abandoned to the waves</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/byron-bay-to-be-abandoned-to-the-waves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/byron-bay-to-be-abandoned-to-the-waves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byron bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Byron Shire Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We should all be thankful that the Greens council which makes the decisions at Byron Shire isn't in charge of Venice, writes <b>Ian Evans</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hakki Suleyman snuggles up at ALP Head Office</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hakki Suleyman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s damning eyewitness account of in-the-flesh flouting of Victorian ALP party rules was overseen by sacked Justin Madden staffer Hakki Suleyman, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Watching the ALP stacks come in: the membership rorts go on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lannan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Extensive and apparently systemic rorting of ALP membership rules in Victoria has continued despite the Brimbank scandal.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Brimbank scourge that spans Victoria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darebin Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local councillors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittlesea Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Brumby's decision to sideline notorious numbers man George Seitz will have little impact in faction-ridden Victoria.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Politics in Sydney&#8217;s barmiest borough: Rockdale</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/politics-in-sydneys-barmiest-borough-rockdale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/politics-in-sydneys-barmiest-borough-rockdale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Saravinovski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Sartor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockdale City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Liberal and Labor councillors are at each other’s throats all over NSW, not so in Rockdale, where they work hand-in-glove.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Local democracy on trial in Sydney&#8217;s boroughs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/local-democracy-on-trial-in-sydneys-boroughs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/local-democracy-on-trial-in-sydneys-boroughs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfield City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/local-democracy-on-trial-in-sydneys-boroughs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two Sydney communities with vastly different demographics were the scene of anger meltdowns this week over the common issue of local democracy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pokies, clubs and local government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/pokies-clubs-and-local-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/pokies-clubs-and-local-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Monthly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Readers weigh in on pokies, local government, Bob Ellis and more.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP councillors who are MP staffers: a Crikey list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/alp-councillors-who-are-mp-staffers-a-crikey-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/alp-councillors-who-are-mp-staffers-a-crikey-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The parlous state of Labor-controlled councils in Victoria suggests John Brumby's mob is more than capable of imploding on its own.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brimbank Council&#8217;s rats in the ranks saga</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/brimbank-report-could-prove-fatal-for-seitz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/brimbank-report-could-prove-fatal-for-seitz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The story, dubbed "the tale of two warlords" by ALP insiders, is likely to have far-reaching repercussions.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nillumbik Council grapples with the afternath of fire</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/nillumbik-council-grapples-with-the-afternath-of-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/nillumbik-council-grapples-with-the-afternath-of-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a council meeting in semi-rural Victoria last week, the clearing of native vegetation struggled to make the agenda. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Botany Bay&#8217;s car park protesters gagged</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/botany-bays-car-park-protesters-gagged/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/botany-bays-car-park-protesters-gagged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carmel tebbut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Sartor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sydney's Rockdale Council will stop at nothing to build a 100-vehicle car park on the foreshores of Botany Bay, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victorians go to the polls. Not.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/victorians-go-to-the-polls-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/victorians-go-to-the-polls-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria's 79 municipalities, with about 3.5 million voters, will all hold elections tomorrow, in an unprecedented state-wide operation, but will ballots be fair and secret? asks <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paving paradise in Botany Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/19/paving-paradise-in-botany-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/19/paving-paradise-in-botany-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ultimate defacement of Botany Bay is being proposed on Crown land by Rockdale Council, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A different set of rules for Labor&#8217;s Auburn council</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/17/a-different-set-of-rules-for-labors-auburn-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/17/a-different-set-of-rules-for-labors-auburn-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbara perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An official investigation into Auburn council was published last month exposing extraordinary financial, planning and management issues at the heart of the council’s culture, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Territory Labor is a safe bet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/territory-labor-is-a-safe-bet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/territory-labor-is-a-safe-bet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is Labor such a certainty according to betting agencies for tomorrow's NT election? <b>Charles Richardson</b> breaks down the numbers.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fun and games in Brisbane&#8217;s City Hall as the ramifications of the new Liberal National (or is that the National Liberal) Party are fully comprehended. Despite his pedigree (or perhaps because of the stink that is Liberal at the Federal level) Lord Mayor &#8220;Can Do&#8221; Campbell Newman, the Last Standing Liberal of Any Consequence, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA part I: Libs are underdogs, but backable</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/wa-part-i-libs-are-underdogs-but-backable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/wa-part-i-libs-are-underdogs-but-backable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The timing is cynical, and the odds are stacked against the opposition, but don't write the Liberals off in WA, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial NSW planning bill passes lower house &#8230; at 2am</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/04/controversial-nsw-planning-bill-passes-lower-house-at-2am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/04/controversial-nsw-planning-bill-passes-lower-house-at-2am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Parliament sat until after 2am to ramrod Sartor's Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill through the lower house, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Camden&#8217;s silent majority</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/29/time-for-camdens-silent-majority/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/29/time-for-camdens-silent-majority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The totally expected decision to reject the application for an Islamic school seems to have drawn ignorant statements on one side and ridiculous statements on the other, writes <b>Keysar Trad</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Camden: a tale of cowardice and mortgage belt bigots</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/camden-a-tale-of-cowardice-and-mortgage-belt-bigots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/camden-a-tale-of-cowardice-and-mortgage-belt-bigots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s commercial radio talkback was crackling with the “good news” that Camden had been “saved. anything but, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Campbell Newman, the Liberal that never was</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/17/campbell-newman-the-liberal-that-never-was/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/17/campbell-newman-the-liberal-that-never-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brisbane city council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campbell Newman has won a resoundingly convincing victory in the Brisbane City Council election. Is it a sign of a Liberal revival? <b>Mark Bahnicsh</b> writes.]]></description>
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