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		<title>The drunk, the abusive and the crass: more MPs behaving badly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/the-drunk-the-abusive-and-the-crass-more-mps-behaving-badly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As MPs and political parties take advantage of their powers to interpret our laws, their moral outrage on community crimes appear hypocritical, writes <b>Chris Johnson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former MP fights back: electorate staff behave badly too!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/21/former-mp-fights-back-electorate-staff-behave-badly-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a former MP I can tell you it's no picnic "managing" your electorate staff either and they often behave very badly, writes <b>Harry Wilde</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bye bye Troglodyte Minister for Science</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/12/bye-bye-troglodyte-minister-for-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Stewart cast himself as vigilante crime-buster, fugitive from hired killers, undercover cop and all-round action hero, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Drink, drive: bloody member of parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/drink-drive-bloody-member-of-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a list of our lead-foot and sozzled lawmakers who lost points, licences and credibility as menaces on our roads, writes <b>Chris Johnson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>NSW troglodyte suspended</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/04/nsw-troglodyte-suspended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small Business, Science and Medical Research Minister Tony Stewart has been suspended following a staffer’s official complaint that he verbally abused her, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Menzies: polls are not politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/25/menzies-polls-are-not-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us who are in politics are disposed to be nervous about current opinion in the electorate. This nervousness is, so to speak, our occupational disease, writes Robert Gordon Menzies.]]></description>
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