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	<title>Crikey &#187; Morris Iemma</title>
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		<title>Incompetence and scandal the NSW way</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/incompetence-and-scandal-the-nsw-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/incompetence-and-scandal-the-nsw-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Sutiyoso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Della Bosca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milton Orkopoulos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex scandal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New South Wales doesn’t need another AFL team -- its government provides more than enough in the way of spectator sport, writes <b>Crikey intern James Pattison</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbyists line up to speed date government ministers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/lobbyists-line-up-to-speed-date-government-ministers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/lobbyists-line-up-to-speed-date-government-ministers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses have forked out thousands to sit down to meetings with senior Rudd Government ministers, out of the gaze of the media, as an official part of the ALP National Conference.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>In which Malcolm Turnbull eats a, gasp, hot dog</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/tips-and-rumours-24/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/tips-and-rumours-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jaspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Morning Herald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bounty of tips today from Turnbull, his vociferous staffer and Marinergate to Andrew Jaspan.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW to spend $1 billion on the Opera House &#8212; WTF?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/nsw-to-spend-1-billion-on-the-opera-house-wtf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/nsw-to-spend-1-billion-on-the-opera-house-wtf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Opera House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW State Government’s announcement over the weekend to fund a renovation of the Sydney Opera House to the tune of $1 billion is either just a furphy or an ill-conceived waste of tax-payers money, writes <b>Nicholas Pickard</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/nsw-to-spend-1-billion-on-the-opera-house-wtf/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Babcock &amp; Brown political donations will be missed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/babcock-brown-political-donations-will-be-missed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/babcock-brown-political-donations-will-be-missed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the helium-driven investment bank Babcock &#038; Brown collapsed into the arms of the administrator last Friday, the major political parties lowered their flags to half mast, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reba Meagher&#8217;s tabloid return</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/reba-meaghers-tabloid-return/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/reba-meaghers-tabloid-return/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tripodi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Della Bosca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher has re-emerged after flouncing out of the NSW Labor Government, writes <b>Alex Mithcell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/reba-meaghers-tabloid-return/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Terrigals&#8217; reign of NSW bastardry is over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/the-terrigals-reign-of-nsw-bastardry-is-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/the-terrigals-reign-of-nsw-bastardry-is-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tripodi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Della Bosca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minister eddie obeid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW ALP right-wing faction known as the "Terrigals" is dead, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/the-terrigals-reign-of-nsw-bastardry-is-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ethanol: Not really all  that green</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/ethanol-not-really-all-that-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/ethanol-not-really-all-that-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The production and distribution of ethanol as an alternative motor vehicle fuel source will increase greenhouse gas emissions over conventional fuels, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/ethanol-not-really-all-that-green/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rees is the NSW premier, whatever the press gallery thinks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/rees-is-the-nsw-premier-whatever-the-press-gallery-thinks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/rees-is-the-nsw-premier-whatever-the-press-gallery-thinks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Telegraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sun Herald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Morning Herald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A week is a long time in politics, especially if you are following the print media in NSW, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/rees-is-the-nsw-premier-whatever-the-press-gallery-thinks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cherie Burton MP part two: Sussex to Macquarie St</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/cherie-burton-mp-part-two-sussex-to-macquarie-st/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/cherie-burton-mp-part-two-sussex-to-macquarie-st/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Della Bosca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ms Burton’s entire career has been as a factional player in NSW ALP politics, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/cherie-burton-mp-part-two-sussex-to-macquarie-st/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newcastle TV reader&#8217;s dazzling ministerial rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/20/newcastle-tv-readers-dazzling-ministerial-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/20/newcastle-tv-readers-dazzling-ministerial-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The meteoric parliamentary career of Jodi McKay, the Labor MP for Newcastle, continues to amaze her caucus colleagues in Macquarie Street, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/20/newcastle-tv-readers-dazzling-ministerial-rise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney&#8217;s Metro Line goes down the gurgler</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/sydneys-metro-line-goes-down-the-gurgler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/sydneys-metro-line-goes-down-the-gurgler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[railway trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The train standing on platform 1 is the Labor Government special service to electoral oblivion. It will be leaving at the state election in March 2011, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/sydneys-metro-line-goes-down-the-gurgler/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Labor swears in Rt Hon &#8220;Robbo&#8221; MLC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/21/nsw-labor-swears-in-rt-hon-robbo-mlc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/21/nsw-labor-swears-in-rt-hon-robbo-mlc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade union bosses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in recent memory, the ALP’s Sussex Street machine seems to have chosen a parliamentarian of substance and ability, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/21/nsw-labor-swears-in-rt-hon-robbo-mlc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW top bureaucrat quits with fatigue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/nsw-top-bureaucrat-quits-with-fatigue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/nsw-top-bureaucrat-quits-with-fatigue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oops. NSW Pemier Nathan Ress has just lost Robyn Kruk, the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the State’s most powerful bureaucrat, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/nsw-top-bureaucrat-quits-with-fatigue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW ALP: Thistlewaite to be general secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/15/nsw-alp-thistlewaite-to-be-general-secretary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/15/nsw-alp-thistlewaite-to-be-general-secretary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Workers Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thistlewaite’s background is in the trade union bureaucracy, not the ALP’s Sussex Street machine from where previous general secretaries have been recruited, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/15/nsw-alp-thistlewaite-to-be-general-secretary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Baseball bats ready at four NSW by-elections</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/baseball-bats-ready-at-four-nsw-by-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/baseball-bats-ready-at-four-nsw-by-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tripodi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next Saturday’s four by-elections in NSW will show the electoral toxicity of the Labor Government, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>NSW infrastructure tzar takes his revenge on Rees</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/nsw-infrastructure-tzar-takes-his-revenge-on-rees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/nsw-infrastructure-tzar-takes-his-revenge-on-rees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Richmond has walked out of the $300,000-a-year job as NSW Coordinator General after just 18 months, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/nsw-infrastructure-tzar-takes-his-revenge-on-rees/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Petrol heads take gold at Sydney Olympic Park</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/30/petrol-heads-take-gold-at-sydney-olympic-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/30/petrol-heads-take-gold-at-sydney-olympic-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suburbs of sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The decision to introduce car racing from December next year represents a monumental failure of policy by the Labor Government which has now been in office in NSW for 13 and a half years, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/30/petrol-heads-take-gold-at-sydney-olympic-park/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Michael Costa to begin new life as a barista</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/michael-costa-to-begin-new-life-as-a-barista/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/michael-costa-to-begin-new-life-as-a-barista/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CentreLink’s office in Sydney’s CBD has become crowded with new clients from the political hierarchy – Premier Morris Iemma, Treasurer Michael Costa and Health Minister Reba Meagher, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/michael-costa-to-begin-new-life-as-a-barista/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Transition or challenge, either way, bye bye Nelson</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/transition-or-challenge-either-way-bye-bye-nelson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/transition-or-challenge-either-way-bye-bye-nelson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull might reflect -- in fact it would be strange if he hadn’t already -- that the winners of Australian politics are those who let nothing get in the way of their ambitions, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/12/transition-or-challenge-either-way-bye-bye-nelson/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW politics: notes from Ground Zero</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-politics-notes-from-ground-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-politics-notes-from-ground-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With an honors degree in English Literature from Sydney University, Rees is anxious to restore the arts to a place of state importance and significance, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-politics-notes-from-ground-zero/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recall NSW parliament, please</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/recall-nsw-parliament-please/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/recall-nsw-parliament-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last state election in NSW presented its voters with arguably the worst choice of governments anywhere in Australia in at least the last 50 years, writes <b>Michael Gordon Smith</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/recall-nsw-parliament-please/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW the bankrupt state, in more ways than one</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-the-bankrupt-state-in-more-ways-than-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-the-bankrupt-state-in-more-ways-than-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s all very dramatic of Costa to declare the state’s finances in near-crisis -- he was exaggerating, of course -- but we long suffering tax payers and voters have every right to ask why, writes <b>Michael Pascoe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/nsw-the-bankrupt-state-in-more-ways-than-one/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where do they find state politicians anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/where-do-they-find-state-politicians-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/where-do-they-find-state-politicians-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state premiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s probably too much to ask for political courage and vision, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/where-do-they-find-state-politicians-anyway/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Premier Morris Iemma resigns</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/nsw-premier-morris-iemma-resigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/nsw-premier-morris-iemma-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barry o'farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john watkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NSW Premier Morris Iemma has been dumped, Treasurer Michael Costa has been sacked and Deputy Premier and Transport Minister John Watkins has resigned, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/nsw-premier-morris-iemma-resigns/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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