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		<title>The Howard cabinet jumped off the cliff together</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/17/the-howard-cabinet-jumped-off-the-cliff-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a fascinating read on Saturday as Paul Kelly pieced together in The Weekend Australian the strange tensions within the Cabinet of John Howard in the couple of weeks before the formal start of this year's election campaign. It is not often that the mental processes of lemmings are exposed in such detail as Kelly provided. ]]></description>
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		<title>Election? He might as well reign until December</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/12/election-he-might-as-well-reign-until-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the PM push the button for a poll this weekend? I’ve spoken to a range of senior Liberals from ministers down over the past 24 hours. Their response, put colloquially, has been "Search me, guv", writes Christian Kerr.]]></description>
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		<title>Downer and Rudd: yapping attack dog and Mini Me</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/downer-and-rudd-yapping-attack-dog-and-mini-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/downer-and-rudd-yapping-attack-dog-and-mini-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is playing to a common sentiment in voters that when one side starts looking arrogant and taking their vote for granted that they should consider giving the underdog a go.]]></description>
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		<title>The new collected snarlings of A. Downer, attack spaniel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/the-new-collected-snarlings-of-a-downer-attack-spaniel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 16 August, Crikey published a series of searing verbal attacks from the government’s (self?) appointed attack spaniel, Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Here is volume two. ]]></description>
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		<title>A fascinating 24 hours for Australian politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/11/a-fascinating-24-hours-for-australian-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/11/a-fascinating-24-hours-for-australian-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Howard abandoned his normal formula for discussing the leadership this afternoon. No more talk of saying he will stay as long as it is in the best interests of the Liberal Party and as long as his party wants him to, writes Richard Farmer.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to say goodbye to Howard&#8230; after his week of glory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/04/time-to-say-goodbye-to-howard-after-his-week-of-glory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/04/time-to-say-goodbye-to-howard-after-his-week-of-glory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let the man say goodbye to his international friends this week and bid him farewell as Prime Minister the week after. That surely would be the thought of sensible Liberal and National Party members this morning as they contemplate another disastrous set of opinion poll numbers.]]></description>
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		<title>Double standards in pollies&#8217; approach to religion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/22/double-standards-in-pollies-approach-to-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/22/double-standards-in-pollies-approach-to-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's broadsheets contain two stories about politicians meeting with people. The Fairfax papers report Howard meeting with representatives of Exclusive Brethren, including a member being investigated for election funding irregularities. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd Scores affair: muck that won&#8217;t stick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/20/rudd-scores-affair-muck-that-wont-stick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/20/rudd-scores-affair-muck-that-wont-stick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making a fuss about Kevin Rudd going to a New York strip club is the kind of tactical mistake that can cost a party an election, writes Richard Farmer.]]></description>
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		<title>The collected snarlings of A. Downer, attack spaniel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/16/the-collected-snarlings-of-a-downer-attack-spaniel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/16/the-collected-snarlings-of-a-downer-attack-spaniel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist, diplomat, political advisor, former leader of the Opposition, foreign minister – Alexander Downer has a formidable CV. But it fails to mention one of his more recent roles – government attack spaniel. Here's a quick survey of Mr Downer’s most recent attacks. ]]></description>
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		<title>Indians everywhere worried by Howard and Downer&#8217;s wedge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/24/indians-everywhere-worried-by-howard-and-downers-wedge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/24/indians-everywhere-worried-by-howard-and-downers-wedge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Foreign Minister has a problem with understanding the criminal law. Yesterday he said: "Every time there is somebody arrested and facing charges, there’s some sort of controversy about 'oh the poor thing, he must be innocent...'"]]></description>
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