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	<title>Crikey &#187; National Party</title>
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		<title>The Liberal-National divide grows deeper</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/crikey-says-127/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/crikey-says-127/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Federal Coalition is going to rupture, it would be better for the Liberal Party to control the process, rather than sit back and let it happen or allow Barnaby Joyce to control it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to become a federal MP: the minor parties</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-3-the-minor-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-3-the-minor-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minor parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-3-the-minor-parties/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just what does it take to ascend to the lofty heights of federal parliament in a minor party? It seems that compared to the factionally obsessed Libs and Labor, the preselection process is a reasonably democratic one.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-to-become-a-federal-mp-part-3-the-minor-parties/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Laying some Peter Dutton myths to rest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/no-nats-no-charisma-laying-some-peter-dutton-myths-to-rest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/no-nats-no-charisma-laying-some-peter-dutton-myths-to-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McPherson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Dutton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/no-nats-no-charisma-laying-some-peter-dutton-myths-to-rest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Dutton is no great loss to the Liberal Party, and he wasn't blocked by the Nats in McPherson. Apart from that, everything you’ve read about his preselection failure is true...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/no-nats-no-charisma-laying-some-peter-dutton-myths-to-rest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bradfield, the land of true maverick conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Yusuf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bradfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Connelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All 20 candidates in this Saturday’s Bradfield preselection must be pondering one major question: exactly what do local Liberal Party preselectors in a safe seat look for in a candidate?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/bradfield-the-land-of-true-maverick-conservatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Nationals, the rump stakes are high</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/keane-for-nationals-the-rump-stakes-are-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/keane-for-nationals-the-rump-stakes-are-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/keane-for-nationals-the-rump-stakes-are-high/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The only possible future the Nationals have is as a rump of a Coalition with the Liberals. A small, not particularly relevant and faintly embarrassing rump.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/keane-for-nationals-the-rump-stakes-are-high/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Opposition and climate: what&#8217;s really going on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/the-opposition-and-climate-whats-really-going-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/the-opposition-and-climate-whats-really-going-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/the-opposition-and-climate-whats-really-going-on/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For some time, the Liberal leadership has been resigned to the Nationals voting against any form of emissions trading. And even some Liberal backbenchers voting against it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/the-opposition-and-climate-whats-really-going-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bradfield will be a test for the Liberals, mark my words</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Mackerras</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gippsland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Byelections can no longer be guaranteed to record good results for Opposition parties. So how will the Bradfield byelection play out? If the Liberal share is less than 58%, it'll be bad news for Malcolm Turnbull. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/bradfield-will-be-a-test-for-the-liberals-mark-my-words/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nationals leave Turnbull desperate and hapless</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/nationals-leave-turnbull-desperate-and-hapless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/nationals-leave-turnbull-desperate-and-hapless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/nationals-leave-turnbull-desperate-and-hapless/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull is now starting to resemble John Howard 1.0, whose stint as Opposition Leader was severely damaged by the Queensland Nationals.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/nationals-leave-turnbull-desperate-and-hapless/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition of the not very willing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/mungo-coaltion-of-the-not-very-willing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/mungo-coaltion-of-the-not-very-willing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto Protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warren truss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/mungo-coaltion-of-the-not-very-willing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Malcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce we have two alpha males in full political rut. And they have one key quality in common: they are both fairly new, outsiders and have an urgent need to prove themselves to their followers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/mungo-coaltion-of-the-not-very-willing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ain&#8217;t no party like a National Party</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/aint-no-party-like-a-national-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/aint-no-party-like-a-national-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=81382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Party ran its national conference over the weekend, and <em>The Oz</em> appears to have caught party fever, running across the board coverage from this important national event this morning.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/aint-no-party-like-a-national-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nuclear power and relations with China</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-65/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-65/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-65/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on nuclear power, relations with China and the politics between the Greens and the Nationals.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-65/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Bill Heffernan and Bob Brown the same person?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/rundle-are-bill-heffernan-and-bob-brown-the-same-person/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/rundle-are-bill-heffernan-and-bob-brown-the-same-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Heffernan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/rundle-are-bill-heffernan-and-bob-brown-the-same-person/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The screw-up of the environment has got so bad that it's vomiting back on the people who depend on it. What should the National Party do?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/rundle-are-bill-heffernan-and-bob-brown-the-same-person/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Take note, Coalition: public supports the ETS</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/crikey-says-61/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/crikey-says-61/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marn Ferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young people]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/crikey-says-61/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a heads up for the National and Liberal Party members: the majority of Australians support the government's planned ETS legislation. And it's young people in particular who care about climate change.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/crikey-says-61/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Coalition: subdivided on emissions trading</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/ets-and-the-coalition-subdivided/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/ets-and-the-coalition-subdivided/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to the nonsense peddled by Kevin Rudd in Question Time yesterday, Malcolm Turnbull didn’t get rolled by his party room yesterday at all. In fact, he managed a compromise with all but Costello. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/ets-and-the-coalition-subdivided/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nats don&#8217;t mind a rural rort, as long as it goes to their constituents</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/nats-dont-mind-a-rural-rort-as-long-as-it-goes-to-their-constituents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/nats-dont-mind-a-rural-rort-as-long-as-it-goes-to-their-constituents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Southern Plantations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managed investment schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Farmers' Federation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timbercorp]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The collapse of Timbercorp and Great Southern is at least partly the consequence of the Howard Government’s attempts to regain control of agricultural managed investment schemes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/nats-dont-mind-a-rural-rort-as-long-as-it-goes-to-their-constituents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Archie the celebrity dolphin harrassed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/03/archie-the-celebrity-dolphin-harrassed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/03/archie-the-celebrity-dolphin-harrassed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LNP leadership ... Archie the celebrity dolphin ... No wonder "credible" journos are taking their jobs]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/03/archie-the-celebrity-dolphin-harrassed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sacked NSW Nat frontbencher goes feral</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/sacked-nsw-nat-frontbencher-goes-feral/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/sacked-nsw-nat-frontbencher-goes-feral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If Andrew Stoner gave a press conference today suggesting that Andrew Fraser be marched out at dawn, blindfolded and shot -- nobody would be surprised, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/sacked-nsw-nat-frontbencher-goes-feral/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Deconstructing Turnbull&#8217;s green near-miracle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/deconstructing-turnbulls-green-near-miracle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/deconstructing-turnbulls-green-near-miracle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tackling climate change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of what Turnbull proposed won’t go down that well with the Nationals but he thinks he is on a winner with biochar, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: Shark attacks and recession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/mungo-shark-attacks-and-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/mungo-shark-attacks-and-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tabloid media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It says something about the Australian character that the populace  is more worried by the unlikely possibility of marine predators than by the certainty of recession, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lawrence Springborg&#8217;s kooky rebranding exercise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has started talking up the possibility of former Minister Mal Brough running for a Labor held state seat. This is quite bizarre, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to the Liberal Party: just shut up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/memo-to-the-liberal-party-just-shut-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/memo-to-the-liberal-party-just-shut-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world may be undergoing an historic financial crisis and Australia teetering on the edge of recession but for many Liberals at the moment it’s all about the Nationals, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>National/Liberal coalition on stoney ground</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/nationalliberal-coalition-on-stoney-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/nationalliberal-coalition-on-stoney-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronwyn Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warren truss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Disunity is indeed death, but at the moment that might be a cover for the fact that the Liberals have their own problems cutting through, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/nationalliberal-coalition-on-stoney-ground/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The National Party: who are they and when are they leaving?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/first-dog-on-the-moon-261/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/first-dog-on-the-moon-261/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barney the purple dinosaur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barny rubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[country party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crikey pets register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[larry anthony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom bosley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warren truss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Crikey Explicator:]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Barnaby Joyce: cometh the hour</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/barnaby-joyce-cometh-the-hour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/barnaby-joyce-cometh-the-hour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mr joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warren truss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Joyce is on the outside of the tent with a watering can in his hand he, remains a destabilising influence on the Nationals and the Coalition itself, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/barnaby-joyce-cometh-the-hour/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crossing the floor for the environment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/crossing-the-floor-for-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/crossing-the-floor-for-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is it with forestry in Australia? asks <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/crossing-the-floor-for-the-environment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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