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		<title>Mayne on donations: Vic Libs still richest political division in the country</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mayne-on-donations-vic-libs-still-richest-political-division-in-the-country/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mayne-on-donations-vic-libs-still-richest-political-division-in-the-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian Liberals clearly remain the richest political division in the country. No one else can claim to own $50 million worth of shares.]]></description>
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		<title>If the Liberals want to blame anyone, look at the Nationals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/08/if-the-liberals-want-to-blame-anyone-look-at-the-nationals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/08/if-the-liberals-want-to-blame-anyone-look-at-the-nationals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there's anyone to blame for Tony Abbott failing to get over the line, it's the Nationals. Abbott himself performed far better than expected and deserves credit, but he has let down by the long-term failings of the Nats.]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2010: good reason why the Nationals aren&#8217;t in focus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/18/election-2010-good-reason-why-the-nationals-arent-in-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/18/election-2010-good-reason-why-the-nationals-arent-in-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=146822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a good reason why election coverage doesn't usually focus on the Nationals. As usual all the attention is on Liberals versus ALP, with this year a bit of extra coverage for the Greens.]]></description>
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		<title>Grattan: Can you tell the difference between the Nats and the Libs?</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/nationals-success-complicates-their-longterm-ambitions-20100617-yjpt.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/nationals-success-complicates-their-longterm-ambitions-20100617-yjpt.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=146764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Tony Abbott wins the election, then Nationals leader Warren Truss would become Deputy PM. As Liberal policies become more in line with the Nationals, it will become harder for the Nationals to differentiate themselves. ]]></description>
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		<title>Grattan: What if our federal election result was like the UK&#8217;s?</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/what-would-the-independents-do-in-a-hung-parliament-here-20100527-whj0.html?rand=1274965740047</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/what-would-the-independents-do-in-a-hung-parliament-here-20100527-whj0.html?rand=1274965740047#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 22:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=142023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 50-50 polling between Abbott and Rudd, a hung parliament <em>is</em> a possibility. So how would it play out? It'd be down to the Independents, two of whom are former Nationals, writes <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartlett: Hull follows Turnbull &#8212; Nats face a contest</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/06/hull-follows-turnbull-nats-face-a-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/06/hull-follows-turnbull-nats-face-a-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartlett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kay Hull, the Nationals MP for the seat of Riverina, has decided to call a day on her 12 years in Parliament. It may be the third safest Coalition seat in the country, but it could well generate a distracting contest between the Liberals and Nationals, says <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Barnaby loses his balls</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/barnaby-lite-on-qa-20100216-o394.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/barnaby-lite-on-qa-20100216-o394.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce appeared on <em>Q &#038; A</em> last night, a shadow of his former self. The maverick has been reigned in, simply because he now has nothing to rebel against with the Abbott-led Liberals.]]></description>
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		<title>How many jobs will Barnaby cost Australia?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/04/how-many-jobs-will-barnaby-joyce-cost-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/04/how-many-jobs-will-barnaby-joyce-cost-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce's buffoonery is given a free pass by the media, where other politicians would be skewered. But eventually his antics will start to have real-world consequences.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>83</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maher: Joyce is the new Joh</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/queensland-senator-barnaby-joyce-is-treading-in-johs-foot-slips/story-e6frg6nf-1225826521646</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/queensland-senator-barnaby-joyce-is-treading-in-johs-foot-slips/story-e6frg6nf-1225826521646#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce was in full flight at the National Press Club yesterday, mangling words, numbers and messages -- but he did it with conviction. Sir Joh would've been proud, says <b>Sid Maher</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Barnaby Joyce&#8217;s billion-dollar stuff-up</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2010/02/03/national-party-counting/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2010/02/03/national-party-counting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Gaukroger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former accountant Barnaby Joyce has made a bumbling debut as Opposition finance spokesman, claiming he can find $3.2 billion in savings from $1400 million. <em>Pure Poison</em> has the goods.]]></description>
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		<title>30 years of elections in 5 charts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/25/30-years-of-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/25/30-years-of-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The primary vote of both the Labor Party and the Coalition have been, on average, declining since 1977... but that's only part of the story, reports <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Barnaby shooting from the heartland</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/crazy-barnaby-shooting-from-the-heartland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/crazy-barnaby-shooting-from-the-heartland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The trouble for the Coalition is not that Barnaby Joyce says first thing that comes into his mind -- it's that he's speaking from the heart. And the longer he's in the shadow Cabinet, the more he'll do.]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest problem facing Scullion as shadow indigenous affairs? His boss</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/biggest-problem-facing-scullion-as-shadow-indigenous-affairs-his-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/biggest-problem-facing-scullion-as-shadow-indigenous-affairs-his-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Graham</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New shadow Indigenous Affairs minister Nigel Scullion has a genuine opportunity to make meaningful progress for the nation's most disadvantaged citizens. Let's hope he doesn't succumb to his poll dancing past.]]></description>
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		<title>Minister Barnaby Joyce?</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/national/nationals-maverick-sets-course-for-lower-house-20091203-k8tv.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/national/nationals-maverick-sets-course-for-lower-house-20091203-k8tv.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Andrews approached Barnaby Joyce last week about a role on the front bench in the event of a leadership spill, reports <b>Katherine Murphy</b>. Andrew didn't get the gig but role will Joyce play in the Liberal party's future?]]></description>
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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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/crikey-says-127/</guid>
		<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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		<title>Grattan: Is this the end of the Coalition?</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/coalition-straining-apart-and-not-only-on-emissions-trading-20091105-i03e.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/coalition-straining-apart-and-not-only-on-emissions-trading-20091105-i03e.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition is straining to stay together, as the Nationals -- lead symbolically by Barnaby Joyce -- try to forge their own identity separate to the Libs. But the Coalition would be better off staying together to fight Rudd, writes <b>Michelle Grattan</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The growing force of Barnaby Joyce</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26301209-7583,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26301209-7583,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Queensland is critical to federal politics, with a growing population and influential seats, but its parties are a mess. The Nationals criticise the Liberals, the Libs fear the power of the LNP and Barnaby Joyce is just looking after himself, writes <b>Scott Prasser</b>.]]></description>
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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>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quick, Nats: now&#8217;s your time to get out!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/time_for_the_nats_to_go_it_alone/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/time_for_the_nats_to_go_it_alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=92127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As ideological cracks grow deeper and MP numbers drop, being part of the Coalition is no longer working in the National Party's favour. With the Liberal Party in disarray, now is the perfect time for the Nats to jump ship, says <b>Jack the Insider</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taylor: Showdown in the old partyroom</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26153823-5017906,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26153823-5017906,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's an old-fashioned shootout in the Coalition partyroom, with climate change policies at 12 paces. But will the Nats decide this town ain't big enough for the both of them? asks <b>Lenore Taylor</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coorey: Time for Libs and Nats divorce?</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/you-speak-for-no-one-turnbull-tells-climate-rebels-20090930-gctf.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/you-speak-for-no-one-turnbull-tells-climate-rebels-20090930-gctf.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Boswell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ETS scheme seems like the last straw for the Coalition relationship between the Liberals and the National Party, writes <b>Phillip Coorey</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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