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		<title>Electoral funding figures show Labor&#8217;s donations collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor's donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.]]></description>
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		<title>Port Paper company collapses after Oakeshott cries foul</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/port-paper-company-collapses-after-oakeshott-cries-foul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/port-paper-company-collapses-after-oakeshott-cries-foul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Port Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A purportedly "independent newspaper" set up by National Party staffers to secretly attack Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott under the cover of journalistic impartiality has collapsed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The peculiar provenance of The Port Paper and its polling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/26/the-peculiar-provenance-of-the-port-paper-and-its-polling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/26/the-peculiar-provenance-of-the-port-paper-and-its-polling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Luke Hartsuyker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Macquarie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott is being targeted by a new media outlet in his electorate, one with some interesting links to his opponents.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor risks forgetting who the enemy is</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/labor-risks-forgetting-who-the-enemy-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/labor-risks-forgetting-who-the-enemy-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Labor were to de-escalate its war on the Greens it would be in a much better position to fight off the opposition challenge where it matters.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Regional development: here we go again</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/regional-development-here-we-go-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/regional-development-here-we-go-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tim fischer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governments have to be forced by the electorate to take regional development issues seriously. So far we haven't even mastered the basics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is the LNP sleepwalking to defeat in Queensland?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/is-the-lnp-sleepwalking-to-defeat-in-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/is-the-lnp-sleepwalking-to-defeat-in-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's alarm within LNP ranks at both the policy direction of the party and the lack of former Liberal Party members willing to assist in the campaign, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will Barnaby Joyce cross the floor over Rudd&#8217;s ETS?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/will-barnaby-joyce-cross-the-floor-over-rudds-ets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/will-barnaby-joyce-cross-the-floor-over-rudds-ets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce won't be supporting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nationals behaving badly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/nationals-behaving-badly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/nationals-behaving-badly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of Liberals, from Queensland and elsewhere, who have been astonished at the behaviour of the Nationals in recent weeks, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How close did WA Nats come to falling in with Labor?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-close-did-wa-nats-come-to-falling-in-with-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-close-did-wa-nats-come-to-falling-in-with-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brendon grylls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How close did the WA Nationals really come to an historic deal to keep Labor in government? asks <b>Poll bludger William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merger I: Libs and Nats descend into complete chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/25/merger-i-libs-and-nats-descend-into-complete-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/25/merger-i-libs-and-nats-descend-into-complete-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland Liberals are self-destructing before our eyes following last night's remarkable State Council meeting, with pro-merger forces set to leave the party and join the Nationals' new venture, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/25/merger-i-libs-and-nats-descend-into-complete-chaos/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chaotic Nationals look set to lose Vaile&#8217;s seat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/chaotic-nationals-look-set-to-lose-vailes-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/chaotic-nationals-look-set-to-lose-vailes-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark vaile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Party has a spectacular record of losing the seats once held by its federal leaders, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/22/chaotic-nationals-look-set-to-lose-vailes-seat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nationals gaze into the abyss</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/nationals-gaze-into-the-abyss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/nationals-gaze-into-the-abyss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[horrendous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last of the post-election leadership issues was settled yesterday, with Warren Truss elected unopposed as leader of the Nationals, and Senator Nigel Scullion as his deputy, writes Charles Richardson. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland&#8217;s local problems threaten to go federal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/queenslands-local-problems-threaten-to-go-federal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/01/queenslands-local-problems-threaten-to-go-federal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[akubra hat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By far the biggest political stoush in Queensland this year has been local government reform. The policy has created angst all over the state, from the rural West to Brisbane’s northerly neighbour Redcliffe, writes Mark Bahnisch. ]]></description>
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