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	<title>Crikey &#187; Nick Minchin</title>
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		<title>Carbon tax: for Abbott it&#8217;s appalling policy or appalling hypocrisy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/22/carbon-tax-for-abbott-its-appalling-policy-or-appalling-hypocrisy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/22/carbon-tax-for-abbott-its-appalling-policy-or-appalling-hypocrisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even if  Abbott wins a 2013 election it would likely be mid-2015 before any carbon price legislation could potentially pass a joint sitting of both houses, writes <b>Matt Grudnoff</b>, a senior economist at The Australia Institute.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nick Minchin, keeper of the Howard flame &#8230; NGV&#8217;s power benefactor &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/power-shots-nick-minchin-keeper-of-the-howard-flame-ngvs-power-benefactor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/power-shots-nick-minchin-keeper-of-the-howard-flame-ngvs-power-benefactor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Power Index</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national gallery of victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leader of the Right and keeper of the Howard flame, Nick Minchin is still regarded by some as the Liberal Party's spiritual leader. Also, the NGV's power benefactor, Alan Joyce finds friends in the market and Bolt and Negus back in 2012.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reith v Abbott: the early 90s wants its zeal back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/reith-v-abbott-the-early-90s-just-called-and-wants-its-reform-zeal-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/reith-v-abbott-the-early-90s-just-called-and-wants-its-reform-zeal-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hewson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malcolm fraser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tensions between Tony Abbott and Peter Reith have deep roots in recent Liberal history. The former minister's eagerness to prevent a return to "the Fraser years", unencumbered by the party presidency, will be fascinating to watch.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/reith-v-abbott-the-early-90s-just-called-and-wants-its-reform-zeal-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parting shots: Liberal senators bid their political careers farewell</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/parting-shots-liberal-senators-bid-their-political-careers-farewell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/parting-shots-liberal-senators-bid-their-political-careers-farewell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julian mcgauran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's that time of the six-year electoral Senate cycle again, where departing senators give their valedictory speeches outlining what they've accomplished and how their political dreams were crushed. <em>Crikey</em> documents the farewells.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/parting-shots-liberal-senators-bid-their-political-careers-farewell/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Latham: Gerard Henderson suffers from chronic corresponditis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barry Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerard Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henderson Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim fischer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I worry about Gerard Henderson, really. He has a chronic case of corresponditis -- the inability, at the end of a protracted exchange of letters, to allow his correspondent to have the last word, writes former Labor leader <b>Mark Latham</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>If the Liberals oppose the NBN, they have to back splitting Telstra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/if-the-liberals-oppose-the-nbn-they-have-to-back-splitting-telstra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/if-the-liberals-oppose-the-nbn-they-have-to-back-splitting-telstra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Liberals are serious about an alternative approach to NBN, they have to start with the vertical separation of Telstra, write <b>Bernard Keane</b> and <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/if-the-liberals-oppose-the-nbn-they-have-to-back-splitting-telstra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A love letter to my &#8216;mate&#8217; Nick Minchin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/07/a-love-letter-to-my-mate-nick-minchin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/07/a-love-letter-to-my-mate-nick-minchin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 03:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sinologist-at-large <b>Graeme Smith</b> reports from behind the <i>Q&#038;A</i> scenes. Nick Minchin said they were "mates", then it all went sour...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/07/a-love-letter-to-my-mate-nick-minchin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Polls &#8211; Taking the Nation&#8217;s Temperature</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/04/crikey-polls-taking-the-nations-temperature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/04/crikey-polls-taking-the-nations-temperature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 03:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fairweather Sociopath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Figs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Tree Frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polly want a cracker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimwear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=135346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[... one bottom at a time.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/04/crikey-polls-taking-the-nations-temperature/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Inside the Liberal Senators infighting</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/machiavellian-manoeuvres-in-senate-battle-20100429-tu1j.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/machiavellian-manoeuvres-in-senate-battle-20100429-tu1j.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eric abetz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mathias Cormann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Ronaldson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eric Abetz is expected to be named as Nick Minchin's replacement as Senate leader, but fighting has broken out over the deputy position. Will the conservative Mathias Cormann beat the moderate George Brandis? asks <b>Latika Bourke</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Less than 50 ain&#8217;t a fail</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/less-than-50-aint-a-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/less-than-50-aint-a-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alistair Darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on Mike Rann's personal approval rating, Guy Rundle's fact checking and whether Nick Minchin is retiring due to family reasons or cash. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The media tells Minchin to get Nick&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/the-media-tells-minchin-to-get-nickd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/the-media-tells-minchin-to-get-nickd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media wrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Daily media wrap</b>: Coalition frontbencher Nick Minchin announced his resignation from Federal politics yesterday. With the dirt in his political grave still fresh, the nation's pundits have gathered round his tombstone this morning to carve in their own epitaph.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/the-media-tells-minchin-to-get-nickd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Climate change, brought to you by dumb and dumber</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/crikey-says-climate-change-brought-to-you-by-dumb-and-dumber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/crikey-says-climate-change-brought-to-you-by-dumb-and-dumber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cory Bernardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Hour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earth Hour was never much more than a branding exercise concocted by a major ad agency to make corporations look good. We get that. But does it have to be a reds vs. greens issue?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Minchin departs: mission (mostly) accomplished</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/03/24/minchin-departs-mission-mostly-accomplished/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/03/24/minchin-departs-mission-mostly-accomplished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/nick-minchin-poised-to-announce-retirement-from-senate/story-e6frgczf-1225844755234">official</a>, Nick Minchin will be retiring at the next election. <b>Bernard Keane</b> reflects on the senator whose greatest coup was wrangling the leadership for Tony Abbott.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s a good sport with political games</title>
		<link>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2010/03/unravelling-tony-abbott.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2010/03/unravelling-tony-abbott.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cory bernadi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2010/s2842861.htm"><em>Four Corners</em></a> offered a fascinating profile on Tony Abbott's life <em>before</em> he became Opposition leader. But what about since then? Is he just Howard 2.0? asks <b>The Piping Shrike</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>RECs &#8212; what on earth are they all about?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/crikey-clarifier-recs-what-on-earth-are-they-all-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/crikey-clarifier-recs-what-on-earth-are-they-all-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Clarifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Evan Beaver</b> explains just what Renewable Energy Certificates are all about. What are they? Where do they come from? Is Nick Minchin making them?
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Aussie year in politics: all the #spills and thrills</title>
		<link>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2009/12/best-of-australian-politics-2009.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.pipingshrike.com/2009/12/best-of-australian-politics-2009.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Malcolm Turnbull's reckless interview with Laurie Oakes, to Nick Minchin mouthing off over climate change sceptics, <em>The Piping Shrike</em> puts together the best Aussie politics moments of '09.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nick Minchin: 2009&#8242;s most appalling person</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/nick-minchin-2009s-most-appalling-person/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/nick-minchin-2009s-most-appalling-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nick Minchin beats out the likes of Stephen Conroy, a snivelling public servant, a philandering golfer and an Iranian dictator for the coveted Golden Arsehat of 2009.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/nick-minchin-2009s-most-appalling-person/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 2009 Crikey Arsehat Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/the-2009-crikey-arsehat-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/the-2009-crikey-arsehat-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Sandilands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegemite iSnack 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Vegemite's iSnack 2.0 to Andrew Bolt to the overuse of the phrase "A great big tax", <em>Crikey</em> readers vote on the biggest Arsehats of 2009.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/the-2009-crikey-arsehat-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dollar a pain in the bottom line for Telstra, Foster&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/18/dollar-a-pain-in-the-bottom-line-for-telstra-fosters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/18/dollar-a-pain-in-the-bottom-line-for-telstra-fosters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aussie dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster's Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a confession Friday with two of our largest companies revealing lower earnings, and both blaming the high value of the Australian dollar.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/18/dollar-a-pain-in-the-bottom-line-for-telstra-fosters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nuclear energy: the Coalition&#8217;s next big power struggle</title>
		<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9836</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9836#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judith troeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's internal squabbling is far from over, and the next big battle will be fought over the highly-divisive issue of nuclear power, says <b>Jim Green</b>, when Abbott is finally forced to take a position on it next year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9836/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rundle: on Minchin, the green movement and Marxism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/rundle-on-minchin-the-green-movement-and-marxism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/rundle-on-minchin-the-green-movement-and-marxism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marxism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Understand this clearly – more people now believe the Red-Green hypothesis, that capitalism is a system testing us to destruction in its current form, than go with the idea that it is some empty charade of communism by other means.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/rundle-on-minchin-the-green-movement-and-marxism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>A return to Kevin07?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-52/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-52/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stand by for pointless aggro, because the sooner we get the next election over, the better. Plus, Westpac boss Gail Kelly surely can't believe her own press?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-52/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The party puppeteers pulling all the strings</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/crikey-says-142/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/crikey-says-142/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Obeid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tripodi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating feature of last week's political killing season -- a Premier and a federal Opposition Leader gunned down over three blood-spilling days -- was the role of the Tripodi, Obeid and Minchin as sneaky puppeteers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/crikey-says-142/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for Rudd to restore rationality and for Abbott to self-destruct</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/mungo-time-for-rudd-to-restore-rationality-and-for-abbott-to-self-destruct/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/mungo-time-for-rudd-to-restore-rationality-and-for-abbott-to-self-destruct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradfield byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Tony Abbott the Speedoed crusader who will save us all from the greenie communist scourge? At the very least, Abbott provides a clear political distinction for the electorate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/mungo-time-for-rudd-to-restore-rationality-and-for-abbott-to-self-destruct/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull will now watch, wait and white-ant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/01/turnbull-will-now-watch-wait-and-white-ant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/01/turnbull-will-now-watch-wait-and-white-ant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=102238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull will now do to Abbott and Minchin --  for it is Nick Minchin who is now in charge of the Liberal Party -- what Costello did to him;  simply sit there, watching, a threat by his mere existence, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/01/turnbull-will-now-watch-wait-and-white-ant/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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