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	<title>Crikey &#187; Nicola Roxon</title>
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		<title>Better Access program: success in whose interests?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/better-access-program-success-in-whose-interests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/better-access-program-success-in-whose-interests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Hickie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Mendoza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neil cole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Better Access program, introduced by the Howard government in 2006 to improve access to treatments for common mental disorders, was controversial before it even began.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can Plibersek fulfil promise on cutting indigenous smoking?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/indigenous-smoking-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/indigenous-smoking-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking related deaths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does the new Health Minister Tanya Plibersek think of Nicola Roxon’s promise to halve the prevalence of indigenous smoking by 2018, asks associate professor <b>David Thomas</b>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A silly free plug for Winfield</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/a-silly-free-plug-for-winfield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/a-silly-free-plug-for-winfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco companies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They must be giving thanks at British American Tobacco to Attorney General Nicola Roxon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Roxon in the news thanks to the new role</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/roxon-in-the-news-thanks-to-the-new-role/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/roxon-in-the-news-thanks-to-the-new-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Baume</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beyonce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon was off to a busy start to the year in her new role as Attorney General.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Expert advice for Tanya Plibersek</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/12/14/some-more-advice-for-the-new-health-minister-tanya-plibersek/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/12/14/some-more-advice-for-the-new-health-minister-tanya-plibersek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the theme of a recent <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/12/13/the-ministerial-reshuffle-and-health-plus-analysis-of-roxons-tenure-and-advice-to-plibersek/"><em>Croakey</em> post</a> about new Health Minister Tanya Plibersek, <b>Melissa Sweet</b> asks a panel of medical experts what advice former Health Minister Nicola Roxon could give her.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Analysis of new Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/12/13/the-ministerial-reshuffle-and-health-plus-analysis-of-roxons-tenure-and-advice-to-plibersek/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/12/13/the-ministerial-reshuffle-and-health-plus-analysis-of-roxons-tenure-and-advice-to-plibersek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do we know about the Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, who has replaced Nicola Roxon as Health Minister? What advice might Roxon give her? <em>Croakey</em> asks a panel of experts. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/12/13/the-ministerial-reshuffle-and-health-plus-analysis-of-roxons-tenure-and-advice-to-plibersek/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cox: more women in cabinet, but social issues slip agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cox-more-women-in-cabinet-but-social-issues-slip-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cox-more-women-in-cabinet-but-social-issues-slip-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My feminist push at present is to put the goal of making society fairer and more civil, and to change the emphasis on economic growth as the only good.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/cox-more-women-in-cabinet-but-social-issues-slip-agenda/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Attorney-General Roxon&#8217;s to-do list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/crikey-says-attorney-general-roxons-to-do-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/crikey-says-attorney-general-roxons-to-do-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attorney general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney General's office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cybercrime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon's appointment as Australia's first female Attorney-General presents several opportunities to address issues handled poorly by Robert McClelland. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/crikey-says-attorney-general-roxons-to-do-list/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reshuffle promotes Gillard&#8217;s &#8216;warlords&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabinet reshuffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: A ministerial reshuffle yesterday resulted in promotions for the architects of Julia Gillard's prime ministerial coup, a demotion for a Kevin Rudd supporter and a record number of female ministers in Australian politics.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/reshuffle-promotes-gillards-warlords/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard&#8217;s broken promise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/gillards-broken-promise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/gillards-broken-promise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[circumcision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France presidential race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ryan tandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports betting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony abbot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A classic example of the blame game. The buck passing on public hospital funding is well and truly back. The Tasmanian government this week announced it would cut more than $60 million from its elective surgery budget over the next three years. That means, according to federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, that the state risks [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Roxon&#8217;s health records system a &#8216;massive waste of $467 million&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/roxons-health-records-system-a-massive-waste-of-467-million/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/roxons-health-records-system-a-massive-waste-of-467-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The news that health minister Nicola Roxon had hatched a $77 million deal with global services behemoth Accenture to deliver its controversial e-health records system has failed to quell the rage of vocal detractors who say taxpayers are being taken for a ride.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/roxons-health-records-system-a-massive-waste-of-467-million/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Network deal: is Mark Scott really in trouble?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/abc-australia-network-deal-mark-scott/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/abc-australia-network-deal-mark-scott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=236345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How much trouble is ABC managing director Mark Scott facing over his lobbying on the Australian Network contract deal?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/19/abc-australia-network-deal-mark-scott/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not ready to let Roxon off the hook yet</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/22/not-ready-to-let-roxon-off-the-hook-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/22/not-ready-to-let-roxon-off-the-hook-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakira Hussein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Shakira Hussein</b> was relieved to see her MS drug make the PBS approved list, but she's not going to break open the metaphorical non-alcoholic champagne until the government reverses its decision to subject drugs recommended for subsidy to cabinet decision-making.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/22/not-ready-to-let-roxon-off-the-hook-yet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Rolls-Royce drugs need government fuel to drive them</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/21/my-rolls-royce-drugs-need-government-fuel-to-drive-them/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/21/my-rolls-royce-drugs-need-government-fuel-to-drive-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakira Hussein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Academic -- and MS sufferer -- Shakira Hussein writes about the difficulty of expensive but critical drugs she relies on being left off the PBS approved drug list.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/21/my-rolls-royce-drugs-need-government-fuel-to-drive-them/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alert the ACCC: Roxon&#8217;s alcohol floor price is a classic case of price fixing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/alert-the-accc-roxons-alcohol-floor-price-is-a-classic-case-of-price-fixing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/alert-the-accc-roxons-alcohol-floor-price-is-a-classic-case-of-price-fixing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol floor price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price fixing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=229617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roxon's plan to fix the floor price of alcohol means effectively the retail alcohol industry is going to be coerced into a massive cartel between itself and the government, writes <b>Ian Hanke</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/alert-the-accc-roxons-alcohol-floor-price-is-a-classic-case-of-price-fixing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s memory loss regarding John Faulkner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/rudds-memory-loss-regarding-john-faulkner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/rudds-memory-loss-regarding-john-faulkner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcopops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Short term memory loss is a helpful attribute for a politician. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big Tobacco hires crack team to take plain pack fight to Roxon</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/big-tobacco-hires-crack-team-to-take-plain-pack-fight-to-roxon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/big-tobacco-hires-crack-team-to-take-plain-pack-fight-to-roxon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british american tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrs chambers westgarth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david crow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British American Tobacco have engaged high-priced corporate lawyers Corrs Chambers Westgarth to pilot their offensive against Nicola Roxon's plain packaging scheme for cigarettes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/07/big-tobacco-hires-crack-team-to-take-plain-pack-fight-to-roxon/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will government’s plain-packaging proposals make a difference?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/01/will-government%e2%80%99s-plain-packaging-proposals-make-a-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/01/will-government%e2%80%99s-plain-packaging-proposals-make-a-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plain packaging cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government is not breaking new ground with its proposal for plain packaging of cigarettes, writes <b>Ian Hanke</b>, of Agitate.com.au]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor is surprisingly effective in parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/27/psst-dont-look-now-but-the-labor-gov-is-pretty-effective-in-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/27/psst-dont-look-now-but-the-labor-gov-is-pretty-effective-in-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 03:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=225686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor is almost comically inept outside Parliament but the rules within enable it to be much more effective.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/27/psst-dont-look-now-but-the-labor-gov-is-pretty-effective-in-parliament/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>59</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;My&#8217; MS, a magic pill, and what the PBS fight means to me</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/29/my-ms-a-magic-pill-and-what-the-pbs-fight-means-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/29/my-ms-a-magic-pill-and-what-the-pbs-fight-means-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakira Hussein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The politics of turning the final approval of new medications into a Cabinet decision at the least, delays treatment to patients who may benefit from it. At the worst, it turns them down. Here's what that means for me, and "my MS", writes <b>Shakira Hussein</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/29/my-ms-a-magic-pill-and-what-the-pbs-fight-means-to-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health funding faces the chop but has Carr saved science?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/health-funding-faces-the-chop-but-has-carr-saved-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/health-funding-faces-the-chop-but-has-carr-saved-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Health and Ageing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department of innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget cut speculation is centring on the Health portfolio, with big cuts rumoured for medical research. But other areas look safer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/health-funding-faces-the-chop-but-has-carr-saved-science/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>MyHospitals site just a baby step, needs help to grow up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/myhospitals-site-just-a-baby-step-needs-help-to-grow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/myhospitals-site-just-a-baby-step-needs-help-to-grow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MyHospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In health policy, it is rare to find an initiative that is universally blessed.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/myhospitals-site-just-a-baby-step-needs-help-to-grow-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What do Australians really think of our health system?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/12/07/what-do-australians-really-think-of-our-health-system-not-quite-what-the-minister-told-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/12/07/what-do-australians-really-think-of-our-health-system-not-quite-what-the-minister-told-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Buckmaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aged care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=191531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Minister Nicola Roxon was quick to trumpet the findings of a recent survey into perceptions of our health system as evidence of supposed widespread support. However, she neglected to mention concerns many people have regarding aged care, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/12/07/what-do-australians-really-think-of-our-health-system-not-quite-what-the-minister-told-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Inside the Department of Health and Ageing: a document dump</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/12/02/inside-the-department-of-health-and-ageing-a-document-dump/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/12/02/inside-the-department-of-health-and-ageing-a-document-dump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Health and Ageing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A wealth of information about the structures, programs and processes of the Department of Health and Ageing has been released in response to FOI requests for the department’s brief to the incoming government. <b>Melissa Sweet</b> examines the documents.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/12/02/inside-the-department-of-health-and-ageing-a-document-dump/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
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		<title>Changing political landscape means changes to health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/changing-political-landscape-means-changes-to-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/changing-political-landscape-means-changes-to-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Victorian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Victorian Liberal government, like the old Victorian Labor government, is a major player in Australia’s health reforms, writes <b>Paul Dugdale</b>, director of the ANU Centre for Health Stewardship.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/changing-political-landscape-means-changes-to-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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