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	<title>Crikey &#187; poker machines</title>
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		<title>When it comes to pokies, beware of who you stand with</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/when-it-comes-to-pokies-beware-of-who-you-stand-with/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/when-it-comes-to-pokies-beware-of-who-you-stand-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pokies reform appears to have shifted slightly in the government's and Andrew Wilkie's favour, mainly because opponents have overplayed their hands.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>119</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bolt&#8217;s fear and loathing &#8230; of the pokies, of course</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/bolts-fear-and-loathing-of-the-pokies-of-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/bolts-fear-and-loathing-of-the-pokies-of-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt -- forced to correct the record over the weekend the weekend for his law-breaking articles on nefarious light-skinned Aborigines -- also has a long, proud history  of commentating on Australia's pokies legislation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pokies lobby lets the cat out of the bag</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/pokies-lobby-lets-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/pokies-lobby-lets-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Queensland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies mandatory pre commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of the merits of the Deutsch Bank report, the cat’s out of the bag now when it comes to the real cost of pokies reform, writes <b>Charles Livingstone</b>. 
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
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		<title>The conflicts of interest muddying the anti-pokies campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/the-conflicts-of-interest-muddying-the-anti-pokies-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/the-conflicts-of-interest-muddying-the-anti-pokies-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Bitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-commitment for pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Goyder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=249458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As with any public debate, the challenge in the pokies reform will be getting participants to put all their cards on the table and declare these conflicts as they arise. <b>Stephen Mayne</b> declares their interests on the public's behalf.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/the-conflicts-of-interest-muddying-the-anti-pokies-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Bets: states smash sports betting but no cold turkey on pokies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/last-bets-states-smash-sports-betting-but-no-cold-turkey-on-pokies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/28/last-bets-states-smash-sports-betting-but-no-cold-turkey-on-pokies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles livingstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last bets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports betting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Greig]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's no wonder premiers would prefer to gag Tony Greig and Richie Benaud than do anything that might impact their AAA-credit ratings.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Bets: Angry Anderson the new big thing in pokies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/last-bets-angry-anderson-the-new-big-thing-in-pokies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/last-bets-angry-anderson-the-new-big-thing-in-pokies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angry anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristocrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last bets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose Tattoo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker machine themes are a very important part in attracting punters to pubs and clubs around the country. The big manufacturers know this, and are spending millions of dollars each year mastering their brands. Even Angry Anderson is on board.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/last-bets-angry-anderson-the-new-big-thing-in-pokies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Bets: which brand of poker machine are you?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/last-bets-which-brand-of-poker-machine-are-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/last-bets-which-brand-of-poker-machine-are-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristocrat Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last bets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker machine themes play an important part in conditioning players to gamble and there are millions of dollars being invested by the big companies every year to find the next big thing. So which brand of machine suits you?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/last-bets-which-brand-of-poker-machine-are-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bitar Crowns our gambling dependence</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/25/crikey-says-bitar-crowns-our-gambling-dependence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/25/crikey-says-bitar-crowns-our-gambling-dependence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 02:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Bitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=225187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Karl Bitar has transitioned seamlessly from running the Labor Party to become lobbyist-in-chief for James Packer's gambling operations is a smack in the face for the integrity of the political system.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/25/crikey-says-bitar-crowns-our-gambling-dependence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: the Labor Party &#8230; trashing its brand since 2009&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The extent of Labor's brand damage is once again apparent, today's Essential Report shows.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/essential-the-labor-party-trashing-its-brand-since-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Star of the Clubs campaign is a strident anti-pokies campaigner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/15/star-of-the-clubs-campaign-is-a-strident-anti-pokies-campaigner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/15/star-of-the-clubs-campaign-is-a-strident-anti-pokies-campaigner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Ad Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geoff forrester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john singleton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The star of Clubs Australia's "its un-Australian" campaign is a staunch opponent of gambling who has decried "Lotto Jockeys lodging their mortgage busting dreams" and blasted the horror of unemployed punters feeding their dole cheques into pokies.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/15/star-of-the-clubs-campaign-is-a-strident-anti-pokies-campaigner/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>The national poker machine party, organic food no healthier</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-62/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-62/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-62/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP and their pokie loving ways, and is organic food no healthier?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-62/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>We need to wind back the pub’s pokie addiction, too</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/22/we-need-to-wind-back-the-pubs-pokie-addiction-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/22/we-need-to-wind-back-the-pubs-pokie-addiction-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is common for the industry to present itself as a folksy, struggling community level business, providing mostly harmless fun to the suburban working class. Unfortunately the reality is vastly different, writes <b>Charles Livingston</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/22/we-need-to-wind-back-the-pubs-pokie-addiction-too/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time gentlemen! Changing of the guard at AHA</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/time-gentlemen-changing-of-the-guard-at-aha/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/time-gentlemen-changing-of-the-guard-at-aha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian hotels association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Hotels Association (NSW) is undergoing a seismic changing of the guard, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/time-gentlemen-changing-of-the-guard-at-aha/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An NRL club without pokies is like a &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/20/an-nrl-club-without-pokies-is-like-a/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/20/an-nrl-club-without-pokies-is-like-a/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penrith panthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[south sydney rabbitohs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No poker machines at an NRL club? Business suicide or enlightened corporatism? Jeff Wall investigate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/20/an-nrl-club-without-pokies-is-like-a/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s pokies: a tour by numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/australias-pokies-a-tour-by-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/australias-pokies-a-tour-by-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south sydney rabbitohs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pokies probably won’t become a hot button issue for the upcoming election, but there has been a recent rise in bad press. Here are some facts and figures on the role of pokies as entertainment and revenue collectors. ]]></description>
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