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	<title>Crikey &#187; political donations</title>
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		<title>Our very own &#8216;Citizens United&#8217;? NSW election spending challenged</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/15/our-very-own-citizens-united-nsw-election-spending-challenged/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/15/our-very-own-citizens-united-nsw-election-spending-challenged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unions NSW is taking the government to court, claiming that restricting political donations to individuals is an infringement of the implied constitutional right of freedom of political speech.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another year, another round of media failures on campaign finance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/04/mayne-another-year-of-media-failures-on-campaign-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/04/mayne-another-year-of-media-failures-on-campaign-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=346236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The release of donations data should be one of the year's biggest dumps of hot political news. It's high time the mainstream media stopped turning a blind eye and started asking questions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/04/mayne-another-year-of-media-failures-on-campaign-finance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>AEC donor dump: who paid out for the parties in 11-12</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/aec-donor-dump-who-paid-out-for-the-parties-in-11-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/aec-donor-dump-who-paid-out-for-the-parties-in-11-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive Palmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=345903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's poor, inconsistent and late -- but we finally have a glimpse of who donated to political parties in 2011-12. So who did the shooters donate to?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/aec-donor-dump-who-paid-out-for-the-parties-in-11-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>What would a politically charged Rinehart do? Read the book</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/10/what-would-a-politically-charged-rinehart-do-read-the-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/10/what-would-a-politically-charged-rinehart-do-read-the-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Thomson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=336662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart’s new self-published book offers some unique insights into the mining billionaire. What if she decided to spend more of her fortune on political activism?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/10/what-would-a-politically-charged-rinehart-do-read-the-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Media dooms Faulkner&#8217;s ambitious transparency agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/media-dooms-faulkners-ambitious-transparency-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/media-dooms-faulkners-ambitious-transparency-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower protection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Faulkner's agenda for political transparency has been ignored in favour of his comments on NSW Labor, but it's in the media's interests to gain transparency. Why turn a blind eye?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/media-dooms-faulkners-ambitious-transparency-agenda/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qld Labor ends electoral arms-race &#8212; just when the LNP benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/qld-labor-ends-electoral-arms-race-just-when-the-lnp-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/qld-labor-ends-electoral-arms-race-just-when-the-lnp-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral expenditure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queensland labor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Queensland Labor enters the 2012 election without one of its key campaigning tools of recent years. The party's success has been built on massively outspending its opponents. New laws bring that to an end just when the tables were turned.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/qld-labor-ends-electoral-arms-race-just-when-the-lnp-benefits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Check your maths, and your letterbox</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/crikey-says-check-your-maths-and-your-letterbox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/crikey-says-check-your-maths-and-your-letterbox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campbell newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can learn a lot from digging through 12 years worth of Australian Electoral Commission filings ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/crikey-says-check-your-maths-and-your-letterbox/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rise and rise of mining company donations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/21/the-rise-and-rise-of-mining-company-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/21/the-rise-and-rise-of-mining-company-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big mining money has shifted behind the Coalition and poses a serious threat to Labor if maintained.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/21/the-rise-and-rise-of-mining-company-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>More evidence of why donation disclosure laws are hopeless</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/australian-political-disclosure-donation-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/australian-political-disclosure-donation-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years now <em>Crikey</em> has engaged in the ritual denunciation of our Commonwealth electoral donation laws. It's worth repeating. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/australian-political-disclosure-donation-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor's donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/australian-electoral-funding-figures-liberal-and-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kroger joins call to ban political donations &#8230; it&#8217;s prawns, Moet and satire for yachties &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Power Index</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamilton Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Kroger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael yabsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They call him 'the Pope', Don Farrell is number six on our list of Political Fixers. Also Michael Yabsley gets the backing of Liberal Party grandee Michael Kroger over banning political donations, it's prawns, Moet and satire for the yachties at Hamilton and Phil Green’s chance to give back.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/power-shots-kroger-joins-call-to-ban-political-donations-its-prawns-moet-and-satire-for-yachties/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: Yabsley says &#8216;ban political donations&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/17/michael-yabsley-on-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/17/michael-yabsley-on-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Barry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Lowy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Triguboff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael yabsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Liberal Party treasurer Michael Yabsley, who has raised millions of dollars to fund Liberal election campaigns, has called for a complete ban on political donations by big business, trade unions and property developers. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/17/michael-yabsley-on-political-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>What WAS Bronwyn Bishop smoking?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/08/15/what-was-bronwyn-bishop-smoking-reporting-from-the-inquiry-into-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/08/15/what-was-bronwyn-bishop-smoking-reporting-from-the-inquiry-into-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronwyn Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tobacco industry is unlike any other donor as its products kill people – but this has not stopped all parties from accepting their generous donations. And it didn't stop Bronwyn Bishop harassing witnesses at a Joint Standing Committee inquiry last week, writes <b>Anne Jones</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/08/15/what-was-bronwyn-bishop-smoking-reporting-from-the-inquiry-into-political-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Campaign xenophobia driven by foreign donations ban</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/campaign-xenophobia-driven-by-foreign-donations-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/campaign-xenophobia-driven-by-foreign-donations-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xenophobia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone in mainstream politics says they oppose xenophobia, but foreigners have few friends among advocates of campaign finance reform, writes <b>Andrew Norton</b>, a research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/campaign-xenophobia-driven-by-foreign-donations-ban/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALIV&#8217;s valuable community programs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/alivs-valuable-community-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/alivs-valuable-community-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comments & corrections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian league of immigration volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=201420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The political donations data is nowhere near the full picture</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/04/the-political-donations-data-is-nowhere-near-the-full-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/04/the-political-donations-data-is-nowhere-near-the-full-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=201225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The material released this week by the Electoral Commission only gives a partial picture of who is funding our political parties.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/04/the-political-donations-data-is-nowhere-near-the-full-picture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Miners big on donations, but not on disclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/miners-big-on-donations-but-not-on-disclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/miners-big-on-donations-but-not-on-disclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several companies and individuals have been identified in Liberal and Labor documents as making donations, but were not recorded on the AEC website as having made any returns, as they’re required to do.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political donations: SA and Tassie rolling in election dough</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/political-donations-sa-and-tassie-rolling-in-election-dough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/political-donations-sa-and-tassie-rolling-in-election-dough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Political donations data released by the Australian Electoral Commission yesterday shows a multi-million jump in donations for South Australia and Tasmania -- the two states that held elections over the audit period.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/political-donations-sa-and-tassie-rolling-in-election-dough/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rhiannon: the hidden millions in political donations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/rhiannon-the-hidden-millions-in-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/rhiannon-the-hidden-millions-in-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Comparing the AEC data for NSW with the disclosures to the NSW Election Funding Authority (EFA) reveals some interesting trends in political donating and underlines the need for far reaching political funding reform, writes <b>Lee Rhiannon</b>, a Greens NSW Senator-elect.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mining the donations: Palmer returns as $1 million Tory sugar daddy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mining-the-donations-palmer-returns-as-1-million-tory-sugar-daddy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mining-the-donations-palmer-returns-as-1-million-tory-sugar-daddy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive Palmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal liberal party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal national party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Billionaire Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer ratcheted up his political donations to the conservative side of politics to over $1 million in 2009-10, despite the Liberal Party declaring his cash persona non grata mid-way through the audit period, according to data released by the Australian Electoral Commission this morning.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political donations give and take</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/political-donations-give-and-take-libs-get-6-3m-labor-7-8m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/political-donations-give-and-take-libs-get-6-3m-labor-7-8m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Electoral Commission released political donations data today for 2009-10, giving us an insight into what political parties received from donors between 7 and 19 months ago.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200158</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW Nats put it on the platinum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/nsw-nats-put-it-on-the-platinum-to-beat-donations-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/nsw-nats-put-it-on-the-platinum-to-beat-donations-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[$50,000 will get you in the door to talk to Premiers and Leaders of the Opposition in NSW. Or you can give it to the NSW Nats and visit "sunny Port Macquarie".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/nsw-nats-put-it-on-the-platinum-to-beat-donations-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political finance &#8230; NSW leads the way (again)</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/political-finance-nsw-leads-the-way-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/political-finance-nsw-leads-the-way-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O’Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Keneally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public funding, while giving a small leg up to some minor parties, has not prevented an arms race between the major parties, writes <b>Graeme Orr</b>, an author and associate professor at UQ Law School.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big Tobacco not just in Liberal pockets &#8212; Crikey reveals the Labor links</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/06/big-tobacco-not-just-in-liberal-pockets-crikey-reveals-the-labor-links/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/06/big-tobacco-not-just-in-liberal-pockets-crikey-reveals-the-labor-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=162410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition has been exposed this week for its links to Big Tobacco. But Labor members are no clean-skins when it comes to accepting cash from the cigarette industry.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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