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		<title>Anna Bligh: just say no to political donations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/anna-bligh-just-say-no-to-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/anna-bligh-just-say-no-to-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gordon nuttall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Press Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Press Club speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a Press Club address, the Queensland leader has called for a total -- or partial -- ban on political donations, saying it will help revitalise political parties at a grassroots level.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Barry O&#8217;Farrell sticks his neck out on donations reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/barry-ofarrell-sticks-his-neck-out-on-donations-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/barry-ofarrell-sticks-his-neck-out-on-donations-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barry ofarrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy4sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leighton Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell has stuck his neck out on political donations reform, lobbyist activities and election expenditure in an attempt to make ground on Premier Rees. But his own political fundraising is under question, writes <b>Lee Rhiannon</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberals and Fielding block our right to know</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/liberals-and-fielding-block-our-right-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/liberals-and-fielding-block-our-right-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who purchased access to senior Labor ministers at the ALP national conference? If the Senate would pass pending legislation, we might just find out.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is this the end of the $10,000 plate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/is-this-the-end-of-the-10000-plate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/03/is-this-the-end-of-the-10000-plate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anna Bligh's attempts to curtailing the influence of lobbyists and political donations will have some dramatic repercussions for all politicians. Will business fundraiser dinners be a thing of the past?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>New donations laws are bad news for NGOs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/new-donations-laws-are-bad-news-for-ngos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/new-donations-laws-are-bad-news-for-ngos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed new rules to political donations may have signifcant effects on NGOs, since governments increasingly regard NGOs as direct competitors in the political system.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbyists line up to speed date government ministers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/lobbyists-line-up-to-speed-date-government-ministers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/lobbyists-line-up-to-speed-date-government-ministers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses have forked out thousands to sit down to meetings with senior Rudd Government ministers, out of the gaze of the media, as an official part of the ALP National Conference.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Media magnates split the bill on political donations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/media-magnates-split-the-bill-on-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/media-magnates-split-the-bill-on-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austereo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Village Roadshow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s media proprietors have given the major political parties around $1.6m in donations in the last two years.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/media-magnates-split-the-bill-on-political-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Have NSW political donors failed to disclose donations?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/have-nsw-political-donors-failed-to-disclose-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/have-nsw-political-donors-failed-to-disclose-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electorial Reform Green Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A number of NSW political donors may have failed to disclose the full extent of their political donations, a comparison of NSW and Commonwealth electoral disclosure data shows.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/have-nsw-political-donors-failed-to-disclose-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ALP&#8217;s budget fundraising bonanza</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/the-alps-budget-fundraising-bonanza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/the-alps-budget-fundraising-bonanza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Labor Party will again reap hundreds of thousands of dollars from business with its Budget Night dinner this year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Babcock &amp; Brown political donations will be missed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/babcock-brown-political-donations-will-be-missed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/babcock-brown-political-donations-will-be-missed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the helium-driven investment bank Babcock &#038; Brown collapsed into the arms of the administrator last Friday, the major political parties lowered their flags to half mast, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/18/babcock-brown-political-donations-will-be-missed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition stymies donations transparency. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/coalition-stymies-donations-transparency-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/coalition-stymies-donations-transparency-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s electoral reform bill has been blocked by the party that lost the election and a senator elected on the vote of 1.77% of Victorians, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/coalition-stymies-donations-transparency-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW MP caught in jail privatisation conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/06/nsw-mp-caught-in-jail-privatisation-conflict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/06/nsw-mp-caught-in-jail-privatisation-conflict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatisation deal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can the Public Service Association "comrades" union expect tireless support from Paul McLeay, their former deputy general secretary? Asks <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business donations crossed the floor in 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007-08 political donations data shows a massive surge in business donations to the ALP prior to the 2007 election, compared to prior to the 2004 election, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/business-donations-crossed-the-floor-in-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>GetUp and its strange but well-heeled bedfellows</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/getup-and-its-strange-but-well-heeled-bedfellows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/getup-and-its-strange-but-well-heeled-bedfellows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evan thornley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monday's list of political donations revealed left-leaning lobbyists GetUp spent a massive $1.2 million on political activity, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/04/getup-and-its-strange-but-well-heeled-bedfellows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s brilliant disaster diversion from China donations scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/rudds-brilliant-disaster-diversion-from-china-donations-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/rudds-brilliant-disaster-diversion-from-china-donations-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP remains the only major political party in the world that actually runs pokies operations to help finance its campaigns, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/rudds-brilliant-disaster-diversion-from-china-donations-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Former high flying businesses among biggest political donors</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/02/former-high-flying-businesses-among-biggest-political-donors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/02/former-high-flying-businesses-among-biggest-political-donors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amid a veritable plethora of corporate donations, a couple stand out from the list of media, property, coal and resource and Asian groups on the list, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberals play spot the hypocrite on political accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/liberals-play-spot-the-hypocrite-on-political-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/11/liberals-play-spot-the-hypocrite-on-political-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barry ofarrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyist register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Therese Rein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The opposition bags the government over fundraising, but stays conspicuously silent on other accoutability issues, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>News Ltd sheepish in NSW political donation confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/05/news-ltd-sheepish-in-nsw-political-donation-confusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/05/news-ltd-sheepish-in-nsw-political-donation-confusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1700 firms and individuals have been caught on the wrong side of NSW political donations law. Confusion is a possibility, writes <b> Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP&#8217;s Budget night function to bring home the bacon</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/14/alps-budget-night-function-to-bring-home-the-bacon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/14/alps-budget-night-function-to-bring-home-the-bacon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget night]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP has issued invitations to its Budget Night function, to be held in the Great Hall at Parliament House. However, the ALP has advised invitees that it will be disclosing the purchase of tickets to the Electoral Commission, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Developer donations: Not bribing but taxing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/09/developer-donations-not-bribing-but-taxing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/09/developer-donations-not-bribing-but-taxing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Sartor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would a property developer give money to political parties for no apparent return? <b>John Addis</b> ponders a quasi-Sicilian conclusion.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iemma&#8217;s diversion: ban political donations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/iemmas-diversion-ban-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/iemmas-diversion-ban-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caught in a pincer between the unpopularity of his government’s plans to sell parts of the NSW power industry and toxic seepage from the Wollongong City Council corruption inquiry, Premier Morris Iemma launched a circuit-breaking offensive, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for Libs to put up or shut up on political funding reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/time-for-libs-to-put-up-or-shut-up-on-political-funding-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/time-for-libs-to-put-up-or-shut-up-on-political-funding-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political funding reform bill announced by John Faulkner last week is the most significant reforms to the mechanics of our political system in decades, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>MP&#8217;s own association funds MP&#8217;s own travel. As it would</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/mps-own-association-funds-mps-own-travel-as-it-would/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/mps-own-association-funds-mps-own-travel-as-it-would/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mps travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MP Michael Johnson has been to Bali too. <b>Bernard Keane</b> reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/26/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/26/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babcock &#038; Brown ... Mark Latham ... China, Tibet and the Olympics ... the hermaphrodic Nats/Libs merger ... Iraq ... NSW Cabinet ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW&#8217;s worst premier could still do something worthwhile&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/25/nsws-worst-premier-could-still-do-something-worthwhile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/25/nsws-worst-premier-could-still-do-something-worthwhile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Iemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morris Iemma’s status as modern NSW’s worst premier is assured, but he may still make a significant contribution to public life if his proposal to ban political donations comes off, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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