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	<title>Crikey &#187; political donations</title>
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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>

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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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[Power Shots]]></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[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/miners-big-on-donations-but-not-on-disclosure/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tasmanian greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the greens]]></category>

		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/rhiannon-the-hidden-millions-in-political-donations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSPT]]></category>

		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mining-the-donations-palmer-returns-as-1-million-tory-sugar-daddy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/political-donations-give-and-take-libs-get-6-3m-labor-7-8m/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/01/mayne-on-donations-vic-libs-still-richest-political-division-in-the-country/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/06/big-tobacco-not-just-in-liberal-pockets-crikey-reveals-the-labor-links/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>How do we get the full picture on political donations? We can&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/31/crikey-says-how-do-we-get-the-full-picture-on-political-donations-we-cant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/31/crikey-says-how-do-we-get-the-full-picture-on-political-donations-we-cant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 03:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources Super Profits Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSPT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=142350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How much money is the federal Coalition receiving from the mining industry as part of its campaign against the RSPT?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/31/crikey-says-how-do-we-get-the-full-picture-on-political-donations-we-cant/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Have we outsourced our politics?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/19/have-we-outsourced-our-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/19/have-we-outsourced-our-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The days of mass-membership political parties are over. Instead, it seems like we've decided to outsource politics to a new class: professional politicians.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/19/have-we-outsourced-our-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby’s poor disclosure over donations and jobs for relatives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/17/brumby%e2%80%99s-poor-disclosure-over-donations-and-jobs-for-relatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/17/brumby%e2%80%99s-poor-disclosure-over-donations-and-jobs-for-relatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3AW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nepotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve bracks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While there are literally hundreds of examples of politicians either employing their relatives or having party colleagues take them on, very few have reached the scale of Victorian Premier John Brumby’s family.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/17/brumby%e2%80%99s-poor-disclosure-over-donations-and-jobs-for-relatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political donations drought: cash levels fall by 60%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/political-donations-drought-cash-levels-fall-by-60-per-cent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/political-donations-drought-cash-levels-fall-by-60-per-cent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are we witnessing the drying up of political donations? Total political donations of $93.7 million fell 60% last year. Plus some of the more interesting donors uncovered by <em>Crikey</em> readers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/political-donations-drought-cash-levels-fall-by-60-per-cent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Democracy, South Australian style</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/democracy-with-a-south-australian-twist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/democracy-with-a-south-australian-twist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael atkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has changed the rules of democracy in the state, explains <b>Hendrik Gout</b>: you can't make an anonymous political comment on a blog, but you <em>can</em> make an anonymous donation to the ALP.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/democracy-with-a-south-australian-twist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Influential or not? Big political donors show how it&#8217;s done</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/influential-or-not-big-political-donors-show-how-its-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/influential-or-not-big-political-donors-show-how-its-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite a big drop in political donations in 2008-09, the AEC figures released yesterday still show how influence works -- and fails to work -- in Canberra. Even if the data isn't that surprising.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/influential-or-not-big-political-donors-show-how-its-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mayne digs some donations data dirt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/mayne-sifting-through-the-political-donations-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/mayne-sifting-through-the-political-donations-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual deluge of political donations data was dropped by the AEC today, containing a stack of interesting revelations. <b>Stephen Mayne</b> sifts through the dirt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/mayne-sifting-through-the-political-donations-data/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The corporates that helped Bligh, Barnett to power</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/the-corporates-that-helped-bligh-barnett-to-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/the-corporates-that-helped-bligh-barnett-to-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The release of this morning's Australian Electoral Commission's "periodic disclosures" data paint a vivid picture of who bankrolled the two state elections that occurred in the 2008/09 financial year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/the-corporates-that-helped-bligh-barnett-to-power/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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