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		<title>The everyday politics of perpetual electioneering</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/the-everyday-politics-of-perpetual-electioneering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/the-everyday-politics-of-perpetual-electioneering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal mps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Must Australian politicians work "tirelessly" for their communities or face electoral oblivion? <b>James Panichi</b> of <a href="http://www.inside.org.au" target="_blank"><em>InsideStory</em></a> looks for the middle ground.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why was Rattner granted immunity from prosecution?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/why-was-rattner-granted-immunity-from-prosecution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/why-was-rattner-granted-immunity-from-prosecution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Rattner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<title>Drag0nista: political private lives CAN be a public issue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/drag0nista-political-private-lives-can-be-a-public-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/drag0nista-political-private-lives-can-be-a-public-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Journalists traditionally have been less enthusiastic about exposing low standards in politicians’ personal behaviour, particularly those occasions involving the infidelity of politicians, writes <b>Drag0nista</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/drag0nista-political-private-lives-can-be-a-public-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wolff: politicians are babies, stepping over generations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/wolff-politicians-are-babies-stepping-over-generations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/wolff-politicians-are-babies-stepping-over-generations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david miliband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Miliband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=175433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians are infantile. They want what they want when they want it. They lack all seriousness and meaning. It's become a profession for the callow, jejune, and wet behind the ears, says <b>Michael Wolff</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>So You Think You Can Be PM</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/political-idol-why-tv-offers-more-creative-answers-than-politicians-20100427-tps2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/political-idol-why-tv-offers-more-creative-answers-than-politicians-20100427-tps2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV shows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question time may be full of fireworks, but most politicians these days are a fizzle. We need to jazz up the political experience and attract politicians who are willing to try crazy, creative ideas, writes <b>Oliver Marc Hartwich</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>When will Beazley realise he isn&#8217;t a pollie now?</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/backward-looking-beazley-shows-why-pollies-make-bad-diplomats/story-e6frg6zo-1225854277892</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/backward-looking-beazley-shows-why-pollies-make-bad-diplomats/story-e6frg6zo-1225854277892#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accredited diplomats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian ambassador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we keep having Australian ambassadors as ex-politicians? asks <b>Jim Molan</b>. Kim Beazley in Washington shouldn't be talking so candidly about the war in Afghanistan since it's such a tense issue between the US and Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Would the world be better if cricketers ran it?</title>
		<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/454198.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/454198.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Warne]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to fantasy land for cricket nuts, where Shane Warne is finance minister of Australia -- until he gambles the entire GDP away -- and Sanath Jayasuriya is president of Sri Lanka. ]]></description>
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		<title>Berg: Politicians make crap managers</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2864915.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2864915.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is the biggest business in Australia, but we've got politicians, not business people running it. Managing people and money is not the same as a desperate thirst to be PM, writes <b>Chris Berg</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why do journos become pollies?</title>
		<link>http://img.slate.com/id/2249532</link>
		<comments>http://img.slate.com/id/2249532#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Malcolm Turnbull to Tony Abbott, Australia's got a rich history of journalists flipping over to the dark side of politics. We're not alone. <b>Jack Shafer</b> explores the US phenomena and the journo urge to run for office.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your favourite political childhood memory?</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/01/15/guest-post-by-legal-eagle-earliest-political-memories/</link>
		<comments>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/01/15/guest-post-by-legal-eagle-earliest-political-memories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether it be your childhood crush on Bob Hawke, a poem penned in primary school for Gough Whitlam or a secret fondness for John Howard, join in the discussion at <em>Larvartus Prodeo</em> about your earliest political memory.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/01/15/guest-post-by-legal-eagle-earliest-political-memories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartlett: The developing politics of tweeting</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/07/the-politics-of-twittering-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/07/the-politics-of-twittering-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to politics and social media, the greater potential for improving genuine public engagement lies in developing countries and democracies using the technology, not just the Anglosphere, argues <b>Andrew Bartlett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/07/the-politics-of-twittering-in-india/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pay pollies peanuts and you&#8217;ll get (even more) monkeys</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,26484051-3102,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,26484051-3102,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians salaries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why the anger when Aussie politicians' salaries -- measly compared to the private sector -- are given a slight raise? Pollies also have to deal with public and media scrutiny, so let's pay them what they're worth.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>MPs Pimp Their Ride: Gas guzzling, go gas guzzling</title>
		<link>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pimp-my-mp/?referrer=email</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pimp-my-mp/?referrer=email#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our MPs may love the climate change talk, but when it comes to cars there is very little green action, with the majority of MPs driving fuel guzzling, rev head six or eight cylinder cars. And they are HUGE Ford Territory fans...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pimp-my-mp/?referrer=email/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oakes: Money can&#8217;t buy power</title>
		<link>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/in-politics-its-power-that-pays/story-e6frfifo-1225779704077</link>
		<comments>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/in-politics-its-power-that-pays/story-e6frfifo-1225779704077#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians salaries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new salary for MP backbenchers? $131,000. The ridiculously low salary for our PM? $340,000. The knowledge that power is the only motivator for politicians? Priceless, writes <b>Laurie Oakes</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/in-politics-its-power-that-pays/story-e6frfifo-1225779704077/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Disappearing politicians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/lessons-in-history-disappearing-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/lessons-in-history-disappearing-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lessons in History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Augusto Pinochet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harold holt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Hoffa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim holding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those holding civic office have had a distinct tendency to wander off into parts unknown. Does power drive a man (or woman) into the yonder? History writer <b>Mike Stutchbery</b> investigates.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/lessons-in-history-disappearing-politicians/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pollies: please just answer the question</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abc.net.au/offair/2009/08/wellreadhead-just-answer-the-question-aug-26.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abc.net.au/offair/2009/08/wellreadhead-just-answer-the-question-aug-26.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=81979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians are experts at ignoring questions and spinning answers to their own agenda. It irritates journalists, and more importantly, frustrates voters, writes <b>Leigh Sales</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political Fashion Semiotics 101: the implications of politicians’ clothes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/political-fashion-semiotics-101-the-implications-of-politicians%e2%80%99-clothes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/political-fashion-semiotics-101-the-implications-of-politicians%e2%80%99-clothes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel Campbell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malia Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev thrilled and horrified the blogosphere by wearing jeans and a designer blazer to a dinner with Barack Obama. <b>Mel Campbell</b> does some further political fashion analysis.]]></description>
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		<title>Bidgood was right to take those photos and sell them</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/bidgood-was-right-to-take-those-photos-and-sell-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/08/bidgood-was-right-to-take-those-photos-and-sell-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalistic ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photograph]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was the taking of the photo what is said to be wrong? Or was it selling the photos to News Ltd for a donation? Asks <b>Graham Young</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The week&#8217;s hot topics on talkback radio&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/first-dog-on-the-moon-139/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/first-dog-on-the-moon-139/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canberra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[milk bottles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morris minor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bats - Why can't we kill them?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nurses are no politicians: Morgan survey</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/nurses-are-no-politicians-morgan-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/nurses-are-no-politicians-morgan-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professions survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roy morgan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians are a little more popular, but when it comes to high esteem, nothing beats a nurse. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/nurses-are-no-politicians-morgan-survey/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/28/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spend more time]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians seeking a work-life balance should be respected and supported. Politicians who use their long-suffering families as the PR pretext for cutting-and-running should be seen for what they are -- liars. 
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		<title>Forget philosophy, have some money</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/forget-philosophy-have-some-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/forget-philosophy-have-some-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding Kevin Rudd’s belated attempt to seize the moral high ground, both major parties are committed to enormous increases in expenditure as a result of promises made during this election campaign, writes Peter Saunders from the Centre for Independent Studies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tasmania abolishes double jeopardy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/01/tasmania-abolishes-double-jeopardy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/01/tasmania-abolishes-double-jeopardy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double jeopardy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good graces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innocence projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Tasmania’s Attorney-General Steve Kons announced he was following the lead of other states like Queensland and abolishing the double jeopardy rule. This is the rule that essentially says you can’t be tried for the same crime twice, writes Greg Barns.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Daily Verdict: Day 15 &amp; call it a draw</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/30/the-daily-verdict-day-15-call-it-a-draw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/30/the-daily-verdict-day-15-call-it-a-draw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurmountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasurer Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[verdict]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Day 15 of the election campaign was like one of those nil all draws at soccer - boring and hard to get excited about. The scoring for Crikey's The Daily Verdict had the Coalition and Labor locked together with the lowest rating yet recorded for any day. ]]></description>
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