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		<title>Why Gillard and Brandis are wrong about Gitmo prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/05/why-gillard-and-brandis-are-wrong-about-gitmo-prisoners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/05/why-gillard-and-brandis-are-wrong-about-gitmo-prisoners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guantanamo bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having supported the treatment of prisoners in clear defiance of Geneva Convention, Australia has a moral obligation to take some of these men, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Clive Hamilton v. Paul Kelly: climate death match</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/clive-hamilton-v-paul-kelly-climate-death-match/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/clive-hamilton-v-paul-kelly-climate-death-match/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emission reduction targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Garnaut]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the greens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Kelly has seamlessly shifted from chief apologist for the Howard Government to the Rudd Government's climate change approach, writes <b>Clive Hamilton</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Janette Howard: the interview the ABC rejected</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/17/janette-howard-the-interview-the-abc-rejected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/17/janette-howard-the-interview-the-abc-rejected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janette Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey has unearthed an edited extract of Janette Howard’s red hot interview with the ABC for The Howard Years. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political tipping points, like economic crises, can go either way</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/political-tipping-points-like-economic-crises-can-go-either-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/17/political-tipping-points-like-economic-crises-can-go-either-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will there be a new climate change scepticism that gather to it the hate and fear that arises in times of economic uncertainty asks <b>Tim Hollo</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comitatus: Spare us the Costello horsefluff</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/comitatus-spare-us-the-costello-horsefluff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/23/comitatus-spare-us-the-costello-horsefluff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are words for the all the Peter Costello speculation. One of them is "silly". The other one starts with "s" too, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Here come the rentseekers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/18/here-come-the-rentseekers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/18/here-come-the-rentseekers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[carbon trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garnaut Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone thinking the Green Paper scheme proposed this week is a solid start and can be strengthened later, wait til you see what it looks like after industry lobbyists and trade unions have got through with it, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pearse: Rudd following Howard’s lead?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/pearse-rudd-following-howards-lead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/pearse-rudd-following-howards-lead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[carbon trading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd may not look like he’s following John Howard on climate change, but he may well be, writes <b>Guy Pearse</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Computers for kids are useless without backup</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/computers-for-kids-are-useless-without-backup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/09/computers-for-kids-are-useless-without-backup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unless additional money is spent on the peripheral costs of implementing and operating new computers in schools they're pretty useless, write <b>Elissa Baxter and Simon Sharwood</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: We need Kevin to be a climate hero</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/07/mungo-we-need-kevin-to-be-a-climate-hero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/07/mungo-we-need-kevin-to-be-a-climate-hero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ross Garnaut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will Kevin Rudd have the courage to do what is necessary on climate? <b>Mungo MacCallum</b> has his doubts.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/07/mungo-we-need-kevin-to-be-a-climate-hero/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alcohol industry needs to cut the cr-p on alcopops</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/alcohol-industry-needs-to-cut-the-cr-p-on-alcopops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/alcohol-industry-needs-to-cut-the-cr-p-on-alcopops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcopops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the independent and minor party Senators who hold the balance of power reject the Rudd Government’s tax on ready-to-drink pre-mixed spirits (RTDs), they will reward the alcohol industry for misleading the Senate Inquiry into RTDs, writes <b>Geoff Munro</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/alcohol-industry-needs-to-cut-the-cr-p-on-alcopops/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Democracy, brought to you by the NSW Shooters Party</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/democracy-brought-to-you-by-the-nsw-shooters-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/democracy-brought-to-you-by-the-nsw-shooters-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us were pleased when the Legislative Review Committee reported on the Planning Minister Frank Sartor’s package of Bills ‘reforming’ the Planning system of NSW. Then the Shooters Party stepped in, writes <b>JJohn Mant</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/democracy-brought-to-you-by-the-nsw-shooters-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget Mayo, what about McEwen?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/forget-mayo-what-about-mcewen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/forget-mayo-what-about-mcewen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran Bailey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I predict the next electoral event will be simultaneous by-elections in Mayo and the Victorian ultra-marginal Liberal seat of McEwen, writes <b>Malcolm Mackerras</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/forget-mayo-what-about-mcewen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Antidotes to Liberal climate quackery</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/25/antidotes-to-liberal-climate-quackery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/25/antidotes-to-liberal-climate-quackery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Greg Hunt declares that the Coalition is behind an emissions trading scheme, he’s either lying or he’s totally out of touch with his colleagues, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/25/antidotes-to-liberal-climate-quackery/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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