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		<title>Australia&#8217;s human rights record under attack</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/australias-human-rights-record-under-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/australias-human-rights-record-under-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandatory detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's human rights record has come under scrutiny by the international watchdog, writes <b>Dan Ziffer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why rail projects in NSW cost three times as much as they should</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/why-rail-projects-in-nsw-cost-three-times-as-much-as-they-should/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/why-rail-projects-in-nsw-cost-three-times-as-much-as-they-should/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gurus at Infrastructure Australia should be asking some hard questions because something seems terribly wrong with the cost of rail construction in NSW, writes <b>Gavin Gatenby</b>.

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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fitzgibbon affair points to bureaucrats out of control</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/fitzgibbon-affair-points-to-bureaucrats-out-of-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/fitzgibbon-affair-points-to-bureaucrats-out-of-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ministerial responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of issues in play in the revelation that Defence has been spying on its own minister. All bear teasing out, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/fitzgibbon-affair-points-to-bureaucrats-out-of-control/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rundle: Israel&#8217;s de facto apartheid</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/rundle-israels-de-facto-apartheid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/rundle-israels-de-facto-apartheid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israeli arabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One grim upside of Israel's massacre in Gaza has been the way in which a widespread view of the Israeli state has come into alignment with those who know something of the region's history, writes <b>Guy Rundle</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/rundle-israels-de-facto-apartheid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aceh’s democratic test</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/acehs-democratic-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/acehs-democratic-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free democratic elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government of indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 9 April, Indonesia's province of Aceh will hold elections for its local legislature, illustrating Indonesia’s recent evolutionary process of political maturation, writes <b>Damien Kingsbury</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The economic crash may be a boost for health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/the-economic-crash-may-be-a-boost-for-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/the-economic-crash-may-be-a-boost-for-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The economic slump is no excuse for governments to wimp out on health reform, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/the-economic-crash-may-be-a-boost-for-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The fastest school spending spree in history doesn&#8217;t add up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-fastest-school-spending-spree-in-history-doesnt-add-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-fastest-school-spending-spree-in-history-doesnt-add-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's time for the national media to start asking questions about the execution of a program that the PM himself admits is the biggest national logistical challenge since World War 2, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-fastest-school-spending-spree-in-history-doesnt-add-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama meets Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/obama-meets-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/obama-meets-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama had their first face-to-face meeting today, reports <b>The Age</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/obama-meets-rudd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queensland gives hope to the hopeless</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/queensland-gives-hope-to-the-hopeless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/queensland-gives-hope-to-the-hopeless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP has won a lot of elections in the last decade, but few of them have confounded expectations as much as Saturday's victory in Queensland, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/queensland-gives-hope-to-the-hopeless/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Take the N out of QLD LNP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/take-the-n-out-of-qld-lnp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/take-the-n-out-of-qld-lnp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the LNP candidates who were the most successful in Brisbane and the Gold Coast are about as un-National as you can get, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/take-the-n-out-of-qld-lnp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The persecution of Marcus Einfeld</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-persecution-of-marcus-einfeld/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-persecution-of-marcus-einfeld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Einfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The prosecution of Einfeld has now been turned into a persecution, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/the-persecution-of-marcus-einfeld/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two new greenhouse gasses discovered</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/two-new-greenhouse-gasses-discovered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/two-new-greenhouse-gasses-discovered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two new synthetic greenhouse gases are getting their "debut" at the Greenhouse 2009 atmospheric science conference in Perth this afternoon, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/two-new-greenhouse-gasses-discovered/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mick Keelty: master of blame dodging</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/mick-keelty-master-of-blame-dodging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/mick-keelty-master-of-blame-dodging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bikie gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Keelty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mohamed Haneef]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mick Keelty may figure that if it's good enough for politicians to duck responsibility, then it’s good enough for chief executives. And he may be right in doing so, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/mick-keelty-master-of-blame-dodging/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Khatami: a case for dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/khatami-a-case-for-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/khatami-a-case-for-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bahai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious persecution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sayyed khatami]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I was among the crowd by former Iranian President Sayyed Mohammad Khatami, writes <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/khatami-a-case-for-dialogue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Turnbull&#8217;s honeymoon over?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/is-turnbulls-honeymoon-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/is-turnbulls-honeymoon-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The one steady factor in recent Newspolls has been the decline in Turnbull’s satisfaction ratings and the increase in his dissatisfaction ratings, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/is-turnbulls-honeymoon-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brent vs Possum: on accumulating accuracy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/brent-vs-possum-on-accumulating-accuracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/brent-vs-possum-on-accumulating-accuracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world needs statisticians and economists, particularly in these troubled times. But on occasion they get so carried away with their graphs and formulae, we find them lodged up their own orifices, writes <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/brent-vs-possum-on-accumulating-accuracy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Absurd anti-bikie laws do not stop bikies, but legalising drugs will</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/absurd-anti-bikie-laws-do-not-stop-bikies-but-legalising-drugs-will/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/absurd-anti-bikie-laws-do-not-stop-bikies-but-legalising-drugs-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti terror laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bikie gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs and crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If politicians were seriously interested about eroding the power of bikie gangs they would remove the source of much of their wealth and industry, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/absurd-anti-bikie-laws-do-not-stop-bikies-but-legalising-drugs-will/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>It certainly looks like the ACMA blacklist, eh Senator Conroy?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/it-certainly-looks-like-the-acma-blacklist-eh-senator-conroy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/it-certainly-looks-like-the-acma-blacklist-eh-senator-conroy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filtered internet connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence is mounting that the list of websites published by Wikileaks is almost certainly ACMA's "secret" blacklist, writes <b>Stilgherrian</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/it-certainly-looks-like-the-acma-blacklist-eh-senator-conroy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner&#8217;s Freedom of Information shake-up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/faulkners-freedom-of-information-shake-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/faulkners-freedom-of-information-shake-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Freedom of Information regime faces its biggest shake-up since its inception under draft legislation unveiled by John Faulkner today, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/faulkners-freedom-of-information-shake-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>G4S guards still on the job, despite the death of Ribs Ward</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/g4s-guards-still-on-the-job-despite-the-death-of-ribs-ward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/g4s-guards-still-on-the-job-despite-the-death-of-ribs-ward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of the outcome of the inquest, it is indisputable that Mr Ward died while in the 'care' of G4S employees. So why are they still on the job? asks <b>Michael Winkler</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why can&#8217;t this government make decisions on primary health?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/why-cant-this-government-make-decisions-on-primary-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/why-cant-this-government-make-decisions-on-primary-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The health networks across Australia which are funded by the Federal Government to deliver vital primary care services have no idea of their future at this critical time.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Razer: Conroy should not be surprised at blacklist leak</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/razer-conroy-should-not-be-surprised-at-blacklist-leak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/razer-conroy-should-not-be-surprised-at-blacklist-leak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filtered internet connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The emergence of the ACMA blacklist should have been as shocking to Stephen Conroy as, say, another tabloid sashay from Lindsay Lohan, writes <b>Helen Razer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kevin Rudd: the G20 man with a plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/kevin-rudd-the-g20-man-with-a-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/kevin-rudd-the-g20-man-with-a-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With our heavy reliance on imported capital and trade, Australia goes to the G20 as a supplicant, hopeful that the rest of the world can gets its act together sufficiently to at least arrest the downward economic spiral, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Yet another ACMA internet blacklist springs a leak</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/yet-another-acma-internet-blacklist-springs-a-leak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/yet-another-acma-internet-blacklist-springs-a-leak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filtered internet connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The war of the leaking internet blacklists escalates, with Wikileaks publishing more recent blacklists and threatening Senator Stephen Conroy with legal action, writes <b>Stilgherrian</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/yet-another-acma-internet-blacklist-springs-a-leak/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Despite what you read, the Qld polls were spot on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/despite-what-you-read-the-qld-polls-were-spot-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/despite-what-you-read-the-qld-polls-were-spot-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galaxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The MSM is filled to brim with absolute horsesh-t about the reality of the Queensland election polling results, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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