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	<title>Crikey &#187; QLD</title>
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		<title>For Sale: one vote in the QLD election</title>
		<link>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/blogs/blunt-instrument/expedite-the-election--sell-your-vote-to-the-highest-bidder-20120130-1qotz.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/blogs/blunt-instrument/expedite-the-election--sell-your-vote-to-the-highest-bidder-20120130-1qotz.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campbell newman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Author <b>John Birmingham</b> is offering up his vote in the upcoming Queensland election for $500, since, as Birmingham says, it'd be cheaper than any other policy Cap'n Bligh and Campbell's Soup Can will come up with.]]></description>
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		<title>How the Gold Coast lost its shine</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/12/30/when-the-gold-coast-lost-its-shine/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/12/30/when-the-gold-coast-lost-its-shine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland’s Gold Coast is a magical place where beautiful men and women do nothing but tan their perfectly sculpted bodies, and children run amok the beaches in theme parks. Well, that's how <b>Caroline Zielinski</b> remembered it, but the latest trip showed something different.]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion, Queensland and a law unchanged since 1861</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/17/abortion-queensland-and-a-law-unchanged-since-1861/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/17/abortion-queensland-and-a-law-unchanged-since-1861/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One woman's story of travelling interstate to abort a child with a severe abnormality highlights Queensland's antiquated abortion laws. <b>Dr Caroline de Costa</b> explains.]]></description>
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		<title>Madonna King: Clouds of corruption darken the sunshine state</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813849.htm?site=thedrum</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813849.htm?site=thedrum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Atkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitzgerald Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Claims of police corruption have hit the QLD police again, with up to 20 police hauled in for secret questioning and accusations of drug and organised crime activity. Is another Fitzgerald Inquiry needed? asks <b>Madonna King</b>.]]></description>
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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>

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		<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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		<title>How Bligh blew the QLD premiership</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/blighs-fall-from-grace-is-cautionary-tale-20091106-i0ip.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/blighs-fall-from-grace-is-cautionary-tale-20091106-i0ip.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter beattie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just eight months after Anna Bligh was elected QLD premier, voter satisfaction has dropped to just 30%, thanks to privatisation of state assets, broken election promises and scrapping petrol subsides. Is her decline terminal? asks <b>Cosima Marriner</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Six degrees of Kevin Bacon, brought to you by News Ltd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon-brought-to-you-by-news-ltd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon-brought-to-you-by-news-ltd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Paul Langbroek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin bacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political appointments]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon-brought-to-you-by-news-ltd/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Queensland state politics is a messy political battle ground at the moment. And it's News Ltd who are fuelling the fire, with an unfair double standard.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon-brought-to-you-by-news-ltd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political corruption not just in QLD</title>
		<link>http://newmatilda.com/2009/08/05/what-no-more-fundraisers</link>
		<comments>http://newmatilda.com/2009/08/05/what-no-more-fundraisers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=78367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That fact that political donations, that hot little topic that Anna Bligh brought into the media spotlight this week, is controversial just proves reform is needed.]]></description>
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		<title>Kyle and Jackie O backlash continues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anne henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jackie o and kyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red meat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rosemary stanton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Fitzgerald]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-50/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh-in on Kyle and Jackie O, the red meat health debate and the Tony Fitzgerald's speech on corruption in Queensland.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/31/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-50/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Truth overboard in the Pacific Adventurer incident</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/truth-overboard-in-the-pacific-adventurer-incident/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/truth-overboard-in-the-pacific-adventurer-incident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[man-made disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Adventurer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case of the Pacific Adventurer the Australian media almost instantly made a scapegoat of Captain Bernardino Santos, writes <b>Edgar Gold</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/09/truth-overboard-in-the-pacific-adventurer-incident/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>QLD seat of Beaudesert: Pauline or the yoof?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/qld-seat-of-beaudesert-pauline-or-the-yoof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/qld-seat-of-beaudesert-pauline-or-the-yoof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Brother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The LNP has handed what should be a reasonably safe seat to a local youth whose main claim to fame is invading the stage of the 2005 final episode of Big Brother to publicise his band, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/qld-seat-of-beaudesert-pauline-or-the-yoof/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dengue fever heads south</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/dengue-fever-heads-south/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/dengue-fever-heads-south/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dengue fever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainwater tanks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While residents of Southern states have been expiring through the heatwave, folks in Far North Queensland have been contending with a dengue fever epidemic, writes <b>Matthew Leonard</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/06/dengue-fever-heads-south/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lawrence Springborg&#8217;s kooky rebranding exercise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has started talking up the possibility of former Minister Mal Brough running for a Labor held state seat. This is quite bizarre, writes <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/lawrence-springborgs-kooky-rebranding-exercise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anti-Muslim protest takes Cronulla to the Gold Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/anti-muslim-protest-takes-cronulla-to-the-gold-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/anti-muslim-protest-takes-cronulla-to-the-gold-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[muslim school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[muslims in australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xenophobia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you needed any confirmation that Australia’s xenophobic and racist underbelly is still alive and well, then look no further than Queensland’s Gold Coast, writes <b>Greb Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/02/anti-muslim-protest-takes-cronulla-to-the-gold-coast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Decriminalising abortion &#8212; what now for the other states?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/27/decriminalising-abortion-what-now-for-the-other-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/27/decriminalising-abortion-what-now-for-the-other-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion pill ru486]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical treatments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What are the implications for other states, now that abortion has been decriminalised in Victoria, asks <b>Caroline DeCosta</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/27/decriminalising-abortion-what-now-for-the-other-states/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Golden Circle finally falls to foreigners after B&amp;B plunder</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/06/golden-circle-finally-falls-to-foreigners-after-bb-plunder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/06/golden-circle-finally-falls-to-foreigners-after-bb-plunder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fruit and vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iconic Queensland pineapple cannery and fruit juicer Golden Circle is finally being sold to a food multinational -- Heinz, writes <b>Michael Pascoe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/06/golden-circle-finally-falls-to-foreigners-after-bb-plunder/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How land clearing became a Howard bumper crop</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/how-land-clearing-became-a-howard-bumper-crop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/how-land-clearing-became-a-howard-bumper-crop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national heritage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native forest logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter beattie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we want to use native forests as a means to avoid doing something about climate change, we first have to slow the pace at which we’re destroying them – legally and illegally, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/04/how-land-clearing-became-a-howard-bumper-crop/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ugly Ducklings in Queensland: Molony on Women</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/21/ugly-ducklings-in-queensland-molony-on-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/21/ugly-ducklings-in-queensland-molony-on-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john molony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councillor John Molony has been propelled to fame, if only briefly, for his comments that "beauty-disadvantaged" women would be welcome in the mining town of Mount Isa, writes <b>Binoy Kampmark</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/21/ugly-ducklings-in-queensland-molony-on-women/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>LNP: new name, same dribbling hicks and hacks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/lnp-new-name-same-dribbling-hicks-and-hacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/lnp-new-name-same-dribbling-hicks-and-hacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend's conservative merger in Queensland is a humiliating defeat for senior federal Liberals, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: We are witnessing the last days of the Nationals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/mungo-we-are-witnessing-the-last-days-of-the-nationals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/mungo-we-are-witnessing-the-last-days-of-the-nationals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early days of Federation a party to represent the special interests of the outback made sense, but now its days are clearly numbered, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/mungo-we-are-witnessing-the-last-days-of-the-nationals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/28/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[liberal patry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget a love-in with Queensland Nationals, forget the warm and fuzzy leadership of Dr Nelson. Down in front of the student union office at Melbourne University today, the Young Liberals are back to core Liberal values. A sign is being displayed &#8220;End Poverty, Get a Job&#8221;. Regarding Friday&#8217;s tip concerning Big W&#8217;s plasma TV let-down. Maybe you should [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Between a Brough and a hard place</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/24/between-a-brough-and-a-hard-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/24/between-a-brough-and-a-hard-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nationals were happy to sign up for a Liberal merger two years ago - is paranoia about Mal Brough the only thing standing in the way this time? <b>Bernard Keane</b> writes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merri Rose case fails to excite the CMC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/17/merri-rose-case-fails-to-excite-the-cmc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/17/merri-rose-case-fails-to-excite-the-cmc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy is a key ingredient in public life, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/17/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/17/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[merri rose]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It now seems that the discovery of a Federal Police operative working out of the office of the CFMEU Furnishing divisions is about to explode in the faces of those who employed him and why! Fireworks expected. Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie blew his stack at the weekend over the resurfacing of allegations that he [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Queensland perspective on Henson</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/03/a-queensland-perspective-on-henson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/03/a-queensland-perspective-on-henson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Henson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still feel the shame of Queensland, the laughing stock, the State where police and politicians interfered in artistic matters with heavy hands and jack booted feet, writes <b>Stephen Keim</b>.
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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