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		<title>Crikey Clarifier: Scientology. WTF?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom cruise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who exactly are the Scientologists and why have they suddenly come up in the news? <b>Crikey intern Michelle Loh</b> waded into the morass…
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>When minimal accountability and mind-numbing tedium reign in Canberra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/when-minimal-accountability-and-mind-numbing-tedium-reign-in-canberra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/when-minimal-accountability-and-mind-numbing-tedium-reign-in-canberra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget estimates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplementary Budget Estimates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Senators are conducting Supplementary Budget Estimates for the whole week, rather than sitting.  For the most part it’s a colossal waste of time and money.

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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prospects for health reform just got worse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The prospects for health reform in the near future just reduced considerably with the Senate’s rejection of the legislation to reduce the private health insurance (PHI) rebates for high income earners, writes <b>Robert Wells</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer agrees with Rudd on China, health reform dependent on senate numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-61/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-61/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medibank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Health reform will be interesting since the ALP don't have the numbers in the senate, NAB and their rate cutting, Downer endorsing Rudd's handling of the Hu case in China. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-61/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Airlines, the Senate and the transfer of criminal responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/airlines-the-senate-and-the-transfer-of-criminal-responsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/airlines-the-senate-and-the-transfer-of-criminal-responsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A back door attempt to water down the absolute responsibility of airlines for the actions of their employees and criminalise pilots has been blocked in the Senate.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A big parliamentary fortnight, by any estimate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/a-big-parliamentary-fortnight-by-any-estimate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/a-big-parliamentary-fortnight-by-any-estimate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Estimates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the budget, the next fortnight should be a target-rich environment for Opposition senators. If they can't score some points now, it may be time to give up.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A double dissolution trigger is coming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/a-double-dissolution-trigger-is-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/a-double-dissolution-trigger-is-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcopops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double dissolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vodka]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while coming but Labor will have its double dissolution trigger soon enough. All in the name of alcopops. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/a-double-dissolution-trigger-is-coming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big polluters cry poor. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/big-polluters-cry-poor-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/big-polluters-cry-poor-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electricity Supply Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Boswell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having designed a scheme that rewards the biggest polluters with billions of dollars’ worth of free permits, the Government is still facing demands from industry for more compensation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/15/big-polluters-cry-poor-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: have a nice trip Kevin, see you next fall</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/mungo-have-a-nice-trip-kevin-see-you-next-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/mungo-have-a-nice-trip-kevin-see-you-next-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister might feel that even if the economic cycle is still clearly running against him, the political climate at least has changed for the better, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/mungo-have-a-nice-trip-kevin-see-you-next-fall/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>ETS: backdown and avoid senate scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/ets-backdown-and-avoid-senate-scrutiny/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/ets-backdown-and-avoid-senate-scrutiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There were two immediate reactions to Wayne Swan’s referral of emissions trading to the House of Representatives Economics committee, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/ets-backdown-and-avoid-senate-scrutiny/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fielding the last man standing in stimulus fest</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/fielding-the-last-man-standing-in-stimulus-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/fielding-the-last-man-standing-in-stimulus-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's hard to get excited about the unfolding drama of the Senate's consideration of the stimulus package, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/fielding-the-last-man-standing-in-stimulus-fest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP and Liberal backflips in the final hour of parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/alp-and-liberal-backflips-in-the-final-hour-of-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/alp-and-liberal-backflips-in-the-final-hour-of-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal parliamentarians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The mass abstention was a poor look for Turnbull, especially with his Senate leader being amongst their number, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/05/alp-and-liberal-backflips-in-the-final-hour-of-parliament/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senator Fielding a proud supporter of big business welfare</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/senator-fielding-a-proud-supporter-of-big-business-welfare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/senator-fielding-a-proud-supporter-of-big-business-welfare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Fielding  has been more willing to flex his legislative muscle to assist the big end of town than Mr and Mrs Average, writes <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/senator-fielding-a-proud-supporter-of-big-business-welfare/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senate passes payrise for pensioners in its own good time</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/senate-passes-payrise-for-pensioners-in-its-own-good-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/senate-passes-payrise-for-pensioners-in-its-own-good-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the pensioners' payrise through the Senate called on a steady-as-she-goes, good-process policy development much beloved by old-school bureaucrats, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/23/senate-passes-payrise-for-pensioners-in-its-own-good-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Getting to know the Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-186/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-186/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 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[australian labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catryna bilyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doug cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen kroger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louise pratt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark abib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark furner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michaelia cash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarah hanson-young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott ludlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scotty ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maiden speeches from our new Senators...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-186/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bob Brown &#8212; keeping the bastards guessing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/10/bob-brown-keeping-the-bastards-guessing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/10/bob-brown-keeping-the-bastards-guessing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the greens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the political food chain, guys. Now you have to work out how much you want to trade off policy purity for the sake of getting part of what you want, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/10/bob-brown-keeping-the-bastards-guessing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics goverment]]></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>Parliament greenlights dodgy tax office settlements</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/parliament-greenlights-dodgy-tax-office-settlements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/parliament-greenlights-dodgy-tax-office-settlements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ato]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a two and a half year inquiry into tax office administration that spanned two Parliaments, the Joint Committee Of Public Accounts and Audit have concluded...wait for it...drum role please...A simpler tax system is needed in Australia, writes <b>Chris Seage</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/parliament-greenlights-dodgy-tax-office-settlements/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The Australian Democrats: the last of the honest bastards</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/the-australian-democrats-the-last-of-the-honest-bastards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/the-australian-democrats-the-last-of-the-honest-bastards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don chipp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Democrats have left the Senate chamber. Don's Party is over, writes <b>Nahum Ayliffe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/the-australian-democrats-the-last-of-the-honest-bastards/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Errington: Unity and policy the challenge for Howard&#8217;s successor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/25/errington-unity-and-policy-the-challenge-for-howards-successor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/25/errington-unity-and-policy-the-challenge-for-howards-successor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rivals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that opposition leaders who take the party leadership from a defeated prime minister never make it to the top job won't stop some ambitious Liberals putting up their hand this week. And whoever ends up in the leadership will have a difficult time, writes Wayne Errington.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/25/errington-unity-and-policy-the-challenge-for-howards-successor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The story so far &#8230; in numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/25/the-story-so-far-in-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/25/the-story-so-far-in-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal senators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did those last minute polls rattle you? Did you detect a whiff of Major/Kinnock ’92 in the air? Relax. Compulsory preferential voting tends to smooth down those last minute anomalies. ]]></description>
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		<title>Graham: Indigenous Australians will be rooting for Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/graham-indigenous-australians-will-be-rooting-for-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/graham-indigenous-australians-will-be-rooting-for-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawke keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head says that this election - for Indigenous Australia at least - is not about who wins government, rather it's about who wins control of the Senate, writes the editor of the <i>National Indigenous Times</i>, Chris Graham.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/graham-indigenous-australians-will-be-rooting-for-rudd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are we about to see a Pauline revival?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/07/are-we-about-to-see-a-pauline-revival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/07/are-we-about-to-see-a-pauline-revival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The release of Senate preference tickets has revived speculation that our very own Pauline Hanson might be about to revive her own political career. So is the spectre of Queensland’s past returning to haunt the nation? Probably not, writes Mark Bahnisch.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/07/are-we-about-to-see-a-pauline-revival/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALP eyes the challenges of Senate realpolitik</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/alp-eyes-the-challenges-of-senate-realpolitik/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/alp-eyes-the-challenges-of-senate-realpolitik/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a major Senate preference debate raging in the ALP. What would be best for a Rudd government?
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/alp-eyes-the-challenges-of-senate-realpolitik/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Heffernan owes Mt Theo an apology</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/15/heffernan-owes-mt-theo-an-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/15/heffernan-owes-mt-theo-an-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appalled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Heffernan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mount theo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Heffernan knows a fair bit about the program at MT Theo, writes Bob Gosford. ]]></description>
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