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		<title>New cultural roadmap, but will there be a soundtrack?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/new-cultural-roadmap-but-will-there-be-a-soundtrack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/new-cultural-roadmap-but-will-there-be-a-soundtrack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature film production]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The arts year will be dominated by key themes: the announcement of the National Cultural Policy, the deflation of the music festivals bubble, and fraught times at many smaller companies.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/new-cultural-roadmap-but-will-there-be-a-soundtrack/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Council review secret and hopelessly compromised</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/australia-council-review-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/australia-council-review-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Chamber Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict of interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchestras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arts Minister Simon Crean's review of the Australia Council is much needed. But it's been hopelessly compromised already by the choice of the man leading it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/australia-council-review-secret/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where arts and policy meet in the digital sphere</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/where-arts-and-policy-meet-in-the-digital-sphere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/where-arts-and-policy-meet-in-the-digital-sphere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Lundy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard government is embarking on a "digital culture public sphere" consultation as a part of its national cultural policy development. Kate Lundy talks to <em>Crikey</em> about what it is and why we should care.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/where-arts-and-policy-meet-in-the-digital-sphere/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arts policy converging into a government hash</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/arts-policy-converging-into-a-government-hash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/arts-policy-converging-into-a-government-hash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convergence review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=248867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government arts policy is a hash. The now its Convergence Review -- which is posing serious questions about the future shape of cultural policy -- is making the National Cultural Policy irrelevant.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/arts-policy-converging-into-a-government-hash/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A political arts discussion with broad strokes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/national-cultural-policy-discussion-paper-simon-crean-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/national-cultural-policy-discussion-paper-simon-crean-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficiency dividend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arts Minister Simon Crean has released a discussion paper on the government's forthcoming National Cultural Policy. He speaks to <em>Crikey</em> about the competing agendas and the budget belt tightening.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/national-cultural-policy-discussion-paper-simon-crean-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>PM should take the next step</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/pm-should-take-the-next-step/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/pm-should-take-the-next-step/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7pm Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony abbot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=235401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Her Green allies might not like it but Julia Gillard should take the next step in letting the people give their verdict on her carbon tax regime.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/pm-should-take-the-next-step/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Latham: Gerard Henderson suffers from chronic corresponditis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerard Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gough Whitlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henderson Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim fischer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I worry about Gerard Henderson, really. He has a chronic case of corresponditis -- the inability, at the end of a protracted exchange of letters, to allow his correspondent to have the last word, writes former Labor leader <b>Mark Latham</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/latham-gerard-henderson-suffers-from-chronic-corresponditis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crean gets to work on Labor&#8217;s cultural fabric</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/29/crean-gets-to-work-on-labors-cultural-fabric/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/29/crean-gets-to-work-on-labors-cultural-fabric/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performing arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some broad outlines of Labor's National Cultural Policy are beginning to finally emerge. But arts minister Simon Crean faces some big questions from industry and artists.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/29/crean-gets-to-work-on-labors-cultural-fabric/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>When pressed, Abbott discovers he has a pair</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/when-pressed-abbott-discovers-he-has-a-pair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/when-pressed-abbott-discovers-he-has-a-pair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Press Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=175029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Refusing to grant Simon Crean a pair so he could address the National Press Club today was not such a good idea by Tony Abbott.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/when-pressed-abbott-discovers-he-has-a-pair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s chunky bits: beware the record of the vanquished</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/06/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-beware-the-record-of-the-vanquished/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/06/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-beware-the-record-of-the-vanquished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard and the ICC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=162119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of my comfort zone. I confess to being confused about this election. I have been writing about them, and participating in them, federal and state, for nearly 50 years but have not come across anything like this one.  My experience tells me that first-term governments don&#8217;t lose when economic conditions are basically good. Yet, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/06/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-beware-the-record-of-the-vanquished/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>DEEWR and its contractors &#8212; worst-practice workplace relations in action</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/02/deewr-and-its-contractors-worst-practice-workplace-relations-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/02/deewr-and-its-contractors-worst-practice-workplace-relations-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEEWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=150219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The secretary of Julia Gillard's former department has called DEEWR's treatment of IT contractors "unacceptable", writes an <b>anonymous tipster</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/02/deewr-and-its-contractors-worst-practice-workplace-relations-in-action/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who will Rudd replace if Labor wins?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/06/28/crean-moves-to-deewr-but-who-will-rudd-replace-after-the-election/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/06/28/crean-moves-to-deewr-but-who-will-rudd-replace-after-the-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=149029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an entirely minimalist pre-election reshuffle, Julia Gillard has shifted Trade Minister Simon Crean to her former portfolio, with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith picking up Crean’s workload, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/06/28/crean-moves-to-deewr-but-who-will-rudd-replace-after-the-election/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sinodinos: Cat&#8217;s got the Crean</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/crean-must-teach-pm-the-lessons-of-the-hawke-era/story-e6frg6zo-1225880606640</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/crean-must-teach-pm-the-lessons-of-the-hawke-era/story-e6frg6zo-1225880606640#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawke government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=146490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Crean knew exactly what he was doing last week with his jibes against the RSPT. This election is being run like a presidential contest, which could be dangerous for everybody, writes <b>Arthur Sinodinos</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/crean-must-teach-pm-the-lessons-of-the-hawke-era/story-e6frg6zo-1225880606640/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott overcompensates and big business pays the price</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/abbott-overcompensates-and-big-business-pays-the-price/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/abbott-overcompensates-and-big-business-pays-the-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bush Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid parental leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's not a good idea to act as if your opponents are right. But Tony Abbott has decided he needs a big policy to fix his problem with women voters and his eggs are in the paid parental leave basket.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/abbott-overcompensates-and-big-business-pays-the-price/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Explaining the stacked deck that is parliamentary question time</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/24/explaining-the-stacked-deck-that-is-parliamentary-question-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/24/explaining-the-stacked-deck-that-is-parliamentary-question-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Oakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s doubtful a coalition Opposition would take advice from a former Labor press secretary but if they did, they might want to  just hand question time over to the press gallery, writes Network Ten press gallery producer <b>Stephen Spencer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/24/explaining-the-stacked-deck-that-is-parliamentary-question-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s community cabinet hits the city of churches, Crean yawns</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/21/rudds-community-cabinet-hits-the-city-of-churches-crean-yawns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/21/rudds-community-cabinet-hits-the-city-of-churches-crean-yawns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adelaide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Cabinet was on safari in Adelaide last night, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd went hunting votes in the outer suburb of Osborne, reports <b>Hendrik Gout</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/21/rudds-community-cabinet-hits-the-city-of-churches-crean-yawns/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A recycling Tony Abbott shows his green credentials</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/a-recycling-tony-abbott-shows-his-green-credentials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/a-recycling-tony-abbott-shows-his-green-credentials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott has been channelling Prince Philip and some of Australia's most successful Opposition leaders in an effort to bran himself as a champion of the environment.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/a-recycling-tony-abbott-shows-his-green-credentials/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gorgon: the little gas project that could</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/australia-on-the-gorgons-back--a-deal-of-rare-beauty-20090819-eqjo.html?page=-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/australia-on-the-gorgons-back--a-deal-of-rare-beauty-20090819-eqjo.html?page=-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Haase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gorgon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquefied natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilson Tuckey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Gorgon Gas project is the new golden child of the Rudd government, expected to create jobs, help Australia-China relations and further destroy the Opposition's leadership, writes <b>Annabel Crabb</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/australia-on-the-gorgons-back--a-deal-of-rare-beauty-20090819-eqjo.html?page=-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hu gives Smith, Bishop and Crean a boost? Exactly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/the-media-monitors-top-20-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/the-media-monitors-top-20-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Baume</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Media Monitors' Top 20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MasterChef Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stern Hu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/the-media-monitors-top-20-11/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Stern Hu arrest has unsurprisingly launched Stephen Smith, Julie Bishop and Simon Crean way up the list in the battle for political media airtime.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/the-media-monitors-top-20-11/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scottish cat lady wows Britain&#8217;s Got Talent</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/17/scottish-cat-lady-wows-britains-got-talent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/17/scottish-cat-lady-wows-britains-got-talent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Britain's Got Talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crazy cat lady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Boyle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Cowell wanted to mock Susan Boyle. But couldn't. Despite setting her up to fail, she sang Les Mis like a champion. A quick record deal is on the way. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/17/scottish-cat-lady-wows-britains-got-talent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The saga of filling Malcolm Turnbull&#8217;s front bench</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/the-saga-of-filling-malcolm-turnbulls-front-bench/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/the-saga-of-filling-malcolm-turnbulls-front-bench/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front bench]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new frontbench will have a very thin look about it. Turnbull will have to make the most effective use of limited resources, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/the-saga-of-filling-malcolm-turnbulls-front-bench/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Possum: So just how bad is 9% for Brendan Nelson?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/possum-so-just-how-bad-is-9-for-brendan-nelson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/possum-so-just-how-bad-is-9-for-brendan-nelson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handed person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triple bypass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[way back yonder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There be no typos here, it really says 9%, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/19/possum-so-just-how-bad-is-9-for-brendan-nelson/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newspoll: Better than it might have been for Dr Brendan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/newspoll-better-than-it-might-have-been-for-dr-brendan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/newspoll-better-than-it-might-have-been-for-dr-brendan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Kerr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hewson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poll bludger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no real surprise in the voting intention or preferred prime minister figures in the first Newspoll for the year. Indeed, they are academic. Still, opposition leader Brendan Nelson can draw heart from his approval rating, writes <b>Christian Kerr</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/22/newspoll-better-than-it-might-have-been-for-dr-brendan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: Howard&#8217;s decline and fall, part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/11/mungo-howards-decline-and-fall-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/11/mungo-howards-decline-and-fall-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional diplomat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve conroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our continuing series of extracts from Mungo MacCallum's new book "Poll Dancing: The Story of the 2007 Election," he looks at the unlikely rise of Kevin Rudd: "I had always been somewhat ambivalent about Rudd..."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/11/mungo-howards-decline-and-fall-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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