<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Crikey &#187; State &amp; Territory</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/state/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.crikey.com.au</link>
	<description>now with extra source</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:23:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<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>.

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/why-rail-projects-in-nsw-cost-three-times-as-much-as-they-should/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Springborg&#8217;s stuff ups summoned the ghost of Joh</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/springborgs-stuff-ups-summoned-the-ghost-of-joh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/springborgs-stuff-ups-summoned-the-ghost-of-joh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP exploited Springborg’s ineloquence to the hilt during the campaign, and it worked, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/springborgs-stuff-ups-summoned-the-ghost-of-joh/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#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[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Springborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government by <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The LNP takeover was the root of Liberal woes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/the-lnp-takeover-was-the-root-of-liberal-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/the-lnp-takeover-was-the-root-of-liberal-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 3.5% swing is, in the end, a poor justification for the Nationals’ takeover of the Queensland Liberal Party, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/the-lnp-takeover-was-the-root-of-liberal-woes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lance Armstrong, $3 million and the silence of the Rann</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/lance-armstrong-3-million-and-the-silence-of-the-rann/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/lance-armstrong-3-million-and-the-silence-of-the-rann/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey understands that Lance Armstrong pocketed up to $3 million in cash for his recent visit to Adelaide, reports <b>Bob Gosford</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/12/lance-armstrong-3-million-and-the-silence-of-the-rann/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is the LNP sleepwalking to defeat in Queensland?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/is-the-lnp-sleepwalking-to-defeat-in-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/is-the-lnp-sleepwalking-to-defeat-in-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's alarm within LNP ranks at both the policy direction of the party and the lack of former Liberal Party members willing to assist in the campaign, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/is-the-lnp-sleepwalking-to-defeat-in-queensland/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Theophanous no match for Vic police offensive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/theophanous-no-match-for-vic-police-offensive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/theophanous-no-match-for-vic-police-offensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theo theophanous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Theo Theophanous, the Victorian government MP who has been charged with r-pe, has been busy using the media to defend himself against his accuser, but he may regret the strategy, writes <b>Greg Barnes</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/28/theophanous-no-match-for-vic-police-offensive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Former NSW Police Commissioner back on the beat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/21/former-nsw-police-commissioner-back-on-the-beat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/21/former-nsw-police-commissioner-back-on-the-beat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ken maroney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the NSW Police headquarters was a Ken Moroney-free zone, the former police commissioner is back, reports <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/21/former-nsw-police-commissioner-back-on-the-beat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Noosa&#8217;s two-headed fish: farm spraying goes nuts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/noosas-two-headed-fish-farm-spraying-goes-nuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/noosas-two-headed-fish-farm-spraying-goes-nuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Australian Tourist industry struggles the popular Noosa River in Queensland is being threatened by bureaucratic inaction to stop the use of agricultural chemicals killing and deforming its fish, reports <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/noosas-two-headed-fish-farm-spraying-goes-nuts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Frome by-election: Can Brock close the gap?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/frome-by-election-can-brock-close-the-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/frome-by-election-can-brock-close-the-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, a by-election result signals a seismic shift in the electoral landscape, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/19/frome-by-election-can-brock-close-the-gap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>NSW gov plastic cup initiative putting women at risk of drink spiking?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/nsw-gov-plastic-cup-initiative-putting-women-at-risk-of-drink-spiking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/nsw-gov-plastic-cup-initiative-putting-women-at-risk-of-drink-spiking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drink spiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NSW State Government this week issued a release warning party goers of increased drink spiking incidents despite having industry advice that an introduction of plastic glasses would increase spiking incidents, reports <b>Nick Pickard</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/nsw-gov-plastic-cup-initiative-putting-women-at-risk-of-drink-spiking/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>John Daly: A waste of taxpayers&#8217; money</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/john-daly-a-waste-of-taxpayers-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/john-daly-a-waste-of-taxpayers-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jack daly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[royal sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What global financial crisis? State governments are happy to spend their money an obese, chain-smoking, temper tantrum throwing golfer who can’t play golf, writes <b>Charles Happell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/john-daly-a-waste-of-taxpayers-money/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Perth has a full time mayor &#8212; why can&#8217;t Melbourne?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/perth-has-a-full-time-mayor-why-cant-melbourne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/perth-has-a-full-time-mayor-why-cant-melbourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert doyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle was officially sworn in today but appears to be standing firm in his refusal to relinquish his “day jobs”, reports <b>Michael Griffiths</b> and <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/perth-has-a-full-time-mayor-why-cant-melbourne/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Scrymgour: I support teaching regional Aboriginal languages</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/scrymgour-i-support-teaching-regional-aboriginal-languages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/scrymgour-i-support-teaching-regional-aboriginal-languages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marion scrymgour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ I believe that schools have an important role to play in teaching regional Aboriginal languages and thereby ensuring their survival. writes <b>Marion Scrymgour</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/scrymgour-i-support-teaching-regional-aboriginal-languages/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Activism is not a crime, so why the snooping?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/activism-is-not-a-crime-so-why-the-snooping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/activism-is-not-a-crime-so-why-the-snooping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A democratic society should actively encourage community organising rather than viewing it as some kind of gateway to crime, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/28/activism-is-not-a-crime-so-why-the-snooping/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>NT classrooms limit indigenous languages to 1 hour a day</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/nt-classrooms-limit-indigenous-languages-to-1-hour-a-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/nt-classrooms-limit-indigenous-languages-to-1-hour-a-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NT Minister for Education, Marion Scrymgour, recently announced that indigenous languages can not be used in NT classrooms, except for one hour a day in the afternoons, writes <b>Samanti de Silva</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/nt-classrooms-limit-indigenous-languages-to-1-hour-a-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rees driving NSW government into the ground</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/rees-driving-nsw-government-into-the-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/rees-driving-nsw-government-into-the-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rarely do you get the opportunity to see a government disintegrate before your eyes. In NSW, we’ve already seen one this year and now we’re watching a second, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/rees-driving-nsw-government-into-the-ground/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>SA MP can&#8217;t rule out the existence of aliens in the Simpson Desert</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/sa-mp-cant-rule-out-the-existence-of-aliens-in-the-simpson-desert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/sa-mp-cant-rule-out-the-existence-of-aliens-in-the-simpson-desert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simpson desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SA Environment Minister Jay Weatherill was forced to address parliament Tuesday on the issue of extraterrestrials in the Simpson Desert owing to rumours circulating the interwebs that the closure of national parks to tourists this summer was due to the "presence of aliens", reports <b>Eleri Harris</b>.

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/14/sa-mp-cant-rule-out-the-existence-of-aliens-in-the-simpson-desert/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Forget Henson, politicians are partial to playground trawling too</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/07/forget-henson-politicians-are-partial-to-playground-trawling-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/07/forget-henson-politicians-are-partial-to-playground-trawling-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Henson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bronwyn pike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How does Ms Pike justify her practice, and that of her colleagues in parliaments right across Australia, eagerly rushing off to schools, particularly at election time, so they can be photographed with unsuspecting kids who can’t vote? asks <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/07/forget-henson-politicians-are-partial-to-playground-trawling-too/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ronan Lee and the Greens, strange bedfellows indeed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/06/ronan-lee-and-the-greens-strange-bedfellows-indeed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/06/ronan-lee-and-the-greens-strange-bedfellows-indeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ronan lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greens are buying themselves trouble with Queensland MP Ronan Lee, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/06/ronan-lee-and-the-greens-strange-bedfellows-indeed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>No use planning for climate change without acknowledging peak oil</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/no-use-planning-for-climate-change-without-acknowledging-peak-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/no-use-planning-for-climate-change-without-acknowledging-peak-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peak oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas wrote to Professor Ross Garnaut, noting the inconsistency in his Supplementary Draft Report in dealing with the possibility of Australia reaching Peak Oil, reports <b>Edwina Blight</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/01/no-use-planning-for-climate-change-without-acknowledging-peak-oil/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Abortion in Catholic hospitals: what would Jesus do?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/abortion-in-catholic-hospitals-what-would-jesus-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/abortion-in-catholic-hospitals-what-would-jesus-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denis hart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What would Jesus do…if he was the CEO of a catholic hospital confronted with the proposed new abortion laws currently before the Victorian Parliament?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/abortion-in-catholic-hospitals-what-would-jesus-do/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Government must pay Cranbourne residents</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-government-must-pay-cranbourne-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-government-must-pay-cranbourne-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slater and gordon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There will certainly be class actions arising out of the methane gas leaks in Cranbourne, an outer suburb of Melbourne. At the moment, 230 homeowners have been advised to relocate and up to a thousand may be affected, writes <b>Peter Faris</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-government-must-pay-cranbourne-residents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The NSW Labor party implodes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-nsw-labor-party-implodes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-nsw-labor-party-implodes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Labor Party, long-described as the “natural party of government” in the premier state, has self-destructed under a tsunami of broken promises, scandals, incompetence and factional warfare, writes <b>Alex Mitchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/the-nsw-labor-party-implodes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How close did WA Nats come to falling in with Labor?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-close-did-wa-nats-come-to-falling-in-with-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-close-did-wa-nats-come-to-falling-in-with-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brendon grylls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How close did the WA Nationals really come to an historic deal to keep Labor in government? asks <b>Poll bludger William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-close-did-wa-nats-come-to-falling-in-with-labor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
