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	<title>Crikey &#187; Stephen Smith</title>
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		<title>Labor will eventually return to the Rudd brand</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/19/labor-will-eventually-return-to-the-rudd-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/19/labor-will-eventually-return-to-the-rudd-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Jabor Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brands are critical to Prime Ministers and Julia Gillard's brand is very likely terminally damaged. There's only one viable brand in Labor ranks.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/19/labor-will-eventually-return-to-the-rudd-brand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>155</slash:comments>
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		<title>US gets a blank cheque to do what it likes with our troops</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/us-gets-a-blank-cheque-to-do-what-it-likes-with-our-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/us-gets-a-blank-cheque-to-do-what-it-likes-with-our-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian troops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barak obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without an Australian input into US foreign policy and strategic plans in Afghanistan, our contribution becomes little more than supplying mercenaries, writes <b>Bruce Haigh</b>, a political commentator and retired diplomat.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</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>Defence: no longer untouchable, the ADF got mugged</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/11/defence-no-longer-untouchable-the-adf-got-mugged/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/11/defence-no-longer-untouchable-the-adf-got-mugged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 03:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=222481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For nearly two decades, Australia's annual budget has been a bit of a ho-hum experience for Defence. But last night it got raided for the first time in years, says <b>Graeme Dobell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/11/defence-no-longer-untouchable-the-adf-got-mugged/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence reform already losing momentum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/defence-reform-already-losing-momentum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/defence-reform-already-losing-momentum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adf scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Defence Force Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prospects are vanishing for serious reform of the Australian Defence Force culture of bullying, brutality and degradation. Little, if anything, seems likely to change substantially following two weeks of grubby disclosures, writes <b>Geoffrey Barker</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/defence-reform-already-losing-momentum/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Smith&#8217;s week not one out of the Wayne Bennett playbook</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/stephen-smiths-week-not-one-out-of-the-wayne-bennett-playbook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/stephen-smiths-week-not-one-out-of-the-wayne-bennett-playbook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Baume</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Media Monitors' Top 20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Bennett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Smith and the ADFA scandal totally dominated broadcast coverage of politics this week.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Down Mexico way with Shanahan&#8217;s ADFA coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/down-mexico-way-with-shanahans-adfa-coverage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/down-mexico-way-with-shanahans-adfa-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADFA sex scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's stand-offs and resignations everywhere as <i>The Australian</i> deals with the ADFA scandal.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/down-mexico-way-with-shanahans-adfa-coverage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Put the civilian boss back on top of Defence</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/put-the-civilian-boss-back-on-top-of-defence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/put-the-civilian-boss-back-on-top-of-defence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angus houston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Defence Force Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan nuclear disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The time has surely come to return to the days when senior military brass were clearly under civilian control. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/put-the-civilian-boss-back-on-top-of-defence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Smith goes in to battle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/crikey-says-smith-goes-in-to-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/crikey-says-smith-goes-in-to-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Anzac Day looming, it seems a fitting time to re-examine our attitude towards and within the Australian Defence Force in light of the ADFA scandal. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/crikey-says-smith-goes-in-to-battle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>ADF into the heat of battle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/come-in-spinner-adf-into-the-heat-of-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/come-in-spinner-adf-into-the-heat-of-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Turnbull</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alan jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Smith could be described as a brave man -- even a hero -- in the real sense of the words rather than the debased usage much of the media and many militaristic politicos have adopted.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/come-in-spinner-adf-into-the-heat-of-battle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the force is with Stephen Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/smith-doesnt-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/smith-doesnt-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Defence Force Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Smith has cleverly seized on the crisis of confidence in the ADF engendered by the ADFA scandal to push through a reform the military wants.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/smith-doesnt-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>79</slash:comments>
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		<title>Women on the front line</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/women-on-the-front-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/women-on-the-front-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADFA sex scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angus houston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: A sex scandal in the Defence Force has led to Australian women finally being allowed to fight on the front line and opened a conversation on misogyny and the culture of Australia's defence force academies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cadet film case: lessons to be learnt in the way it was reported</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/cadet-film-case-lessons-to-be-learnt-in-the-way-it-was-reported/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/cadet-film-case-lessons-to-be-learnt-in-the-way-it-was-reported/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest lesson in this case is that the whole matter could have been resolved in much more detail, much swifter and in a much more effective manner if the Commandant of ADFA had been allowed to explain the facts from the beginning, writes <b>Neil James</b>, executive director, Australia Defence Association]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another death and more political lies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/another-death-and-more-political-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/21/another-death-and-more-political-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John-Paul Langbroek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are more brave soldiers, I read somewhere recently, than there are brave politicians.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence procurement bungles: we&#8217;re without amphibious capability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/defence-procurement-bungles-were-without-amphibious-capability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/defence-procurement-bungles-were-without-amphibious-capability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia now has almost no amphibious capability to respond to emergencies in our region, writes <b>James Brown</b>, former military commander and Lowy Institute Military Associate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/02/defence-procurement-bungles-were-without-amphibious-capability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A new type of Commonwealth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/a-new-type-of-commonwealth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/a-new-type-of-commonwealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia and the UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Hague]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=197950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Top-level meetings between Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Defence Minister Stephen Smith and their UK contemporaries, were declared "the most substantial British visit to Australia in many decades."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/a-new-type-of-commonwealth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s chunky bits: we&#8217;re feelin&#8217; good again about financial prospects</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-were-feelin-good-again-about-financial-prospects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-were-feelin-good-again-about-financial-prospects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's chunky bits: tourists covered with oil, a beautiful straight bat, how confident consumers vote and more. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</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[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>
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		<title>Australia vs. Israel: round one</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/australia-vs-israel-round-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/australia-vs-israel-round-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media wrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mossad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Daily Media Wrap</b>: The Government has booted an Israeli diplomat out of Australia over the use of fake Australian passports. A bold act of diplomatic bravery, or just bowing down to the Arab world? This one's just heating up.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/australia-vs-israel-round-one/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>New tensions for Australia and Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/new-tensions-for-australia-and-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/new-tensions-for-australia-and-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia and Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel Palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic relations between Israel and Australia are under new pressure, with news that three Australian passports were used in the Mossad assassination of a Hamas official. What now for Australia and Israel?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/new-tensions-for-australia-and-israel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia rolls out the welcome mat for war criminal retirees</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/australia-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-for-war-criminal-retirees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/australia-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-for-war-criminal-retirees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antony Loewenstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarath Fonseka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamil Tigers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113090</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Canberra fails to take its global responsibilities seriously, another chapter will be added to the already dismal history Australia has of allowing sanctuary to killers, brutes and generals. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/australia-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-for-war-criminal-retirees/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Smith &amp; Julia Gillard: 2009&#8242;s sexiest politicians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/stephen-smith-julia-gillard-2009s-sexiest-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/stephen-smith-julia-gillard-2009s-sexiest-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The winning team of our Foreign Affairs Minister and his substantial pelt have taken out the trophy two years in a row. And Prom Queen? Everyone's favourite redhead wins the twin set of tiara and sash for 2009's Sexiest Female Politican,]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/stephen-smith-julia-gillard-2009s-sexiest-politicians/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Politicians try to patch up a leaky boat of their own making</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/rundle-politicians-try-to-patch-up-a-leaky-boat-of-their-own-making/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/rundle-politicians-try-to-patch-up-a-leaky-boat-of-their-own-making/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/rundle-politicians-try-to-patch-up-a-leaky-boat-of-their-own-making/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government's current problems with the <em>Oceanic Viking</em> stem entirely from its being too-clever-by-half – it's of a piece with Ruddism, the idea that a series of brilliant technical decisions can serve as policy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>To, The Austrialian Government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-430/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-430/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazaras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen smith's cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen smith's hair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-430/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir there is to much truble on us.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/first-dog-on-the-moon-430/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coorey: The Rudd government&#8217;s quiet achiever</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/smith-stays-calm-amid-the-storm-20091025-hem7.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/smith-stays-calm-amid-the-storm-20091025-hem7.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Stephen Smith is one of the success stories of the Rudd government, first carefully manoeuvring China and Australia tensions and now balancing the asylum seeker issue, writes <b>Phillip Coorey</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/smith-stays-calm-amid-the-storm-20091025-hem7.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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