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	<title>Crikey &#187; Tony Abbott</title>
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		<title>The Coalition&#8217;s fog of fiscal confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/coalition-internal-costings-process-and-fiscal-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/coalition-internal-costings-process-and-fiscal-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Briggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Morrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's confusion over its fiscal policy reflects the gap between its small government rhetoric and political reality.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>142</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gays jilted at altar: how serious is Labor about marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/gay-marriage-debate-and-private-members-bil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/gay-marriage-debate-and-private-members-bil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private members bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex couples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marriage equality advocates have the Herculean task before them of convincing Tony Abbott of allowing a conscience vote, writes <b>Brian Greig</b>, former Democrats senator and gay rights campaigner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Politicians and the awful reality of a strong dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/politicians-and-the-awful-reality-of-a-strong-dollar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/politicians-and-the-awful-reality-of-a-strong-dollar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strong dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For all her problems, Julia Gillard understands just how important the strong dollar will be not just for business but governments, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/politicians-and-the-awful-reality-of-a-strong-dollar/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Repealing a tax will &#8216;save&#8217; $4b? Er, no, Tony Abbott</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/repealing-a-tax-will-save-4b-er-no-tony-abbott/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/repealing-a-tax-will-save-4b-er-no-tony-abbott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott is boasting of saving $4 billion, which will be long gone when he gets into office.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/repealing-a-tax-will-save-4b-er-no-tony-abbott/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>157</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rinehart might be good for Fairfax</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/rinehart-might-be-good-for-fairfax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/rinehart-might-be-good-for-fairfax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/rinehart-might-be-good-for-fairfax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shoes over substance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/crikey-says-shoes-over-substance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/crikey-says-shoes-over-substance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tent Embassy protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we're in. We're falling in line with every other media schmuck today and giving the quite upmarket shoe brand some more free publicity for what is, it must be said, a genius PR move on their part.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/crikey-says-shoes-over-substance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott&#8217;s nostalgia for Howard&#8217;s Oz is no basis for an economic policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/abbotts-nostalgia-for-howards-oz-is-no-basis-for-an-economic-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/abbotts-nostalgia-for-howards-oz-is-no-basis-for-an-economic-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nostalgia is a fine political tool if you can use it and half his luck if Abbott can make it work for him. But it’s no basis for an economic policy. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/abbotts-nostalgia-for-howards-oz-is-no-basis-for-an-economic-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cox: how about asking Tent Embassy why they&#8217;re so angry?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/cox-how-about-asking-tent-embassy-why-theyre-so-angry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/cox-how-about-asking-tent-embassy-why-theyre-so-angry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing the Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national apology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tent embassy protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do so few of the media reporters actually ask the Aboriginal demonstrators why they are so angry with being told to change tactics?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/cox-how-about-asking-tent-embassy-why-theyre-so-angry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard: just a matter of when</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/gillard-just-a-matter-of-when/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/gillard-just-a-matter-of-when/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australia Day debacle is emblematic of a Prime Minister who can't take a trick.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/gillard-just-a-matter-of-when/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>221</slash:comments>
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		<title>Compare and contrast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/compare-and-contrast-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/compare-and-contrast-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal land rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tent embassy protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there's one thing that the blanket blitz of Tent Embassy coverage lacks, it's perspective.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/compare-and-contrast-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tony Abbott, ordinary man extraordinaire, revisited by Michael Duffy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/29/the-ordinary-man-abbott/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/29/the-ordinary-man-abbott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael duffy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Duffy, author of <em>Latham and Abboott</em>, has talked again at some length with one half of his joint biography, reports <b>Richard Walkins</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/29/the-ordinary-man-abbott/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No AFP inquiry into Australia Day protests</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/no-afp-inquiry-into-australia-day-protests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/no-afp-inquiry-into-australia-day-protests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Day protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Federal Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Australian Federal Police announced this morning that it will not launch an investigation into the Tent Embassy demonstration on Australia Day that resulted in Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott being evacuated from a Canberra restaurant and caused mass media hysteria.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/no-afp-inquiry-into-australia-day-protests/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>View from the Tent Embassy: reality v news reports</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/view-from-the-tent-embassy-reality-v-news-reports-with-added-context/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/view-from-the-tent-embassy-reality-v-news-reports-with-added-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tent embassy protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most striking factor of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protests was the stark difference between reports of the events and the reality, writes <em>Tracker</em> editor <b>Amy McQuire</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/view-from-the-tent-embassy-reality-v-news-reports-with-added-context/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>602</slash:comments>
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		<title>A plain talking politician</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/a-plain-talking-politician/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/a-plain-talking-politician/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I rather admire Tony Abbott for not being one of those ultra cautious politicians.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/a-plain-talking-politician/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Choose your own angle on this Oz Day story</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/crikey-says-choose-your-own-angle-on-this-oz-day-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/crikey-says-choose-your-own-angle-on-this-oz-day-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal land rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like a giant national inkblot test for the nation, the "meaning" of yesterday's events at the Lobby restaurant in Canberra is really what the observer brings to them.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/crikey-says-choose-your-own-angle-on-this-oz-day-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Day kerfuffle all about judgement, or lack thereof</title>
		<link>http://mike-stuchbery.com/2012/01/27/australia-day/</link>
		<comments>http://mike-stuchbery.com/2012/01/27/australia-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Day protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody came away from the Australia Day protests looking good. An angry crowd banging on windows was never going to end well and Tony Abbott's provocative comments also showed bad judgement, writes <b>Michael Stuchbery</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mike-stuchbery.com/2012/01/27/australia-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Day protest no match for media hysteria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/australia-day-protest-no-match-for-media-hysteria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/australia-day-protest-no-match-for-media-hysteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal tent embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gilalrd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Australia Day turned ugly in Canberra yesterday after comments by Tony Abbott incited Aboriginal Tent Embassy activists, resulting in a dramatic exit of the leaders executed by the PM's security detail.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/australia-day-protest-no-match-for-media-hysteria/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wilkie&#8217;s pokies bet goes bust; Thomson enters fold</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/wilkies-luck-goes-bust-thomson-enters-fold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/wilkies-luck-goes-bust-thomson-enters-fold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies mandatory pre commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: Julia Gillard announced Andrew Wilkie's proposed mandatory pre-commitment scheme was a loss on the weekend after it failed to get enough crossbench support. Meanwhile, embattled MP Craig Thomson has entered the pokies debate. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney heavies finally step up on pokies reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/stop-the-loss-coalition-pokies-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/stop-the-loss-coalition-pokies-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Macklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-commitment for pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony robinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard and responsible minister Jenny Macklin, the two Victorian ladies of the Left, seemed genuinely committed to pokies reform before this week’s confusing antics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: warmer months but voters still cold on leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/essential-warmer-months-but-voters-still-cold-on-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/essential-warmer-months-but-voters-still-cold-on-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preferred Prime Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott both finish the Summer break with marginal improvements in their voter standing, but the political landscape is essentially unchanged.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Rewound and Fast Forwarded New Year Podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/the-rewound-and-fast-forwarded-new-year-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/the-rewound-and-fast-forwarded-new-year-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canberra Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first Canberra Calling for 2012, Crikey’s Canberra Correspondent Bernard Keane and Crikey deputy editor Jason Whittaker look back at the year in Australian politics and what is in store for 2012.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/the-rewound-and-fast-forwarded-new-year-podcast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keane&#8217;s 2011: year of the flake</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/keanes-2011-year-of-the-flake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/keanes-2011-year-of-the-flake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politics in 2011 was characterised by an intense dislike of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, and rampant denialism.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/keanes-2011-year-of-the-flake/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asylum seekers: finding a Political Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Gillard government appeared willing to negotiate its Malaysia Solution even before the latest boat tragedy but the Opposition refuses to compromise on its asylum seeker policy, according to private letters released yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/asylum-seekers-finding-a-political-solution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 2011 Crikeys: our best and worst politicians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/the-2011-crikeys-our-best-and-worst-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/the-2011-crikeys-our-best-and-worst-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Dutton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who are our best and worst political performers for the year? The award goes to ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey says: and the best politician of 2011 goes to &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/crikey-says-and-the-best-politician-of-2011-goes-to/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/crikey-says-and-the-best-politician-of-2011-goes-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we kick off the 2011 Crikeys with our Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane's wrap of the best and worst from our politicians in 2011.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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