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		<title>Faction too much friction in ALP: Andrews dep CoS fight, Wright to national boss</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/faction-too-much-friction-in-alp-andrews-dep-cos-fight-wright-to-national-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/faction-too-much-friction-in-alp-andrews-dep-cos-fight-wright-to-national-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Wright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national secretariat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Hulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian deputy opposition leader Rob Hulls has defied his own faction in its search for a deputy chief of staff to Daniel Andrews, slapping down Labor Unity's first pick for the prized gig and forcing a drawn-out interview process.]]></description>
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		<title>Failed Labor MP Nathan Murphy in sordid housesitting shame</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/10/failed-labor-mp-nathan-murphy-in-sordid-housesitting-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/10/failed-labor-mp-nathan-murphy-in-sordid-housesitting-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brumby government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=202506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An exclusive $500-a-head fundraiser for failed Victorian Labor MP Nathan Murphy could end up in the courts after a borrowed apartment used for the shindig was trashed, male and female underwear was dumped on the floor and a $700 coat went missing from the premises.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>McGuire Supreme Court challenge could expose Broady branch stacks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/mcguire-supreme-court-challenge-could-expose-broady-branch-stacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/mcguire-supreme-court-challenge-could-expose-broady-branch-stacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadmeadows byelection 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning's backing by CFMEU overlord Bill Oliver of a Supreme Court challenge to block the ALP National Executive's parachuting of Frank McGuire into John Brumby's seat of Broadmeadows is almost certain to founder and will instead shine a light on the electorate's notorious history of branch stacking, party insiders say.]]></description>
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		<title>Hulls and Donnellan to mull over Vic ALP deputy role</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/hulls-and-donnellan-to-mull-over-vic-alp-deputy-role/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/01/hulls-and-donnellan-to-mull-over-vic-alp-deputy-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP Left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daniel andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Hulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite some satisfaction in Victorian ALP Left circles, Saturday's result has refocused the right's attention on its divided status, with one peacemaker reporting that the "language change had been extraordinary" and that the state branch was now bracing for a "monumental sh-tfight".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Galaxy: 50-50 in Victoria</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/11/26/galaxy-50-50-in-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/11/26/galaxy-50-50-in-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>f79</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galaxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galaxy poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Liberals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Galaxy poll has the primary vote for Labor in Victoria at 36 percent and the Coalition on 44, leveling out at <b>50-50</b>, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vic election: 5 days to go</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/11/22/victorian-election-minus-five-days/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/11/22/victorian-election-minus-five-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 victorian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Coalition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/22/vic-election-5-days-to-go/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorians head to the ballot box this weekend to decide whether to oust Labor or maintain the Brumby government. With five days to go, <b>William Bowe</b> provides a snapshot of recent happenings. ]]></description>
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		<title>Greens smear nails coffin on Labor&#8217;s inner-city MPs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/01/going-rogue-greens-smear-nails-coffin-on-labors-inner-city-mps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/01/going-rogue-greens-smear-nails-coffin-on-labors-inner-city-mps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bronwyn pike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen newnham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vic Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A storm has erupted inside the Victorian ALP on the question of election tactics, after a hamfisted intervention from dumped party secretary Stephen Newnham almost certainly ended Bronwyn Pike's political career.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victorian ALP slides in behind Brumby&#8217;s man</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/victorian-alp-slides-in-behind-brumbys-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/victorian-alp-slides-in-behind-brumbys-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP factions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Reece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Victorian press pack decides to focus on what did or didn't happen five years ago between consenting adults in an Adelaide golf club car park, you know it's been a quiet weekend in state politics.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/victorian-alp-slides-in-behind-brumbys-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victorian ALP facing fresh dissent on branch stacking</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/victorian-alp-facing-fresh-dissent-on-branch-stacking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/victorian-alp-facing-fresh-dissent-on-branch-stacking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Hundley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/victorian-alp-facing-fresh-dissent-on-branch-stacking/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian Branch of the ALP's branch-stacking inquiry has been branded a failure by a leading party member who helped set it up, because the same people who benefit from branch stacking wrote the report.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/victorian-alp-facing-fresh-dissent-on-branch-stacking/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dunkley dust up: ALP destabilised by Shorten-Conroy split</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/dunkley-dust-up-alp-destabilised-by-shorten-conroy-split/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/dunkley-dust-up-alp-destabilised-by-shorten-conroy-split/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Constas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/dunkley-dust-up-alp-destabilised-by-shorten-conroy-split/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fresh factional war has broken out inside the Victorian ALP after Federal MP Bill Shorten and Senator Stephen Conroy came close to backing rival preselection candidates at a fiery meeting last night.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/dunkley-dust-up-alp-destabilised-by-shorten-conroy-split/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s browns versus greens in Brumby&#8217;s ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/its-browns-versus-greens-in-brumbys-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/its-browns-versus-greens-in-brumbys-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor Environmental Action Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/its-browns-versus-greens-in-brumbys-alp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP's internal war over the environment is gathering pace, with two recent decisions in Victoria revealing the deep fissures that exist between "browns" and "greens".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/09/its-browns-versus-greens-in-brumbys-alp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dark horse emerges in ALP state secretary race</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/dark-horse-emerges-in-alp-state-secretary-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/dark-horse-emerges-in-alp-state-secretary-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Walladge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/dark-horse-emerges-in-alp-state-secretary-race/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An adviser working for the Australian Communications and Media Authority has emerged as a compromise candidate in the race for the position of Victorian ALP State Secretary.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/dark-horse-emerges-in-alp-state-secretary-race/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s ALP in turmoil as rats run rampant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/brumbys-alp-in-turmoil-as-rats-run-rampant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/brumbys-alp-in-turmoil-as-rats-run-rampant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen newnham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/brumbys-alp-in-turmoil-as-rats-run-rampant/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian Branch of the ALP has descended into high farce after Stephen Newnham retained his state secretary position at last night's meeting of the state administrative committee.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/brumbys-alp-in-turmoil-as-rats-run-rampant/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Branch stacking brouhaha: Victorian ALP factions fight it out</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/alp-factions-hit-back-on-race-mathews-stacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/alp-factions-hit-back-on-race-mathews-stacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factional politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race Mathews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/alp-factions-hit-back-on-race-mathews-stacks/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior members of the Victorian ALP's Left faction have accused John Brumby's ruling Right faction of rank hypocrisy over branch stacking.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/alp-factions-hit-back-on-race-mathews-stacks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Race Mathews lets fly at &#8220;tragic&#8221; stacked ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hakki Suleyman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race Matthews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading ALP elder statesman, Race Matthews, has increased pressure on Victorian Premier John Brumby to appoint a membership czar to clean out stacked branches.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/race-mathews-lets-fly-at-tragic-stacked-alp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>We may not have seen the end of the Theophanous case</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/we-may-not-have-seen-the-end-of-the-theophanous-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/we-may-not-have-seen-the-end-of-the-theophanous-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Faris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Rapke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theo theophanous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/we-may-not-have-seen-the-end-of-the-theophanous-case/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of intriguing possibilities of how the Theophanous saga will play itself out. Will he get sent to trial? Will he sue for damages? More importantly, what further action will Jeremy Rapke, Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions take?]]></description>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s big call on the Honourable Member for Ivanhoe</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/brumbys-big-call-on-the-honorable-member-for-ivanhoe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/brumbys-big-call-on-the-honorable-member-for-ivanhoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Carbines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Langdon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanhoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preselections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Office Selection Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/brumbys-big-call-on-the-honorable-member-for-ivanhoe/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Brumby's right faction of the Victorian ALP faces a difficult decison tonight when it decides whether the prolong the career of the Member for Ivanhoe Craig Langdon.]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-conference pandemonium in Brumby&#8217;s ALP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/pre-conference-pandemonium-in-brumbys-alp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/pre-conference-pandemonium-in-brumbys-alp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Ombudsman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An angry showdown is looming over Victorian Premier John Brumby's promise to "clean up" the ALP, after key proposals to reform party membership were rejected by his factional allies.]]></description>
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		<title>Hakki Suleyman snuggles up at ALP Head Office</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hakki Suleyman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/hakki-suleyman-snuggles-up-at-alp-head-office/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s damning eyewitness account of in-the-flesh flouting of Victorian ALP party rules was overseen by sacked Justin Madden staffer Hakki Suleyman, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Watching the ALP stacks come in: the membership rorts go on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branch stacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Dearricott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lannan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/watching-the-alp-stacks-come-in-the-membership-rorts-go-on/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Extensive and apparently systemic rorting of ALP membership rules in Victoria has continued despite the Brimbank scandal.]]></description>
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		<title>The Brimbank scourge that spans Victoria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brimbank Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darebin Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local councillors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreland Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittlesea Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/the-brimbank-scourge-that-spans-victoria/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Brumby's decision to sideline notorious numbers man George Seitz will have little impact in faction-ridden Victoria.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Victorian Opposition and FOI bungling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/the-victorian-opposition-and-foi-bungling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/20/the-victorian-opposition-and-foi-bungling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to using that inveterate tool of opposition parties -- freedom of information laws -- the Vic Libs are still on training wheels it seems, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political donations: Gems aplenty in the annual deluge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/01/political-donations-gems-aplenty-in-the-annual-deluge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/01/political-donations-gems-aplenty-in-the-annual-deluge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evan thornley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hayman island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walker corp]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are literally dozens of fascinating stories in today’s deluge of political donations figures for the 2006-07 financial year, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Government Senate support up: Morgan Poll</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/government-senate-support-up-morgan-poll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/government-senate-support-up-morgan-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal senators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unchanged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coalition support in the Senate rose two points during November to 35.5%, according to polling by Roy Morgan Research. The Labor vote dropped two points to 44.5% in the same period, writes Christian Kerr. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Greens won’t work with Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/28/the-greens-wont-work-with-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/28/the-greens-wont-work-with-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embarrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaggle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s paraphrase one prostitute and apply the quote to a group who are hawking their wares to the highest bidders. They would say that, wouldn’t they – the precious response from the gaggle of Greens yesterday.]]></description>
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