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	<title>Crikey &#187; Victorian government</title>
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		<title>The Baillieu Dump: multicultural grants went to Labor&#8217;s marginals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-multicultural-grants-went-to-labors-marginals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-multicultural-grants-went-to-labors-marginals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiculturalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Baillieu Dump]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multicultural communities in inner-Melbourne Labor electorates were given the biggest building grants in the lead-up to last year’s state election, according to the Victorian Multicultural Commission’s annual report. <b>Zhou Yao</b> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-multicultural-grants-went-to-labors-marginals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The Baillieu Dump: call for child capsules in Victorian taxis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-call-for-child-capsules-in-victorian-taxis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-call-for-child-capsules-in-victorian-taxis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Baillieu Dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Victoria's Child Safety Commissioner Bernie Geary has warned the inquiry into the taxi industry that children in taxis are at risk because they lack safety restraints and booster seats. <b>Stephen Cuff</b> reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Baillieu Dump: terminally ill miss out on beds in Gippsland</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-terminally-ill-miss-out-on-beds-in-gippsland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-terminally-ill-miss-out-on-beds-in-gippsland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aged care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gippsland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Baillieu Dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lack of palliative care beds in Gippsland means terminally ill patients may be missing out on vital early care, a palliative care co-ordinator has warned. <b>Cassandra White</b> reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Baillieu Dump: criticism of cuts to water consumers&#8217; advocacy centre</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-criticism-of-cuts-to-water-consumers-advocacy-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-criticism-of-cuts-to-water-consumers-advocacy-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Baillieu Dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The head of a Victorian consumer organisation which fights for a fair go for energy and water consumers believes Victoria needs an organisation solely devoted to giving a voice to water users, writes <b>Sally Galvin</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-criticism-of-cuts-to-water-consumers-advocacy-centre/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The Baillieu Dump: hundreds of childcare worker permits revoked</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/the-baillieu-dump-hundreds-of-childcare-worker-permits-revoked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/the-baillieu-dump-hundreds-of-childcare-worker-permits-revoked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Baillieu Dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A leading child care expert is calling on the Victorian government to tighten its screening of Working with Children permits after it was revealed that more than 300 have been revoked in the past five years.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/the-baillieu-dump-hundreds-of-childcare-worker-permits-revoked/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>OPI report: secret deals and media manipulation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/opi-report-misinformation-secret-deals-and-media-manipulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/opi-report-misinformation-secret-deals-and-media-manipulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office of police integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Overland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A report released this week reveals a trail of misinformation, secret deals and media manipulation by a ministerial adviser that in part provoked the resignation of Victorian Police Commissioner Simon Overland.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/opi-report-misinformation-secret-deals-and-media-manipulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Sticky carpet-clad&#8217; Ted pledges Libs&#8217; love of live music</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/sticky-carpet-clad-ted-pledges-libs-love-of-live-music/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/sticky-carpet-clad-ted-pledges-libs-love-of-live-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ted ballieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu draped himself in the iconic Melbourne music venue The Tote's mythical sticky carpet to ram home his message that Liberals "love live music".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/sticky-carpet-clad-ted-pledges-libs-love-of-live-music/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Notification of name change</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/17/crikey-says-notification-of-name-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/17/crikey-says-notification-of-name-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offensive language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swear words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=229861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many readers have expressed outrage over the correspondence that we received this week and subsequently ran in yesterday's Tips and Rumours section.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/17/crikey-says-notification-of-name-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unequal opportunities for discrimination in Victoria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/unequal-opportunities-for-discrimination-in-victoria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/unequal-opportunities-for-discrimination-in-victoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Opportunity Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights and equal opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=229645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of yesterday morning, state parliament -- after an earlier hiccup -- passed the government's amendments to Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act reversing changes made last year by the Labor government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/16/unequal-opportunities-for-discrimination-in-victoria/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Life on the railroad: caught between state screw-ups and federal follies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/09/life-on-the-railroad-caught-between-state-screw-ups-and-federal-follies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/09/life-on-the-railroad-caught-between-state-screw-ups-and-federal-follies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Rail Link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Mulder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=202234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than six months after the ill-fated Brumby government rattled dozens of Footscray residents and business-owners by forgetting to tell them about a plan to bulldoze their properties to make way for the new Regional Rail Link, homeowners here are facing more uncertainty. Local resident <b>Pat McGrath</b> explains.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/09/life-on-the-railroad-caught-between-state-screw-ups-and-federal-follies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Baillieu government to probe VMIA&#8217;s &#8216;culture of fear&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/21/baillieu-government-to-probe-vmias-culture-of-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/21/baillieu-government-to-probe-vmias-culture-of-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gordon rich-phillips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[victorian managed insurance authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMIA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=198244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government will flex its muscle in dealing with a "culture of fear" that has engulfed the troubled Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, following a raft of bullying complaints and an exodus of eight senior staff in the last two months.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/21/baillieu-government-to-probe-vmias-culture-of-fear/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby government facing fresh child protection crisis as lawyers plead for help</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/19/brumby-government-facing-fresh-child-protection-crisis-as-lawyers-plead-for-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/19/brumby-government-facing-fresh-child-protection-crisis-as-lawyers-plead-for-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brumby government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department of human services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=187242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brumby government is facing a fresh child-protection crisis on the eve of the state election, with bureaucrats inside the Department of Human Service's Court Advocacy Unit rebelling against the department's conditions and alleging several serious breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/19/brumby-government-facing-fresh-child-protection-crisis-as-lawyers-plead-for-help/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Brumby Dump: gambling revenue on the rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/the-brumby-dump-gambling-revenue-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/the-brumby-dump-gambling-revenue-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Brumby Dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gambling tax is projected to yield the Victorian Government more than $74 million in extra revenue in 2010-11, up about 4.5% on 2008-09 figures, writes Swinburne journalism student <b>Tom Bradford</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/the-brumby-dump-gambling-revenue-on-the-rise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey says: welcome to The Brumby Dump</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/crikey-says-welcome-to-the-brumby-dump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/crikey-says-welcome-to-the-brumby-dump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Brumby Dump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Victorian state election looms on the horizon, you'd think the media would have every detail of government policy, outcomes and process fixed firmly under their microscope.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/crikey-says-welcome-to-the-brumby-dump/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Protestors defy Vic govt laws that &#8216;stifle democracy&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/protestors-defy-vic-govt-laws-that-stifle-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/protestors-defy-vic-govt-laws-that-stifle-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazelwood power station]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Controversial Victorian climate change protest laws breach freedoms of political expression and are “stifling democracy”, a prominent barrister and Greens candidate has claimed. <b>Greg Foyster</b> reports from the weekend protests.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/protestors-defy-vic-govt-laws-that-stifle-democracy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Successors scramble to replace departing Brumby MPs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/07/successors-scramble-to-replace-departing-brumby-mps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/07/successors-scramble-to-replace-departing-brumby-mps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter batchelor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lion of the Left and a long-term electorate officer have emerged as candidates to replace departing Brumby government ministers Peter Batchelor and Bob Cameron, Crikey can reveal.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/07/successors-scramble-to-replace-departing-brumby-mps/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>GP revenue slump contradicts crowd numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/17/gp-revenue-slump-contradicts-crowd-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/17/gp-revenue-slump-contradicts-crowd-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As plummeting sales revenue for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix sends the event further into the major events mire, the race's official attendance, which makes up the vast proportion of the revenue figure, has grown, according to the event's organisers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The perils of listening tours: always find a friendly face first</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-perils-of-listening-tours-always-find-a-friendly-face-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-perils-of-listening-tours-always-find-a-friendly-face-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=161418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's easy enough for political tacticians to be clever sitting around in the office planning how to handle a public relations problem. You can always devise a solution. The hard part is to put it into practice.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-perils-of-listening-tours-always-find-a-friendly-face-first/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bushfire buyback should be give and take</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/03/bushfire-buyback-should-be-give-and-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/03/bushfire-buyback-should-be-give-and-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=160816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any property buyback scheme implemented by the Victorian government in fire-prone areas should involve a combination of compulsory and voluntary acquisition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/03/bushfire-buyback-should-be-give-and-take/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brumby&#8217;s rail may run through my laundry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/brumbys-rail-may-run-through-my-laundry-but-i-cant-be-sure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/brumbys-rail-may-run-through-my-laundry-but-i-cant-be-sure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Details remain incredibly sketchy, but it looks like my modest weatherboard may be spared from the Brumby Government’s decision to clear between 26 and 50 houses in Footscray to make way for a new rural rail corridor, writes <b>Footscray resident Pat McGrath</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/14/brumbys-rail-may-run-through-my-laundry-but-i-cant-be-sure/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victoria still talking to controversial geoengineering scientists</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/10/victoria-still-talking-to-controversial-geoengineering-scientists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/10/victoria-still-talking-to-controversial-geoengineering-scientists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clive Hamilton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geoengineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian government continues to engage with scientists on climate manipulation techniques, despite vehement criticism that it funded a conference looking at the last-resort geoengineering methods.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/10/victoria-still-talking-to-controversial-geoengineering-scientists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>In &#8212; Credibility &#8230; Out &#8212; Madden (ill-advised)</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/crikey-says-in-credibility-out-madden-ill-advised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/crikey-says-in-credibility-out-madden-ill-advised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ministerial responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's been a lot of talk recently about ministerial responsibility. But there is a minister in Australia whose idea of ministerial responsibility is so slack that it's extraordinary he still holds his job.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/crikey-says-in-credibility-out-madden-ill-advised/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ombudsman and daughter: ABC conflict the talk of Victorian politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/ombudsman-and-daughter-abc-conflict-the-talk-of-victorian-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/ombudsman-and-daughter-abc-conflict-the-talk-of-victorian-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josie Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Thwaites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tension between government media units and senior journalists is hardly a revelation, but is there a legitimate perception issue when it comes to ABC state political reporter Josie Taylor's family connection or just sour grapes from the Brumby government?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/ombudsman-and-daughter-abc-conflict-the-talk-of-victorian-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hey Victorian government, leave Britney alone!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Dunlop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[britney spears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lip-synch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Britney Spears concert is presumably a mass of gyrating, fireworks and lip-syncing. But the Victorian government wants concert goers to be made aware when music isn't technically 'live'. Do we really need to be protected?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Clean energy our government doesn&#8217;t want to know about</title>
		<link>http://newmatilda.com/2009/05/25/leading-dumb-horse-water</link>
		<comments>http://newmatilda.com/2009/05/25/leading-dumb-horse-water#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 04:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Sundermann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydro electric power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water turbines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian iventor Fred Sundermann has created a breakthrough renewable energy alternative. So why is government bureaucracy blocking him almost every step of the way?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newmatilda.com/2009/05/25/leading-dumb-horse-water/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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