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	<title>Crikey &#187; Water</title>
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		<title>NSW to keep draining the life out of the Snowy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/nsw-government-shrugs-over-the-snowy-river/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/nsw-government-shrugs-over-the-snowy-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inter-Governmental Agreement to save the Snowy River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy Hydro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW government has indicated it will continue to draw water off the Snowy River, despite extensive evidence the river is nearer to degradation than ever.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cubbie Station was never sustainable</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/cubbie-station-was-never-sustainable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/cubbie-station-was-never-sustainable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Heffernan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cubbie Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cubbie Station's entry into voluntary administration is merely confirmation of what has been evident for well over a decade -- it was fundamentally unsustainable.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bob the dog</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/first-dog-on-the-moon-382/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/first-dog-on-the-moon-382/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob the dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cubbie Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[...discovers the truth about Cubbie Station]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling: same mess it always was</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/special-report-the-murray-darling-is-the-same-mess-it-always-was/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/special-report-the-murray-darling-is-the-same-mess-it-always-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSIRO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the first of a two-part series, <b>Bernard Keane</b> looks at just how little has changed -- and how much has been spent -- in the fight to save the Murray-Darling Basin. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/special-report-the-murray-darling-is-the-same-mess-it-always-was/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Snowy River salvation fail</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/snowy-river-salvation-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/snowy-river-salvation-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy Hydro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite an inter-governmental agreement and the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, the Snowy River is closer to systemic failure now than it was a decade ago.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Calculating the cost of water: catchments, fires and global warming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/calculating-the-cost-of-water-catchments-fires-and-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/calculating-the-cost-of-water-catchments-fires-and-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water catchment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water restrictions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is catchment management, asks <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/22/calculating-the-cost-of-water-catchments-fires-and-global-warming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How will the fires affect Victoria&#8217;s water supply?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/how-will-the-fires-affect-victorias-water-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/how-will-the-fires-affect-victorias-water-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backburning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the impact of fires on the water supply catchments and this policy, especially its origins, be considered by the Royal Commission? asks <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/how-will-the-fires-affect-victorias-water-supply/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fluoride: The mother of all band-aids</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/fluoride-the-mother-of-all-band-aids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/fluoride-the-mother-of-all-band-aids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coca-Cola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fluoride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Government and now Big Sugar are carpet bombing the water drinkers rather than laser targeting the sugar drinkers, writes <b>David Gillespie</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/fluoride-the-mother-of-all-band-aids/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plenty of water for Murray Darling, just no political will</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/plenty-of-water-for-murray-darling-just-no-political-will/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/plenty-of-water-for-murray-darling-just-no-political-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murray darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting some water to the Coorong and Lower Lakes is, it seems, all too hard for Penny Wong, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/plenty-of-water-for-murray-darling-just-no-political-will/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling: Cubby Station has to go first</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/murray-darling-cubby-station-has-to-go-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/murray-darling-cubby-station-has-to-go-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murray darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first property the government should look at buying is Cubbie Station, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/15/murray-darling-cubby-station-has-to-go-first/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/11/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/11/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympics ... the Murray Darling Basin ... electric cars ... Paul Keating ... ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/11/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Keating ... the Beijing Olympics ... Facebook ... water buybacks ... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ... ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for Wong to come clean on the Coorong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/time-for-wong-to-come-clean-on-the-coorong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/time-for-wong-to-come-clean-on-the-coorong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is there enough water in the Murray Darling to save the Coorong? No one - least of all Penny Wong -- knows for sure, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/time-for-wong-to-come-clean-on-the-coorong/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting tidbits from the heart of government with <b>Richard Farmer</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to do a &#8220;murraydarling&#8221; i.e: absolutely nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/how-to-do-a-murraydarling-ie-absolutely-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/how-to-do-a-murraydarling-ie-absolutely-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our political leaders issued a statement yesterday on the Murray-Darling Basin. Thanks guys -- even we city folks had noticed that the Murray-Darling is up sh-t creek, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/how-to-do-a-murraydarling-ie-absolutely-nothing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fixing Politics: How to think long-term on water</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/fixing-politics-how-to-think-long-term-on-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/fixing-politics-how-to-think-long-term-on-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As with climate change, the previous Government remained in denial about water until the very end of its days. The Rudd Government has its own structural problems on water, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/fixing-politics-how-to-think-long-term-on-water/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Political courage runs dry over water</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/kohler-political-courage-runs-dry-over-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/kohler-political-courage-runs-dry-over-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are two issues that flow from the end of Australia’s 50-year wet: the impending collapse of the Murray-Darling basin and urban water rationing. Not that politicians are addressing the issues, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/kohler-political-courage-runs-dry-over-water/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graeme Samuel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[troy buswell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graeme Samuel and the ACCC ... Wong's water plan and rainwater tanks ... the 2020 PR tender that wasn't ... China's resources grab ... the ABC and latte ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wong goes to water. Is this the best they can do?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/30/wong-goes-to-water-is-this-the-best-they-can-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/30/wong-goes-to-water-is-this-the-best-they-can-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’re repeatedly told how we face a water crisis. It’s time governments actually lived up to that rhetoric, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/30/wong-goes-to-water-is-this-the-best-they-can-do/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Divided: Wet v Dry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/australia-divided-wet-v-dry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/australia-divided-wet-v-dry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[australia divided]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garnaut Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wet v dry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every day Australian weather reports predict floods at one end of the country and drought at the other.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/australia-divided-wet-v-dry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people's political coverage. <b>Richard Farmer</b> writes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/31/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd pulls out the chequebook to deliver Murray-Darling deal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/rudd-pulls-out-the-chequebook-to-deliver-murray-darling-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/rudd-pulls-out-the-chequebook-to-deliver-murray-darling-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd bribed his way to a win at COAG, particularly on the Murray-Darling Basin, reports <b>Bernard Keane</b>.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/rudd-pulls-out-the-chequebook-to-deliver-murray-darling-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling Basin deal: the devil&#8217;s in the details</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria has at last signed up. We can now look to one federal authority to manage the unfolding environmental disaster in the Murray-Darling Basin, writes <b>Richard Kingsford</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A farmer&#8217;s beef: Drought is not climate change Mr Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/a-farmers-beef-drought-is-not-climate-change-mr-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/a-farmers-beef-drought-is-not-climate-change-mr-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Linking drought relief for farmers to climate change preparedness is just plain silly, writes <b>Chris Brown</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/a-farmers-beef-drought-is-not-climate-change-mr-rudd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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