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	<title>Crikey &#187; Western Australia</title>
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		<title>CHOGM: Barnett&#8217;s evocation of security on the money, but target is not</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/chogm-barnetts-evocation-of-security-on-the-money-but-target-is-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Clayfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People don't feel that you're serving and protecting them when you're taking to their neighbours with a baton.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The punitive-minded police state cranks up for CHOGM</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/the-punitive-minded-police-state-cranks-up-for-chogm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/24/the-punitive-minded-police-state-cranks-up-for-chogm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Clayfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chogm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining boom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince Charles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The honour of hosting this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting fits in perfectly with the Perth's idea of itself as a cultural and economic powerhouse.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Employment grows, and not just in the mining states</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/07/employment-grows-and-not-just-in-the-mining-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/07/employment-grows-and-not-just-in-the-mining-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New South Wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[participation rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The "patchwork economy" isn't much in evidence in today's employment data.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Punishing Western Australia but not too much</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/24/punishing-western-australia-but-not-too-much/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/24/punishing-western-australia-but-not-too-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 03:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brisbane courier mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot see that it really matters which government gets the extra money from the Western Australian mining industry.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Regional rorts: WA Nats deliver millions in pork to electorates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/08/regional-rorts-wa-nats-deliver-millions-in-pork-to-electorates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/08/regional-rorts-wa-nats-deliver-millions-in-pork-to-electorates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pork barrelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Western Australian Liberal-National Government has allocated more than half of a $94.5 million local government fund to just five WA National Party electorates, write Edith Cowan University journalism students <b>Ben Cleverly</b> and <b>Rueben Hale</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>WA Australia&#8217;s strongest performing economy, and then some</title>
		<link>http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/news/wa-has-number-one-economy-in-australia-commsec/story-e6frg2qu-1225896915860</link>
		<comments>http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/news/wa-has-number-one-economy-in-australia-commsec/story-e6frg2qu-1225896915860#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commsec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new CommSec survey has not only listed WA as the nation's best performing economy, but also claims the state has completely conquered the GFC and its aftereffects. ]]></description>
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		<title>Julia and Tony take note: the sleeper issue is awakening</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Election-2010-marginal-seats-independent-contracti-pd20100721-7JS7D?OpenDocument</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Election-2010-marginal-seats-independent-contracti-pd20100721-7JS7D?OpenDocument#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial relations will be a key issue in the federal election - and not just for Tony Abbott. The workplace practice of independent contracting is under threat and is likely to become a thorn in Julia Gillard's side, especially in marginal seats, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Poll Bludger&#8217;s Election 2010 preview, Part 1: WA &#8212; the state of excitement!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/poll-bludgers-election-2010-preview-part-1-wa-the-state-of-excitement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/poll-bludgers-election-2010-preview-part-1-wa-the-state-of-excitement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Bowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Beazley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources Super Profits Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Will history prove again that Western Australia is a problem for the ALP? Get your wonk on in this, the first in a preview series from Poll Bludger's <b>William Bowe</b> on the upcoming Federal election...]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s big, slick and floating towards the WA coast&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/whats-big-slick-and-floating-towards-the-wa-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/whats-big-slick-and-floating-towards-the-wa-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTTEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Siewert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How big is the Montara oil leak off the northern coast of Western Australia? That all depends who you ask: the Greens or the company responsible. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA’s Corruption and Crime Commission under fire</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/07/was-corruption-and-crime-commission-under-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/07/was-corruption-and-crime-commission-under-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption and crime commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over recent days there has been such concerted criticism of the CCC that it seems inevitable there will have to be a wide-ranging review of its operations, writes <b>Lawrence Apps</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/07/was-corruption-and-crime-commission-under-fire/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Competent WA bureaucracy makes former ministry look competant</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/competent-wa-bureaucracy-makes-former-ministry-look-competant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/19/competent-wa-bureaucracy-makes-former-ministry-look-competant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The announcement of the new Liberal Ministry yesterday concluded the most spectacular period in Western Australian politics in recent history, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How will Colin Barnett treat the big miners?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-will-colin-barnett-treat-the-big-miners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-will-colin-barnett-treat-the-big-miners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[western australian premier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new Liberal premier of WA will now have an opportunity to deliver on his threats as there won’t be a politician in Australia with more influence over big miners than him, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/15/how-will-colin-barnett-treat-the-big-miners/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Julie Bishop asks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-196/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-196/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capsicum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogynist cartoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Federation, what is it and when is it leaving?"]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carpenter&#8217;s early election call a fatal mistake</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/carpenters-early-election-call-a-fatal-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/carpenters-early-election-call-a-fatal-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State & Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Completely misreading public sentiment, Labor ran a presidential campaign which did little more than feed community resentment, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/08/carpenters-early-election-call-a-fatal-mistake/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA election 2: Crunching the one-vote one-value seat by seat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/wa-election-2-crunching-the-one-vote-one-value-seat-by-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/wa-election-2-crunching-the-one-vote-one-value-seat-by-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On paper Labor has a handy buffer, but a lot of its seats are tougher than the notional margins make them appear, writes <b>Poll Bludger</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/wa-election-2-crunching-the-one-vote-one-value-seat-by-seat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA election 1: Carpenter makes Barnett look like a fairy godmother</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/wa-election-1-carpenter-makes-barnett-look-like-a-fairy-godmother/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/wa-election-1-carpenter-makes-barnett-look-like-a-fairy-godmother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alan capenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Premier Carpenter is not liked, however apparently no one has bothered to tell the Labor Party who have run a presidential style campaign based entirely upon Carpenter, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/05/wa-election-1-carpenter-makes-barnett-look-like-a-fairy-godmother/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA Labor&#8217;s reactionary smoking gun</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/wa-labors-reactionary-smoking-gun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/wa-labors-reactionary-smoking-gun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal party of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Public policy is still run in Western Australia by obscene and ostentatious greed, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/wa-labors-reactionary-smoking-gun/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA election gets down and dirty &#8212; no surprises there</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/29/wa-election-gets-down-and-dirty-no-surprises-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/29/wa-election-gets-down-and-dirty-no-surprises-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaigns and elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With so much ammunition available to both sides, it comes as no surprise to find the WA election campaign dominated by negative advertising, writes <b>Poll Bludger</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>WA election getting personal and sleazy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/wa-election-getting-personal-and-sleazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/28/wa-election-getting-personal-and-sleazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Western Australian State election has descended, perhaps predictably into a contest of personal abuse and sleaze, writes <b>Noel Crichton-Browne</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Unopposed returns make a comeback in the Territory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/30/unopposed-returns-make-a-comeback-in-the-territory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/30/unopposed-returns-make-a-comeback-in-the-territory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA['I came to the conclusion that the idea of an unopposed return had gone entirely out of fashion in this country.' <b>Malcolm Mackerras</b> was wrong.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Animal Logic, a digital production company, is re-animating the expressions on Nicole Kidman&#8217;s face for the movie Australia. There is something big underway at the West Australian Department of Planning and Infrastructure which will require the restructuring of the West Australian Planning Commission. On Wednesday the DPI is withdrawing the &#8220;sustainability&#8221; function of the WAPC. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tasmania abolishes double jeopardy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/01/tasmania-abolishes-double-jeopardy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/01/tasmania-abolishes-double-jeopardy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double jeopardy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good graces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innocence projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Tasmania’s Attorney-General Steve Kons announced he was following the lead of other states like Queensland and abolishing the double jeopardy rule. This is the rule that essentially says you can’t be tried for the same crime twice, writes Greg Barns.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who ya gonna call? Toad busters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/who-ya-gonna-call-toad-busters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/who-ya-gonna-call-toad-busters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cane toads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luc longley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nba player]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As thousands of cane toads continue to cross the country at an alarming rate a battle is brewing between two organisations dedicated to stopping the toads from entering Western Australia. The Perth based ‘Stop the Toad’ coalition and the lesser known but well established ‘Kimberley Toad Busters’ are now fighting over which toad ‘mustering’ group is entitled to promised government funding, writes Jade Barry. ]]></description>
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		<title>A long way to the top for Australia&#8217;s women</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/a-long-way-to-the-top-for-australias-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/a-long-way-to-the-top-for-australias-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credible leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kate carnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anna Bligh yesterday was sworn in as Queensland's first woman premier. Her legacy from the remarkable Peter Beattie includes a large majority in parliament and a commanding lead in the opinion polls. If she goes on to win the next election, Bligh will be the first woman in Australia to reach that milestone at state or federal level.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/a-long-way-to-the-top-for-australias-women/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Canberra vs The States, Part XVI</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/canberra-vs-the-states-part-xvi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/07/canberra-vs-the-states-part-xvi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing new about John Howard's centralism. Like most
federal politicians, fighting the states comes naturally to him. But the most recent twist - trying to sell the idea that the states are to blame for upward pressure on interest rates - still comes as something of a
surprise, writes Charles Richardson.]]></description>
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