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		<title>Getup! Reviews Its Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Social Media As A Tool For Protest</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/02/03/social-media-as-a-tool-for-protest.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marko Papic and Sean Noonan Internet services were reportedly restored in Egypt on Feb. 2 after being completely shut down for two days. Egyptian authorities unplugged the last Internet service provider (ISP) still operating Jan. 31 amidst ongoing protests across the country. The other four providers in Egypt — Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Substance To The Words</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2010/11/04/giving-substance-to-the-words.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are thirty-two new members of the 43rd Parliament, elected on August 21st. Three of them are returning after a voluntary or enforced absence. As a group they constitute one-fifth of the House of Representatives, a significant turnover and renewal of the lower house. Many of them will be there for years to come. Over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Rudd&#8217;s Opening Address to the 2020 Summit</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/04/19/kevin-rudds-opening-address-to-the-2020-summit.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of Kevin Rudd&#8217;s Address Opening the 2020 Summit in Canberra. Australians one, Australians all. I too begin by acknowledging the first peoples of our nation. Just as I welcome all of you to this, the nation’s capital, to this, the nation’s Parliament. To this, the great meeting place of our common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Happened To australianpolitics.com?</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/31/whats-happened-to-australianpoliticscom.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of australianpolitics.com will have noticed that the site has a completely new design and structure. So, what&#8217;s happened? The Site Is Now A Blog australianpolitics.com has been moved to the WordPress blog system. This means that instead of &#8220;flat&#8221; files that I have to code individually and upload to the server, the site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrorism, Policing And The Media: Controversial Speech By Mick Keelty</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/29/mick-keelty-speech-on-terrorism.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/29/mick-keelty-speech-on-terrorism.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty, has made a controversial speech in which he argues for a gag on media coverage of terrorism arrests. The speech was delivered to the Sydney Institute. This is the text of Commissioner Mick Keelty&#8217;s speech to the Sydney Institute. &#8220;Terrorism: Policing&#8217;s New Paradigm&#8221; (Commissioner Keelty introduced by Mr Gerard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian DemocracyLINKS TO ALL CONTENT FROM OLD SITE</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/01/australian-democracy.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/01/australian-democracy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. &#8211; Robert Maynard Hutchins, educator (1899-1977) Overview of the Australian Political System General information about the Australian political system, including links to official sites. What Is Politics? Definitions of politics and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pressure GroupsLINKS TO ALL CONTENT FROM OLD SITE</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/01/pressure-groups.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/01/01/pressure-groups.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Listing of Australian Pressure Groups There are many hundreds of pressure groups in Australia, some economic, some social, some with broad aims, some devoted to single issues. A Saturday Reflection An eloquent defence of protest and dissidence from The Age in 1987. The Impact of Pressure Groups on the Democratic Process There is much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitlam And Fraser Call For Strengthening Of Ministerial Accountability</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2007/11/12/whitlam-fraser-call-for-ministerial-accountability.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2007/11/12/whitlam-fraser-call-for-ministerial-accountability.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two former Australian prime ministers, Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, have called for the modernisation of the principle of ministerial accountability. In a letter published in the Herald-Sun, Fraser and Whitlam say that &#34;no matter how grave their failings may be, ministers no longer resign&#34;. Whitlam was prime minister from 1972-75 and Fraser from 1975-83. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Council Calls For New Commonwealth-States Contract</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2006/10/28/bca-federalism-report.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Council of Australia has released a report proposing reforms to the Australian federal system. The BCA says in the report: &#8220;In the past, the debate has been mainly framed around political and constitutional reasons for change. The extent of the problems and dysfunctions of the current system of federal–state relations – marked by [...]]]></description>
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