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		<title>Getup! Reviews Its Year</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/17/getup-reviews-its-year.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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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[Malcolm Farnsworth looks at the first speeches of new members of Australia's 43rd Parliament, following the 2010 election.  First published on The Drum.]]></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>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/04/19/kevin-rudds-opening-address-to-the-2020-summit.html#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Cabinet-Ministry]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2006/10/28/bca-federalism-report.html#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>Apathy And Anger: John Faulkner On Our Modern Australian Democracy</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/22/apathy-and-anger-john-faulkner-democracy.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/22/apathy-and-anger-john-faulkner-democracy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ALP's former leader in the Senate, John Faulkner, says Australian democracy is "drowning in distrust".  Arguing that politics requires commitment, patience, and a sense of proportion, Faulkner criticised Mark Latham's for young people to reject organised politics.]]></description>
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		<title>American Democracy Is In Grave Danger: Al Gore</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/06/american-democracy-in-danger-gore.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/06/american-democracy-in-danger-gore.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Vice-President Al Gore has delivered an compelling speech in which he argues that the American &#8220;marketplace of ideas&#8221; has been subverted by television and more recent trends in the delivery of television news. The speech is an insightful look at the operating practices of the American media and the American political system. A former [...]]]></description>
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