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		<title>Rudd Offers Condolences On Death Of Australian Soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd has offered his condolences following the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan.
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This is the transcript of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd&#8217;s press conference:
PRIME MINISTER:
I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. This brave soldier, wearing the uniform of Australia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eighth Australian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/01/05/eighth-australian-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Australian soldier has been killed in a rocket attack in Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan.  He is the eighth Australian casualty in Afghanistan since 2001.
The announcement was made in Canberra by the Chief of the Defence Foce, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.
Click the Play button to listen to ACM Houston&#8217;s press conference.
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This is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Key Claims Victory For New Zealand National Party</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/08/john-key-claims-victory-for-new-zealand-national-party.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/08/john-key-claims-victory-for-new-zealand-national-party.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand National Party leader, John Key, has claimed victory in today&#8217;s general election.
Key said the road ahead for New Zealand may be &#8220;rocky&#8221; and called for national unity.  &#8220;Now is the time for working together,&#8221; he told supporters.
Key announced that he had spoken to minor party leaders and secured their support for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour Defeated In New Zealand Election; Helen Clark Quits Leadership</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/08/labour-defeated-in-new-zealand-election-helen-clark-quits-leadership.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Labour Party government has been defeated in today&#8217;s general election.
The Prime Minister, Helen Clark, has conceded defeat and announced her resignation as Labour leader.
&#8220;My job as leader of the Labour Party is complete,&#8221; Clark told supporters.
Clark&#8217;s government was elected in 1999 and served three terms.
The new Prime Minister will John Key, leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens Welcome Obama Election</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/05/greens-welcome-obama-election.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of a media release from Senator Bob Brown, Leader of the Australian Greens. 
Greens from New Zealand and Australia have joined to welcome the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States and are warning climate change deniers that their political allies are dwindling.
Australian Greens leader Senator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd Congratulates Obama</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/05/rudd-congratulates-obama.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has congratulated Barack Obama on his election as the 44th President of the United States, praising his &#8220;campaign .. about hope&#8221;.
Rudd spoke at a Community Cabinet meeting in Tasmania.
Click the Play button to listen to Kevin Rudd comment on Barack Obama&#8217;s election:
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This is the transcript of Kevin Rudd&#8217;s press conference:
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Timor Troop Numbers To Be Cut</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/22/east-timor-troop-numbers-to-be-cut.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/22/east-timor-troop-numbers-to-be-cut.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is to reduce the number of troops in East Timor to 650 by early 2009.  The announcement was made today by the Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon.


This is the text of a media statement from the Defence Department.
ADF EAST TIMOR DEPLOYMENT TO REDUCE – A POSITIVE SIGN OF STABILITY
The Australian Defence Force will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd Meets With Vietnamese Prime Minister</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/13/rudd-meets-with-vietnamese-prime-minister.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/13/rudd-meets-with-vietnamese-prime-minister.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has met with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Canberra.
The two leaders held a joint press conference this morning.
Click the Play button to listen to the press conference:
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		<title>Kevin Rudd Addresses the United Nations General Assembly</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/09/26/kevin-rudd-addresses-the-united-nations-general-assembly.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/09/26/kevin-rudd-addresses-the-united-nations-general-assembly.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.  This is the text of his speech.
Listen to Rudd&#8217;s concluding remarks:
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We gather together at a time of great challenge to the international system.
A challenge that reminds us afresh that we live in a world where our interdependence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Keating: Nothing But The Man</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/08/23/paul-keating-nothing-but-the-man.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/08/23/paul-keating-nothing-but-the-man.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a two-part video of former Prime Minister Paul Keating&#8217;s speech at the Melbourne Writers Festival.  He is introduced by the then editor of The Age, Andrew Jaspan.


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