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		<title>Meet The Press: Defence Minister Stephen Smith</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/20/stephen-smith-meet-the-press.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Defence Minister Announces Review Of ADF Treatment Of Women</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/04/11/review-of-adf-treatment-of-wome.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, has announced that Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick will lead &#8220;an examination of the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force Academy.&#8221; The review will include an examination of &#8220;unhealthy drinking cultures&#8221;, the impact of social media, and a &#8220;cultural stocktake&#8221; that will look at the ADF&#8217;s codes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Smith and Jason Clare: Defence Press Conference</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/02/01/smith-clare-defence-press-conference.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare held a joint press conference today to outline defence procurement plans. Listen to the press conference. PLAY Transcript of Stephen Smith and Jason Clare press conference. STEPHEN SMITH: I&#8217;m very pleased to be here with Jason Clare, the Minister for Defence Materiel. We have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUKMIN III Communique</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/01/18/aukmin-iii-communique.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>The full text of the AUKMin Communique issued today by Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith with their UK couterparts William Hague and Liam Fox.</strong>

A joint press conference was held after the meeting.
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		<title>Rudd Offers Condolences On Death Of Australian Soldier</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/01/05/rudd-offers-condolences-on-death-of-australian-soldier.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd has offered his condolences following the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Click the Play button to listen to Rudd: LISTEN 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, [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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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. LISTEN [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War On Terror Is Battle Of Ideas: Cheney</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/23/war-on-terror-is-battle-of-ideas-cheney.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/23/war-on-terror-is-battle-of-ideas-cheney.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;war on terror&#8217; is more than a contest of arms, and more than a test of will, according to the United States Vice-President, Richard Cheney. Addressing the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue in Sydney, Cheney said the war on terror &#8220;is a battle of ideas&#8221;. He said: &#8220;We now know to a certainty that when people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia To Accept New American Military Base At Geraldton</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/15/new-us-military-base-for-geraldton.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/15/new-us-military-base-for-geraldton.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government has agreed to host a ground station for a US strategic and military satellite communications system in Geraldton, Western Australia. The announcement was made by the Minister for Defence, Brendan Nelson. The government used today&#8217;s Question Time in the House of Representatives attack the ALP over its attitude to the US alliance, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Troops Deployed To Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2001/10/17/troops-deployed-to-afghanistan.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of the statement released by the Prime Minister, John Howard, announcing the deployment of Australian troops to the ground war in Afghanistan. Force Deployment The Governments of Australia and the United States have consulted further about our commitment to support the international coalition against terrorism. Last night President Bush and I [...]]]></description>
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