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		<title>Peter Slipper&#8217;s Statement To Parliament</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/05/08/slipper-statement-to-parliament.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text and Audio Peter Slipper's statement to the House of Representatives prior to standing aside as Speaker.]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Slipper Stands Aside As Speaker</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/22/peter-slipper-stands-aside-as-speaker.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of a statement from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Peter Slipper, announcing that he will step aside, pending the resolution of allegations against him. Also statements from Gillard and Abbott, with audio of Abbott's two media conferences.]]></description>
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		<title>Expenses Allegations And Sexual Harassment Claim Against Peter Slipper</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/21/sexual-harassment-claim-against-slipper.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/21/sexual-harassment-claim-against-slipper.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allegations of sexual harassment and misuse of Cabcharge vouchers have been levelled at House of Representatives Speaker Peter Slipper by a former employee, James Ashby.]]></description>
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		<title>Alby Schultz Announces Retirement From Hume</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/17/alby-schultz-to-retire-from-hume.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/17/alby-schultz-to-retire-from-hume.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alby Schultz, Liberal member for Hume in south-eastern NSW, has announced he will retire and not contest the next federal election.  Schultz has represented the safe Liberal electorate since 1998.]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker Peter Slipper&#8217;s Procession</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/02/14/speaker-slippers-procession.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/02/14/speaker-slippers-procession.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is video of the new House of Representatives Speaker Peter Slipper&#8217;s procession into the chamber today.]]></description>
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		<title>Drama In The House As Speaker Jenkins Threatens To Resign</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/05/31/resignation-of-speaker-jenkins-averted.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/05/31/resignation-of-speaker-jenkins-averted.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 09:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Harry Jenkins, came close to resigning today. The possibilities that could have flowed from his resignation are intriguing to consider. What happened? In the course of a raucous and disputatious Question Time, Jenkins warned and then named Liberal member Bob Baldwin for &#8220;continuing to interject after having been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissolutions, Prorogations and a Mea Culpa</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2010/07/19/dissolutions-prorogations-and-a-mea-culpa.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2010/07/19/dissolutions-prorogations-and-a-mea-culpa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned a timely lesson earlier today. Sitting in my car after leaving an appointment, I looked at Twitter to see if any there was any news of interest. A number of media outlets and journalists were tweeting that a 19-gun salute was about to take place, at 4.59pm to be precise, outside Parliament House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pyne and Gillard Debate Waste in the &#8220;Building the Education Revolution&#8221; Program</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/09/09/pyne-gillard-debate-ber-waste.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/09/09/pyne-gillard-debate-ber-waste.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Pyne and Julia Gillard have clashed over alleged waste and mismanagement in the Building the Education Revolution program. The Opposition&#8217;s Shadow Minister for Education proposed a Matter of Public Importance in the House of Representatives this afternoon. Click the PLAY button to listen to Pyne&#8217;s speech: PLAY The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, responded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Saturday Bushfires: Moving Speeches In Parliament For Victims</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/02/09/moving-speeches-in-parliament-for-bushfire-victims.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/02/09/moving-speeches-in-parliament-for-bushfire-victims.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives was the scene today of a moving condolence motion for victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was not in attendance, having stayed in Melbourne, but his deputy, Julia Gillard, visibly affected, gave a magnificent speech to a silent chamber. She was followed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craig Thomson &#8211; First Speech</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/18/craig-thomson-first-speech.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/18/craig-thomson-first-speech.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of the first speech to the House of Representatives by Craig Thomson, ALP member for Dobell (NSW).]]></description>
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