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		<title>Nelson Promises Reduction In Petrol Excise</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/05/15/nelson-promises-reduction-in-petrol-excise.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Brendan Nelson, has proposed a 5 cents reduction in petrol excise.
Delivering his response to the Federal Budget, Nelson also committed the Opposition to oppose the increase tax on alco-pops in the Senate.
Click the PLAY button to listen to Nelson&#8217;s speech:


Mr Speaker. Australians expected a lot with the election of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayne Swan Addresses the National Press Club</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/05/14/wayne-swan-budget-address-to-national-press-club.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/05/14/wayne-swan-budget-address-to-national-press-club.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has addressed the National Press Club, in Canberra, on the 2008-09 Federal Budget.
The post-budget address to the Press Club is a political tradition.  The Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson, will address the club on Thursday.
Click the play button to listen to Wayne Swan&#8217;s address:


I want to do something a little unusual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008-09 Federal Budget: Full Text Of Treasurer&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/05/13/2008-budget-speech.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/05/13/2008-budget-speech.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the full text of Treasurer Wayne Swan&#8217;s Budget Speech to the House of Representatives.  Click the play button to listen to the speech:

Wayne Swan&#8217;s Budget Speech (PDF Download)
Mr Speaker, I move that the Bill now be read a second time. 
Introduction
This Budget is designed to meet the big challenges of the future. [...]]]></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>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[A.L.P.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australian Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>

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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 democracy, Australia.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clare O&#8217;Neil: Howard&#8217;s Terrifying Lack Of Reflection</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/03/20/howards-terrifying-lack-of-reflection.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/03/20/howards-terrifying-lack-of-reflection.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Federal Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Clare O'Neil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In March, John Howard visited Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where I am a Master of Public Policy student. Howard began his visit with a formal address on Australia/China relations.  About 250 Harvard students and staff assembled in the school’s famous John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum to listen.

Howard reflected on his term as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest Rates Up Again</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/03/04/interest-rates-up-again.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/03/04/interest-rates-up-again.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia today increased interest rates by a further 0.25%.
The increase takes the cash rate to 7.25%.
It is the second consecutive increase this year.  Interest rates are now at a 12-year high.
Listen to Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan discuss the increase at a press conference this afternoon:


This is the text of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidel Castro Does What John Howard Couldn&#8217;t!</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/19/fidel-castro-does-what-john-howard-couldnt.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/19/fidel-castro-does-what-john-howard-couldnt.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s President Fidel Castro has announced his resignation, after 48 years in power.
The Communist Party leader issued an extraordinary statement on the website of the party&#8217;s newspaper, Granma.

Message from the Commander in Chief
Dear compatriots:
Last Friday, February 15, I promised you that in my next reflection I would deal with an issue of interest to many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Partially Treated Sewage Sandwich&#8221; From Julie Bishop</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/19/partially-treated-sewage-sandwich-from-julie-bishop.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/19/partially-treated-sewage-sandwich-from-julie-bishop.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Federal Election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Opposition&#8217;s Julie Bishop has given an extraordinary press conference in which she attempted to justify the coalition&#8217;s decision not to to oppose the government&#8217;s legislation abolishing WorkChoices.
Listen to Julie Bishop&#8217;s press conference:


As the Sydney Morning Herald&#8217;s Annabel Crabb put it on February 20:

The Opposition&#8217;s Julie Bishop was on something quite different yesterday. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd Government Faces First Question Time</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/13/rudd-government-faces-first-question-time.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/13/rudd-government-faces-first-question-time.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd Government has faced its first Question Time in the new Parliament.
Listen to Question Time:

The Opposition Leader&#8217;s first question was about petrol and food prices.  It required a Dorothy Dixer from the government&#8217;s backbench for the stolen generations apology to be raised.
Julia Gillard delivered the most assured and polished performance, emphasising the government&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Media Praises Rudd</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/13/british-media-praises-rudd.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/13/british-media-praises-rudd.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfarnsworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The London newspaper, The Independent, has praised Kevin Rudd for the apology to the stolen generations.

This is the text of the editorial from The Independent.

The Courage To Right A Historic Wrong
Politicians who match their words to their deeds are hardly ten a penny these days. And, even when they do appear on our horizon, their [...]]]></description>
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