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		<title>On Line Opinion - Domestic Politics</title>
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		<description>Australia's e-journal of social and political debate</description>
		<language>en-au</language>
		<copyright>Copyright 2000-2008, National Forum</copyright>
		<managingEditor>susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn)</webMaster>
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			<title>Should we have by-elections?</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Crispin Hull)</author>
			<description>Peter McGauran, Alexander Downer and Mark Vaile: and now Peter Costello? We can expect more by-elections in the future, now John Howard has left the prime ministership.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7740</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:27:29 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>New immigration solution needs legal backup</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (George Williams)</author>
			<description>The reforms announced last week by Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Senator Chris Evans mark an historic shift in Australian immigration policy.</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:27:17 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>ETS: emissions trading scheme or energy tax swindle?</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Flint)</author>
			<description>We should oppose an emissions trading scheme and abolish the fuel excise.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7717</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:27:39 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Judgment, truth and commonsense</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bruce Haigh)</author>
			<description>The degree of secrecy in the Australian Defence Forces is unhealthy. It leads all too readily to opting for the cover-up.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7705</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:27:32 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Brendan Nelson's high risk strategy</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Patrick Baume)</author>
			<description>Brendan Nelson&#8217;s blind ambition is playing havoc with the Liberal&#8217;s future.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7707</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:41:09 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Howard's government - post mortem</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chris Lewis)</author>
			<description>How good really was the economic performance and the social and environmental policies of Howard's government?</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7664</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:17:45 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Childless females are voting for themselves</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Malcolm King)</author>
			<description>Government should heed the warning signs: childless women are sick of the baby bonus rhetoric and will vote for themselves.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:22:17 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>The art of oratory - Kevin Rudd's fine words</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Greg Lees)</author>
			<description>Kevin Rudd loves the big stage and the grand gesture.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7657</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:28:59 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Alive and kicking</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Nicholas Tam)</author>
			<description>Victory in the Gippsland by-election commences a renaissance for the Nationals.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7608</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:54:52 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Queensland, the Smart State</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Scott Prasser)</author>
			<description>The Smart State, ten years on and what have we got? Was it good politics or good policy?</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:54:42 +1000</pubDate>
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