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		<description>Australia's e-journal of social and political debate</description>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2000-2009, National Forum</copyright>
		<managingEditor>susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn)</webMaster>
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			<title>Young people don't speak with one voice</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Thom Woodroofe)</author>
			<description>How do you take youth engagement beyond tokenism?</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9134</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:51:09 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>For all the 'Ebonys' ...</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jeremy Sammut)</author>
			<description>Family preservation at all costs means too many abused, neglected children are placed on a destructive treadmill.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9126</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:50:47 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Back to the point of departure</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (John Pilger)</author>
			<description>Reflections on the idea of a journey: is the point of travelling to also find out where you came from?</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9110</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:49:59 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Don&#8217;t blame it on the blankie</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Legal Eagle)</author>
			<description>While Michael Jackson was still breathing they were happy to hound and ridicule him. Now he&#8217;s dead suddenly he&#8217;s a saint.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9120</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:47:39 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>The meaning of Michael Jackson</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tanveer Ahmed)</author>
			<description>Despite the freak show element of Michael Jackson's life the substance of his performance talent transcends it all.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9119</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:41:46 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Plight of the 'skilled unemployed'</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Beth Doherty)</author>
			<description>Skilled workers are among the highest number of casualties of the current economic breakdown.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9080</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:17:29 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>A stitch in time ...</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Valerie Yule)</author>
			<description>The return of thrift: we need to change back to a society of menders, repairers and reusers.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9088</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:17:03 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Real choice comes with real equality</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Monica Dux)</author>
			<description>There are other battles to win before we fight the 'mummy wars'.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:16:25 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Climate change and crowd behaviour</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Kitching)</author>
			<description>The present scare phenomenon of climate change is a perfect example of mass hysteria over an imaginary problem.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:16:39 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Reasons for Australians to be proud ...</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chris Lewis)</author>
			<description>Australia remains a successful nation in social welfare terms, despite 25 years of extensive economic reform.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:33:31 +1000</pubDate>
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