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<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 12:42:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GST on petrol may be scrapped]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 12:42:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ministers Jenny Macklin and Chris Bowen confirmed today that a  review also would investigate whether GST charged on top of the petrol excise should be scrapped.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rudd 'salutes' Bush at NATO talks - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:18:59 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Once again our down-to-earth PM reveals his aussie larrikin roots by offering a faux salute to the leader of the free world.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[White flight leaves system segregated by race - National - smh.com.au]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/white-flight-leaves-system-segregated-by-race-national-smh-com-au/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/white-flight-leaves-system-segregated-by-race-national-smh-com-au/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[White students are fleeing public schools, leaving behind those of Aboriginal and Middle Eastern origin, a secret report by high school principals reveals. Causes cited include ethnic tension, and policies und<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sideshow: Axed By A Biased ABC Board]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/The_Sideshow_Axed_By_A_Biased_ABC_Board/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/The_Sideshow_Axed_By_A_Biased_ABC_Board/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:51:11 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[‘The Sideshow with Paul McDermott' has gone the way of ‘The Glass House' before it.  Both shows included political satire that was damaging to the Government and its allies.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Needs Toilet Training]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Howard_Needs_Toilet_Training/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Howard_Needs_Toilet_Training/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:47:07 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Australians have been spiritually bankrupt for sometime now and many of us would cite Howard's last ten years of governance as a valid reason. I would like to offer that it was Howard's lack of toilet training<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MIKETRON BLOG - Post details: Rudd elected PM - Vows to build nukes and invade New Zealand!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/MIKETRON_BLOG_-_Post_details_Rudd_elected_PM_-_Vows_to_build_nukes_and_invade_New_Zealand/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/MIKETRON_BLOG_-_Post_details_Rudd_elected_PM_-_Vows_to_build_nukes_and_invade_New_Zealand/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:09:46 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Everything seemed to be going as most Australians expected on Saturday night. Little Johnny Battler went down in a satisfactory fashion and we were presented with our new Prime Minister...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Darren Churchill fails to win Fraser]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Darren_Churchill_fails_to_win_Fraser/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Darren_Churchill_fails_to_win_Fraser/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:15:28 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With 2.2% of the vote (a worse performance that 2004) Democrat Darren Churchill has failed to win the seat of Fraser.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Santa denied his Ho ho ho's and bitches]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Santa_denied_his_Ho_ho_hos_and_bitches/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Santa_denied_his_Ho_ho_hos_and_bitches/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:05:09 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Started when the recruitment firm Westaff told Christmas trainees that the &quot;ho, ho, ho&quot; phrase could frighten children and possibly be derogatory to women.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Howard morning walk]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/The_Howard_morning_walk/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/The_Howard_morning_walk/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:01:08 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[John Howard's morning walk has become one of the most loaded images in Australian politics. Its precise meaning is unfixed and mutable. It has, at various times, meant very different things.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opinion poll graphs for Australian election 2007]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Opinion_poll_graphs_for_Australian_election_2007/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Opinion_poll_graphs_for_Australian_election_2007/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:12:48 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Charts of Morgan, Newspoll, AC Nielsen and Galaxy polls taken on Australian politics in recent times... leading up to 2007 election.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Streets of Sydney, with Sheriff John Bunnell]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Streets_of_Sydney_with_Sheriff_John_Bunnell/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Streets_of_Sydney_with_Sheriff_John_Bunnell/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:01:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A funny take on APEC's &quot;water cannon&quot; debacle. It's funnier if you know who Sheriff John Bunnell is - and I'm sure you all do.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Citizen Journalism site for the 2007 Australian federal election]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Citizen_Journalism_site_for_the_2007_Australian_federal_election/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/Citizen_Journalism_site_for_the_2007_Australian_federal_election/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:00:51 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Interesting idea which, based off similar recent experiments, is reasonably likely to bomb. Good luck to them though.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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