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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:13:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Increased votes required to make homepage]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/increased-votes-required-to-make-homepage/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/increased-votes-required-to-make-homepage/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:13:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Lurkers will need to start clicking as the massive two votes previously required to hit the front page is being doubled.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fallout 3 Banned in Australia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/fallout-3-banned-in-australia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/fallout-3-banned-in-australia/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:49:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>tech</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Office of Film and Literature Classification have refused to issue it a rating... due to depictions of drug use. That's banned, but it's ok to send the people of Australia braindead with &quot;Today Tonight.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fireball at Uluru (Ayers Rock)]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/fireball-at-uluru-ayers-rock/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/fireball-at-uluru-ayers-rock/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:35:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/fireball-at-uluru-ayers-rock/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Joseph Brimacombe captures a fireball meteor on film near Uluru (Ayers Rock). Photo from 2006.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Genetically modified crops "better" for Australia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/genetically-modified-crops-better-for-australia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/genetically-modified-crops-better-for-australia/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:51:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/genetically-modified-crops-better-for-australia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where better means that wheat genertically modified to be drought resistant grows better in our drought prone land.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Queensland sex offendors. Castration or bust.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/health/queensland-sex-offendors-castration-or-bust-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/health/queensland-sex-offendors-castration-or-bust-/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:17:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>health</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/health/queensland-sex-offendors-castration-or-bust-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's a proposal to offer (chemical) castration to sex offendors in Queensland.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gmail accounts to be given to Australian students]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/gmail-accounts-to-be-given-to-australian-students/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/gmail-accounts-to-be-given-to-australian-students/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:17:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/gmail-accounts-to-be-given-to-australian-students/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That's the way... get 'em hooked young.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook flash mob confuses workers in Pitt Street and Martin Place]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/facebook-flash-mob-confuses-workers-in-pitt-street-and-martin-place/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/facebook-flash-mob-confuses-workers-in-pitt-street-and-martin-place/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:25:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/facebook-flash-mob-confuses-workers-in-pitt-street-and-martin-place/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Office workers on their lunch break thought they had stumbled onto a film set in central Sydney today after hundreds of people organised a public &quot;freeze&quot; prank.Those krraaazy kids.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson calls John Della Bosca's wife "ugly"... reportedly.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/brendan-nelson-calls-john-della-boscas-wife-ugly-reportedly-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/brendan-nelson-calls-john-della-boscas-wife-ugly-reportedly-/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:57:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>gossip</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/brendan-nelson-calls-john-della-boscas-wife-ugly-reportedly-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Way to sensationalise a headline SMH! Text from article:&quot;Dr Nelson has now entered the row, saying the alleged incident was the ugly face of bullying and the use of power to intimidate those without power.&quot;<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia gives Toyota 35 million dollars to build hybrid cars in Melbourne]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australia-gives-toyota-35-million-dollars-to-build-hybrid-cars-in-melbourne/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australia-gives-toyota-35-million-dollars-to-build-hybrid-cars-in-melbourne/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:42:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australia-gives-toyota-35-million-dollars-to-build-hybrid-cars-in-melbourne/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Australia's first locally manufactured hybrid car will roll off Toyota's production line in less than two years, in a deal Victorian Premier John Brumby has heralded as a 'coup'.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PS3 uses five times more energy than a fridge]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/ps3-uses-five-times-more-energy-than-a-fridge/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/ps3-uses-five-times-more-energy-than-a-fridge/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:25:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>tech</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/ps3-uses-five-times-more-energy-than-a-fridge/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[choice.com.au tell us that a PS3 uses 33.34 kilowatts per week if played continuously.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surgeons cut 16 washers from penis]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/health/surgeons-cut-16-washers-from-penis/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/health/surgeons-cut-16-washers-from-penis/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:51:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>health</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/health/surgeons-cut-16-washers-from-penis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;A man was operated on in Hornsby Hospital early today to remove 16 stainless steel washers from his penis.&quot;Disturbing!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Snake bites johnson]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/snake-bites-johnson/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/snake-bites-johnson/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:56:24 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/snake-bites-johnson/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Man goes to roadside toilet and gets one more snake down there than he bargained for.Favorite comment: &quot;When are women going to learn not to use teeth&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Chaser's Chas Licciardello springs kiss on Rove McManus]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/the-chasers-chas-licciardello-springs-kiss-on-rove-mcmanus/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/the-chasers-chas-licciardello-springs-kiss-on-rove-mcmanus/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 12:23:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/the-chasers-chas-licciardello-springs-kiss-on-rove-mcmanus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[During a weekly segment where Rove asks guests who they'd turn gay for, Chas replied that many people answered the question but never followed through on it.He then approaches Rove, sits on his lap and starts pashing the host who was helpless and pinned to his chair.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GST on petrol may be scrapped]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/gst-on-petrol-may-be-scrapped/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/gst-on-petrol-may-be-scrapped/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 12:42:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>politics</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/gst-on-petrol-may-be-scrapped/</guid>
<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[Murray's releases bottle conditioned pilsner]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/beer/murrays-releases-bottle-conditioned-pilsner/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/beer/murrays-releases-bottle-conditioned-pilsner/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 13:26:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>beer</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/beer/murrays-releases-bottle-conditioned-pilsner/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Made with classic German malts and using a traditional pilsner/lager process of cold fermentation and extended conditioning periods, Murray's Pilsner is the only bottle-conditioned Pilsner brewed in Australia.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia's first female bishop]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australias-first-female-bishop/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australias-first-female-bishop/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:06:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australias-first-female-bishop/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy, 51, became Bishop Kaye Goldsworthy at a ceremony conducted by the Australian Anglican primate, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, in Perth's St George's Cathedral.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian man cracks egg and finds... lizard]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australian-man-cracks-egg-and-finds-lizard/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australian-man-cracks-egg-and-finds-lizard/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:24:32 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/australian-man-cracks-egg-and-finds-lizard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Peter Beaumont in Darwin found a lizard inside an egg. See the  photo!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tasmanian devil on endangered list]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/tasmanian-devil-on-endangered-list/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/tasmanian-devil-on-endangered-list/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:24:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/tasmanian-devil-on-endangered-list/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Tasmanian devil will be listed as an endangered species as a result of a deadly and disfiguring cancer outbreak.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reserve Bank could scuttle eBay's plans]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/reserve-bank-could-scuttle-ebays-plans/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/reserve-bank-could-scuttle-ebays-plans/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:58:06 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/reserve-bank-could-scuttle-ebays-plans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[eBay's plan to force all of its users on to PayPal faces opposition from the Reserve Bank, which is considering weighing in to the issue.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Police Caught Pirating Movies]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/australian-police-caught-pirating-movies/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/australian-police-caught-pirating-movies/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:07:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>gossip</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/australian-police-caught-pirating-movies/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A recent audit of computer systems belonging to the South Australia Police has found that hundreds are being used to &quot;share&quot; films.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Assault with a hedgehog!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/assault-with-a-hedgehog/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/assault-with-a-hedgehog/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:53:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/assault-with-a-hedgehog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A 27-year-old in New Zealand has been charged with assaulting a teenage boy with a hedgehog.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Murray River. Where has it gone]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/the-murray-river-where-has-it-gone/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/the-murray-river-where-has-it-gone/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:31:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/the-murray-river-where-has-it-gone/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An image gallery from The Australian website showing how much the water level has changed.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Visit Alice Springs. Get stabbed.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/visit-alice-springs-get-stabbed-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/visit-alice-springs-get-stabbed-/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:28:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/visit-alice-springs-get-stabbed-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alice Springs reports the highest rate of stabbings in the world with 390 incidents for every 100,000 people. Population of Alice Springs is more like 20,000 isn't it Are these statistics that meaningful<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Has Darling Harbour grown up]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/has-darling-harbour-grown-up/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/has-darling-harbour-grown-up/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:27:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/has-darling-harbour-grown-up/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Penguin Unearthed&quot; is saying that Darling Harbour has finally become a place that people actually visit.This is probably true. Of course though, it is due to factors other than the ugly, ugly Harbourside complex, monorial and general worst-of-the-80's feel of much of it.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Killer flu is marching towards Australia... again]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/health/killer-flu-is-marching-towards-australia-again/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/health/killer-flu-is-marching-towards-australia-again/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:34:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>health</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/health/killer-flu-is-marching-towards-australia-again/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Australian parents are being urged by the World Health Organisation to vaccinate their children as the country faces a potentially deadly flu season.This is getting like the boy who cried wolf right<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What can you do with one billion plastic bags]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/what-can-you-do-with-one-billion-plastic-bags/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/what-can-you-do-with-one-billion-plastic-bags/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:10:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/what-can-you-do-with-one-billion-plastic-bags/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A leaked report prepared for the Federal Government has revealed that the use of plastic shopping bags in Australia increased by almost 1 billion last year.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dumped by Sandra Sully]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/dumped-by-sandra-sully/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/dumped-by-sandra-sully/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:10:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>gossip</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/gossip/dumped-by-sandra-sully/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Getting dumped by Sandra Sully makes for homepage news on the Daily Telegraph website.Next up. A dog with a fluffy tail.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aussie bloke fired for taking a sickie]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/aussie-bloke-fired-for-taking-a-sickie/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/aussie-bloke-fired-for-taking-a-sickie/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:16:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>sport</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/aussie-bloke-fired-for-taking-a-sickie/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Harsh.  This must be why all those Aussie blokes are committing suicide.A self-confessed footy fanatic is appealing a landmark ruling that upheld his sacking for taking the day off work to watch AFL...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barrier Reef could be gone in 30 years]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/barrier-reef-could-be-gone-in-30-years/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/barrier-reef-could-be-gone-in-30-years/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:34:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/barrier-reef-could-be-gone-in-30-years/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new study predicts the world's coral reef systems, including Queensland's Great Barrier Reef, could collapse within 30 years if the effects of global warming are not reversed.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy Saint Patrick's Day]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/happy-saint-patricks-day/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/happy-saint-patricks-day/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:13:39 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/happy-saint-patricks-day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You many notice we are sporting a shamrock today... In addition, the ausculture.com &quot;team&quot; will be downing a Guinness or three. Have a nice day.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kotex, helping women care for their Beaver]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/kotex-helping-women-care-for-their-beaver/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/kotex-helping-women-care-for-their-beaver/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:22:01 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>tv</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/kotex-helping-women-care-for-their-beaver/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So the advertising campaign has been a smash success regardless of whether it is now pulled faster than a...<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tamsyn Lewis surprises herself by winning 800m race]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/tamsyn-lewis-surprises-herself-by-winning-800m-race/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/tamsyn-lewis-surprises-herself-by-winning-800m-race/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:58:26 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>sport</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/tamsyn-lewis-surprises-herself-by-winning-800m-race/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A real look of surprise on her face as she wins the 800m final at the indoor world championships.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This is why you don't play with Crocodiles]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/this-is-why-you-dont-play-with-crocodiles/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/this-is-why-you-dont-play-with-crocodiles/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:03:54 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/this-is-why-you-dont-play-with-crocodiles/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just in case you thought they were friendly or something... Novon Mashiah seemed to think so.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sydney exodus]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/the-sydney-exodus/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/the-sydney-exodus/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:53:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A recent Herald/Nielsen poll of 986 people found 21 per cent of them are thinking of leaving Sydney, with 39 per cent identifying the city's high cost of living as their reason.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Melbourne teenager Ashleigh Morris is allergic to water]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/health/melbourne-teenager-ashleigh-morris-is-allergic-to-water-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/health/melbourne-teenager-ashleigh-morris-is-allergic-to-water-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:40:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>health</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/health/melbourne-teenager-ashleigh-morris-is-allergic-to-water-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Due to a skin conditional called Aquagenic Urticaria she can't touch water. Even sweating brings the 19-year-old out in a painful rash. So... how does she drink<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brett Lee wins Allan Border Medal for 2008]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/brett-lee-wins-allan-border-medal-for-2008/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/brett-lee-wins-allan-border-medal-for-2008/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:28:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>sport</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/sport/brett-lee-wins-allan-border-medal-for-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lee overcame the ankle injury that ruled him out of last year's World Cup to take over from Glenn McGrath as Australia's top fast bowler.He dominated the domestic Test series against India and Sri Lanka this summer with 40 wickets at 20.58.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[R18+ Rated games may become available in Australia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/r18-rated-games-may-become-available-in-australia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/r18-rated-games-may-become-available-in-australia/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:58:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>tech</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/tech/r18-rated-games-may-become-available-in-australia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The most violent video games around could soon be sold in Australia after the Federal Government said it was considering updating the classification system for games to include an R18+ rating.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia on track to meet Kyoto targets]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/australia-on-track-to-meet-kyoto-targets/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/australia-on-track-to-meet-kyoto-targets/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:26:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/australia-on-track-to-meet-kyoto-targets/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Australia is on track to meet its Kyoto target but greenhouse gas emissions are still projected to rise 20 per cent on 1990 levels by 2020, the federal government says.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Milky way bigger than we thought]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/milky-way-bigger-than-we-thought/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/milky-way-bigger-than-we-thought/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:33:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/milky-way-bigger-than-we-thought/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In reference to the galaxy... not the chocolate bar.Sydney University Astrophysicist Professor Bryan Gaensler led a team that has found that our galaxy is 12,000 light years thick, not 6,000 light years as was previously thought.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twenty things that culturally define Australia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Twenty_things_that_culturally_define_Australia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Twenty_things_that_culturally_define_Australia/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:24:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Twenty_things_that_culturally_define_Australia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As an Aussie living in Oklahoma, Greg Davies decides it's time to clear up a few things.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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