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<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:41:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The ten hottest women on Australian television]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/the-ten-hottest-women-on-australian-television/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:41:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You know, the important stuff.Too bad that in classic online newspaper style they make you visit multiple URL's to get the full list.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Brother's Rima in porn scandal]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/big-brothers-rima-in-porn-scandal/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/big-brothers-rima-in-porn-scandal/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:41:26 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nude photos of the 1 metre tall contestant have been circulating. Some censored photos appear on samesame.com.au<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Om Nom Nom Nom]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:29:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The website for the meme.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six romantic settings in Australia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/six-romantic-settings-in-australia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/six-romantic-settings-in-australia/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:21:26 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Diamonds down under blog posts about six romantic settings to be found in Australia.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sarah & Gam do Brisbane Sexpo]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sarah-gam-do-brisbane-sexpo/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sarah-gam-do-brisbane-sexpo/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:47:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I have to be honest. Belladonna was the reason I changed my mind about not going to Sexpo this year. Maybe I was jaded, maybe now that I know what a good lube is and what makes a good vibrator and what kind of porn I like I didn't think there was anything more that Sexpo could offer.But this year, Brisbane Sexpo had Belladonna, and boy am I glad we went!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sbs Too Sexy For This Classification That's Unpossible!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sbs-too-sexy-for-this-classification-thats-unpossible/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sbs-too-sexy-for-this-classification-thats-unpossible/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:36:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's safe to say that &amp;quot;watching movies on SBS to be culturally enlightened&amp;quot; is more or less the &amp;quot;I read Playboy for the articles&amp;quot; of the late-20th/early-21st Century. If it's got bonking, sucking, fingering, jizzing, faffing or rutting, so long as it's delivered either a) in another language, b) in an arty manner, or c) all of the above, SBS want to show it to YOU!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Poo Finds Love Again With A Slightly Aged But Still Relatively Youthful Kitten]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_Poo_Finds_Love_Again_With_A_Slightly_Aged_But_Still_Relatively_Youthful_Kitten/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_Poo_Finds_Love_Again_With_A_Slightly_Aged_But_Still_Relatively_Youthful_Kitten/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:43:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Defamer Australia loves Mark Philippoussis and his turbulent love life. Not too long ago, Mark turned to the power of reality television to find him some true romance, the general premise behind which being that The Poo would be given access to a group of &amp;quot;kittens&amp;quot; (ie. younger ladies) and a group of &amp;quot;cougars&amp;quot; (women of a more mature vintage) and select one lucky lady from amongst the pack to be his new paramour<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Day Out : the crowd]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Big_Day_Out__the_crowd/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:14:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When shooting a music festival it's sometimes more fun capturing the atmosphere and punters of the event rather than the acts on stage.I love shooting people who are unselfconsciously wrapped up in their own emotions, much like the folks above enjoying Arcade Fire.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia Plans to Censor the Internet]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Australia_Plans_to_Censor_the_Internet/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Australia_Plans_to_Censor_the_Internet/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:19:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From January 20, 2008 new content laws introduced by the Federal Government will force sites to verify the age of users before accessing content intended for mature audiences (MA15+ and R18+). The laws bring internet classification into line with Film and Book classification laws and completely prohibits X18+ and RC content from the internet.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fading into the foreground]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Fading_into_the_foreground/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Fading_into_the_foreground/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:11:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Our idea of celebrity has become perverted to the point that it&amp;rsquo;s no longer even pseudo-celebrity. It&amp;rsquo;s no longer even Paris Hilton the celebrity, it&amp;rsquo;s Perez Hilton the celebrity. It&amp;rsquo;s no longer even Steve Jobs the celebrity, it&amp;rsquo;s Fake Steve Jobs the celebrity. Indeed, we have rocketed so far outside the universe that we don&amp;rsquo;t even know what celebrity is, was, or could be.Celebrity has long ago swallowed itself and we need to redefine what we mean by the term every time we use it. There is no archetype, only illusion.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[let the screens go dark]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/let_the_screens_go_dark/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/let_the_screens_go_dark/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:24:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Writers Guild of America is out on strike, from coast to coast, and picketing the major series. Already, Foxtel will be running repeats for those spontaneously funny late night shows which turn out to be carefully scripted. The major players in those programs have expressed their solidarity.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Four Corners on the Intervention]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Four_Corners_on_the_Intervention/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Four_Corners_on_the_Intervention/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:52:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For anyone who&amp;rsquo;s interested in what is happening in remote aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, but don&amp;rsquo;t want to rely on the writings of those of us who blog and have seen the effects first-hand, last night&amp;rsquo;s Four Corners visited two communities, Maningrida in western Arnhem Land, and Aputula, or Finke, in the Simpson Desert, in a report titled Tracking the Intervention (follow the link to watch the program in full, or read the transcript from here).<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AFI flutters]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/movies/AFI_flutters/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/movies/AFI_flutters/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:34:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I am SO going to the AFI Awards this year.The nominations came out today, and Noise is up for best film, best direction, best screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, best sound, best original music score, best production design, best lead actor.. nine in total.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shane Warne the Musical. No, seriously!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/celebrity/Shane_Warne_the_Musical-_No_seriously/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/celebrity/Shane_Warne_the_Musical-_No_seriously/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:28:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There were rumours in June last year and now it's official: Shane Warne's life is being made into a cabaret musical. Writer and star Eddie Perfect's last success was Keating The Musical, based on former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. It's hard to imagine shoe-horning the topic of macro-economics and fiscal management into several hours of cabaret music but somehow they pulled it off. A melodrama based on the outrageous lifestyle of Shane Warne looks to be an even greater crowd pleaser<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How many fat kids does it take to fool a journalist]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/health/How_many_fat_kids_does_it_take_to_fool_a_journalist-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/health/How_many_fat_kids_does_it_take_to_fool_a_journalist-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:34:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>health</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/health/How_many_fat_kids_does_it_take_to_fool_a_journalist-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The man at the pub&quot; looks at the issue of childhood obesity portrayed in the media.&quot;A few years ago a campaign to highlight the issue of childhood obesity was picked up by the media. As the story gathered momentum, various &quot;studies&quot; were released showing dramatic statistics on the rates of childhood obesity.&quot;<br/><br/>2 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 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>politics</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/politics/The_Howard_morning_walk/</guid>
<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. The morning walk was once a sign of Howard's bland-and-boring ordinariness. Later, in the heady post-9/11 days, when national security was the little man's trump card and wooing voters meant talking tough, the walk was about strength, fitness and ability. The message was loud as clear. Only Howard could talk the talk. Only Howard could walk the walk.Beazley, of course, never walked anywhere.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rookie Mistakes #4: Horror Novelist Dismembers Girlfriend]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Rookie_Mistakes_4_Horror_Novelist_Dismembers_Girlfriend/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Rookie_Mistakes_4_Horror_Novelist_Dismembers_Girlfriend/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:49:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Rookie_Mistakes_4_Horror_Novelist_Dismembers_Girlfriend/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe you heard about the arrest of Jose Luis Calva, who is described as an &amp;ldquo;aspiring horror novelist.&amp;rdquo; Police found a draft of his manuscript Cannibalistic Instincts, along with pieces of his girlfriend stashed in various places around his apartment, including in the frypan. I know, I know, I had the same reaction: it&amp;rsquo;s pretty unfair to call him &amp;ldquo;aspiring.&amp;rdquo; It sounds like that draft was finished. And not just finished, but comprehensively researched. Sure, some people say you&amp;rsquo;re not a novelist until you&amp;rsquo;re published, but in this day of print-on-demand and internet vanity presses, is that really a meaningful distinction I say, if the guy went to all the trouble of crafting a story arc, putting words on the page day after day, and boiling his girlfriend&amp;rsquo;s flesh, he&amp;rsquo;s a novelist. Give him that.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ACMA slaps Today Tonight. Again.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/ACMA_slaps_Today_Tonight-_Again-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/ACMA_slaps_Today_Tonight-_Again-/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:22:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For the second time in four days the Australian Media and Communications Authority has found reason to criticise Today Tonight.This time a story broadcast on Southern Cross Tasmania in 2006 about a father paying child support unnecessarily identified a 12yo child as not being the man's biological son.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newstopia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Newstopia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Newstopia/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:20:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi, Shaun Micaleff here. If you're reading this, then you've missed the entire first episode of Newstopia. If this was your intention, then that's fine, but if not, you can watch it here, on the SBS website. It's amazing what they can do with computers these days! Also, feel like you are more important than you really are by posting comments and star ratings.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Day Out 2008 lineup announced]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/music/Big_Day_Out_2008_lineup_announced/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/music/Big_Day_Out_2008_lineup_announced/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:42:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>music</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/music/Big_Day_Out_2008_lineup_announced/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The lineup for the Big Day 2008 has been announced and includes Rage Against the Machine, Bjrk, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, LCD Soundsystem, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something with Numbers, Battles and Cut Off Your Hands.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Navy providing sailors with boob jobs]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/health/Australian_Navy_providing_sailors_with_boob_jobs/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/health/Australian_Navy_providing_sailors_with_boob_jobs/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:07:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apparently it's for psychological reasons... nice job perk to have cosmetic surgery. Of course, when it's a government job everybody becomes upset because, you know, &quot;taxpayer funded.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2Clix sues Whirlpool founder]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/2Clix_sues_Whirlpool_founder/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/2Clix_sues_Whirlpool_founder/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:30:31 -0400</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/2Clix_sues_Whirlpool_founder/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whirlpool founder Simon Wright being sued by accounting software company 2Clix Australia Pty Ltd.Are they suing the creator of a community site for comments posted in a forum Notice there's a take-down aspect of the claim. Will they also sue Google for keeping a cache<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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