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	<title>Shock, Horror, Scandal!</title>
	<link>http://drews-place.com</link>
	<description>Shit, crap, and probably corruption. Get your day to day dose of healthy insanity, and controversy.</description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t post about how crap the SA Attorney General is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday News:
It&#8217;s not just the world of video games that has felt the wrath of South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson. New details have come to light concerning his role in the recent attempt by the South Australian government to prohibit anonymous political commentary on the internet.
In a report that aired on the ABC&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/dont-post-about-how-crap-the-sa-attorney-general-is/</link>
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		<title>Liberals back tougher laws on police assault</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Too late for that but here we go:
Tasmania&#8217;s Liberals are now backing mandatory sentencing for serious assaults against police and emergency service workers.
Oh it&#8217;s AGAINST not from.
Last month, both the Liberal and Labor parties rejected calls by the Police Association for minimum sentencing laws for assaults.
Heheh.
The Liberal Leader, Will Hodgman, says he has changed his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/liberals-back-tougher-laws-on-police-assault/</link>
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		<title>Qld does some maths, on a weird health plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland Government will consider the Federal Government&#8217;s $50 billion plan to take over health services, but the Opposition has rejected it.
The Queensland Government is doing maths! OH MY GOD!
Premier Anna Bligh says the changes will take weeks to digest, but her first response is positive.
&#8220;Finally a government federally that will accept responsibility for growth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/qld-does-some-maths-on-a-weird-health-plan/</link>
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		<title>Ears versus smirk!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he takes heart from a new opinion poll that shows the Coalition is level pegging with Labor.
The poll of New South Wales voters in today&#8217;s Fairfax newspapers shows the Coalition is equal with Labor on a two-party preferred basis.
However, Kevin Rudd remains the preferred prime minister at 53 per [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/ears-versus-smirk/</link>
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		<title>Illegal sales targeted in knife culture crackdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, I really don&#8217;t like the title of this post, what the hell is knife culture?
Second, it&#8217;s in Vic, let them lead by example and the rest of the states do the same.
The Victorian Government has announced plans to give Consumer Affairs inspectors the power to seize knives that are being sold illegally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/illegal-sales-targeted-in-knife-culture-crackdown/</link>
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		<title>Big ears calls for an independent insulation thingy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government is under pressure to refer new claims concerning the mismanagement of its home insulation program to the Auditor General.
The Federal Opposition is calling for an independent inquiry into whether Environment Minister Peter Garrett ignored warnings from his own department about potential problems with the home insulation program.
The Opposition&#8217;s call comes after Mr [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/big-ears-calls-for-an-independent-insulation-thingy/</link>
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		<title>IT promises in election race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania&#8217;s political leaders have attempted to woo the information technology sector at a forum in Hobart.
The Premier, David Bartlett spoke first promising to create a new minister for innovations, science and information technology if re-elected. He also pledged almost $5 million to boost health and education programs linked to the proposed national broadband network.
The Opposition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/it-promises-in-election-race/</link>
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		<title>Knife attacks on the rise, experts say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone nominate these experts for receiving a medal?
Victoria Police say there were 13 incidents involving knives in Melbourne at the weekend, most of which were alcohol or drug-related and involved young men.
The director of the Alfred Hospital&#8217;s Emergency and Trauma Centre, Dr De Villiers Smit, says the past weekend is one he will never forget.
&#8220;I worked this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/knife-attacks-on-the-rise-experts-say/</link>
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		<title>Save a whale &#8211; Harpoon a Jap!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fairly old news but I found a bumper sticker on a car with the above slogan.
Here&#8217;s an article on how it came around &#8211; and how they got fined:
SYDNEY (AFP) — An Australian hire firm which painted &#8220;Save a Whale&#8211;Harpoon a Jap&#8221; on the side of one its camping vans was accused by a senior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/save-a-whale-harpoon-a-jap/</link>
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		<title>Conroy corrupt? No way! Guest appearance: Bob Brown. Fail from Conroy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fingers crossed he&#8217;s forced to resign.
STEPHEN Conroy has been a guest of the three commercial television networks at some of Australia&#8217;s biggest sporting events during his time as Communications Minister.
The extent of the largesse received by the sports-loving minister adds to the appearance of a conflict of interest after his decision to offer a rebate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://drews-place.com/politics/conroy-corrupt-no-way-guest-appearance-bob-brown-fail-from-conroy/</link>
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