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     <title><![CDATA[Resignation of Kevin Rudd]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today Kevin Rudd has tendered his resignation as Minister for Foreign Affairs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Implementation review of ACLEI oversight of Australian customs and border protection service]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare announced that the first year of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity’s (ACLEI) oversight of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service would be reviewed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:25:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[M80 Ring Road to get smarter and safer]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The M80 Ring Road is set to get an intelligence boost following the awarding of a $62.5 million contract to equip it with technology that will help prevent congestion while giving motorists the information they need to better plan their journeys.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:07:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Minister inspects security upgrades at Shalom Aleichem College]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today toured Shalom Aleichem College to inspect security upgrades made at the school under the Federal Government’s Secure Schools program.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Australia hosts UNHCR resettlement services meeting]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, today welcomed experts from across the globe who are in Australia as part of discussions on international refugee resettlement services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:02:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Boats double since Tony Abbott said "no"]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, and Minister for Home Affairs, Jason Clare MP have called on Tony Abbott to put aside his negativity and vote for offshore processing as more asylum seekers risk dangerous boat journeys to Australia.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:57:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Better access to aged care for regional Queensland]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Older Australians living in regional Queensland will be able to receive support and care in their community close to their loved ones and friends thanks to a combined investment in aged care services by the Commonwealth, State, and local governments. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:54:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Remembering Christchurch]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today we pause to remember the people of Christchurch, who suffered so cruelly when their beautiful city was struck by a great earthquake one year ago today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:48:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Compelling film prompts family discussion of organ and tissue donation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A compelling new Australian film will prompt families to confront the need to ask and know each other’s donation wishes, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King said today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Western Sydney speaks up to support the NDIS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Minister Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, and Member for Parramatta, Julie Owens, today visited Northcott Disability Services in Parramatta to meet with people with disability, their families and carers to discuss the National Disability Insurance Scheme.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:41:14 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Anniversary of Christchurch earthquake]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland, today acknowledged the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Improved services for children with disability in regional and remote Australia]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Applications open today for organisations to deliver a new service that puts children with disability living in regional and remote Australia in touch with specialists in the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:37:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Tourism quality accreditation grows]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a significant expansion of the T-QUAL Accreditation Program, large tourism organisations such as hotel chains, airlines and restaurant franchises will be able to become accredited and display the T-QUAL Tick.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:34:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Praise for Canberra's DonateLife walkers]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King, and the Member for Canberra, Gai Brodtmann, this morning praised walkers in Canberra’s DonateLife Walk for their commitment to the cause of organ and tissue donation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Locals lend their voice to a National Disability Insurance Scheme]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Jan McLucas, today joined Page MP Janelle Saffin at community forums in Casino and Grafton to discuss major reform of disability services in Australia.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Students to take a leading role in international cooperation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Any international education strategy for Australia must include measures that equip our students to thrive in a global economy and an Asian Century, Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, said today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:38:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Supporting and strengthening volunteer organisations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Minister for Social Inclusion, Mark Butler, today announced new funding arrangements to support volunteering and connect Australian volunteers with disadvantaged communities across Australia.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:35:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Making Glenelg safer to boost local business]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today inspected the Glenelg precinct where safety upgrades will be installed under the Federal Governments Safer Suburbs program. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:31:19 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.alp.org.au:6020/federal-government/news/making-glenelg-safer-to-boost-local-business/]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Bruce Highway upgrade: final contract awarded on Mackay Southern Approach project]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[BMD Constructions has been selected to deliver the third and final stage in the upgrade of the Bruce Highway through Mackay’s southern suburbs, with construction expected to begin as early as April.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:55:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Reforms to further enhance Australia's executive remuneration framework]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[
“The Gillard Government’s evidence-based reforms improve accountability and transparency while preserving our international competitiveness. They provide a balanced and sensible template for other jurisdictions who want to improve governance in their executive remuneration frameworks and give shareholders more power to have a say.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:51:58 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.alp.org.au:6020/federal-government/news/reformd-to-further-enhance-australia-s-executive-r/]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Celebrating Hutt Street and the many people it helps]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some of Adelaide’s most vulnerable residents have the chance to join the workforce with the help of homeless services agency The Hutt Street Centre and other partner organisations.  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Securing Australia's maritime future]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Gillard Labor Government has taken another step towards securing the future of Australia’s shipping industry and its workforce, with the first meeting of the Maritime Workforce Development Forum held in Sydney today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:30:43 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.alp.org.au:6020/federal-government/news/securing-australia-s-maritime-future/]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Seventh boat since Tony Abbott said "no"]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A boat carrying more than 140 asylum seekers was intercepted off Christmas Island overnight – the seventh since Tony Abbott chose to kill-off talks with the Government to reinstate offshore processing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:09:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Australia-China higher education forum to support university collaboration]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Collaboration between leading Australian and Chinese universities will be strengthened after a joint higher education forum, to be held in Australia later this year, was announced today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:55:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Future Unlimited video animates global education campaign]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Austrade, the Australian Trade Commission, today launches an eye-catching video promoting Australia’s international education sector under its new brand, Future Unlimited.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:49:16 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.alp.org.au:6020/federal-government/news/future-unlimited-video-animates-global-education-c/]]></link>     
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