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		<title>Special Disability Trusts</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/16/special-disability-trusts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Siewert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the introduction of the Special Disability Trust (SDT) in September 2006 was welcomed by parents and carers of those living with disabilities,  it has not been as widely taken up as expected, during questioning in  Senate Estimates  it was revealed that only 22 trusts have been established Australia wide to date. [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Rachel Siewert</media:title>
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		<title>Arctic death watch</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/16/arctic-death-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/16/arctic-death-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hollo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably the best visual depiction of climate change in action that I have ever seen.
The video, by WWF International&#8217;s Arctic Program, is a month by month animated compilation of satellite imagery showing the extent of Arctic sea ice, starting in 1979 and running through until October 2007 (date in top left corner). The [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">tim hollo</media:title>
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		<title>A Budget stuck in the past</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/16/a-budget-stuck-in-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Milne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of replying to the details of the Rudd-Swan Budget, I decided this year to use their backward-looking, future-phobic presentation as the launching pad for a broader discussion of what we might do if we had a Government with the vision and guts necessary to take on the twin challenges of climate change and peak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A comprehensive national feed-in law</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/15/a-comprehensive-national-feed-in-law/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/15/a-comprehensive-national-feed-in-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hollo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Milne]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of several appalling Rudd Government Budget decisions that will undermine the renewables industry in Australia even further (some of which are detailed here), Christine Milne introduced a Private Member&#8217;s Bill in the Senate this morning to establish an comprehensive national feed-in law.
Feed-in laws support the rapid and unlimited growth of the renewables [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">tim hollo</media:title>
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		<title>The climate Budget betrayal</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/15/the-climate-budget-betrayal/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/15/the-climate-budget-betrayal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Milne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey published this piece from me today, in the lead up to my Budget Reply speech tonight, which I will post to the blog as soon as the Hansard is available.
Tuesday night’s Budget was a slap in the face for all those Australians who voted for the Labor Party at the last election in the [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Christine Milne</media:title>
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		<title>Liveblogging the Budget</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/13/liveblogging-the-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/13/liveblogging-the-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Norton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight&#8217;s the night that the Rudd Government deliver their first federal budget, and the Greens are currently in lock-up, pouring over every detail and analysing every last line.
Keep an eye on this spot - after 7:30 tonight, when the doors open, we&#8217;ll have more details live blogged here.
7:35pm Swan is telling us &#8216;the proceeds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expecting a messy and confused Budget</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/13/expecting-a-messy-and-confused-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/13/expecting-a-messy-and-confused-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Milne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old political adage that the Budget is the clearest possible view of a government&#8217;s soul - laying bare its priorities for all to see.
So, now that the day of the Rudd Government&#8217;s first Budget has arrived, what can we expect?
From all that we&#8217;ve seen and heard thus far, and from regular interaction [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Christine Milne</media:title>
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		<title>Faking the feed-in - Brumby&#8217;s extreme greenwash</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/07/faking-the-feed-in-brumbys-extreme-greenwash/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/07/faking-the-feed-in-brumbys-extreme-greenwash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hollo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s great that feed-in laws, regarded globally as one of the most effective mechanisms for boosting renewable energy and long-time Greens policy, are finally getting somewhere in Australia.
But it is deeply troubling that, in Victoria, they are being perverted in such a way as to make them greenwash rather than real, effective emissions reduction policies.
Feed-in [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">tim hollo</media:title>
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		<title>Brown and Milne speak on Tibet</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/07/brown-and-milne-speak-on-tibet/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/07/brown-and-milne-speak-on-tibet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hollo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Catching up on videos that I have meant to post here for some time, putting firmly the Greens&#8217; position on Tibet.
Two are of Bob Brown speaking at the rally coinciding with the Olympic torch relay here in Canberra, and the third is Christine Milne&#8217;s speech to the Senate on the question of suspending standing orders [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">tim hollo</media:title>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the Intervention Train Going?</title>
		<link>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/02/wheres-the-intervention-train-going/</link>
		<comments>http://greensblog.org/2008/05/02/wheres-the-intervention-train-going/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Siewert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt of a full article I&#8217;ve written for newmatilda.com



I&#8217;ve just been on the road with the Senate Inquiry into the NT Emergency  Response Consolidation Bill - the Government&#8217;s proposed changes to Howard&#8217;s  original legislation.
It has been obvious for a while that there are some serious flaws with the NT  [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Rachel Siewert</media:title>
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