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<title><![CDATA[Health premiums to rise]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Private health insurance premiums are set to jump with the federal government poised to secure the passage of legislation means testing the 30 per cent private health rebate.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Green groups claim logging increase]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Environment groups are claiming that native forest logging has worsened under the $276 million state-federal deal.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State keen to lead disability scheme]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tasmania will keep lobbying the Commonwealth to be the first to trial a national disability insurance scheme, at a ministerial council meeting in Canberra today.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawyers back bid to retain Pontville]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lawyer representing asylum seekers at Tasmania's temporary detention centre have joined the campaign to keep it open beyond its scheduled closure next month.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PM quizzed on Australia Day fiasco]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA _ Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused the opposition of muckraking and evading debate on the economy, after the Coalition tried to censure her over the Australia Day fiasco. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper to canvas views on donations]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TASMANIANS have two months to have their say on a government discussion paper on political donations.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Call to restore tourism funding]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/politics/call-to-restore-tourism-funding/2447337.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tourism operators are lobbying the state government to return millions of dollars cut from events sponsorship and marketing in the 2011 budget.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll and economy to `test' Giddings]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Premier Lara Giddings will face a tough test of leadership next week, dealing with the latest voter poll and releasing an economic progress report a day apart.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gillard's economic message falls flat]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard's hopes of kicking off a year of economic debate with some good news have been dealt a blow after the central bank defied expectations and left interest rates on hold. 
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leadership speculation `fevered', says Gillard]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA  - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed rumblings about the Labor leadership as ``fevered speculation'', after a new poll showed a lift in her political standing among voters. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adams pledges his support for Gillard]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LYONS Labor MHR Dick Adams says Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a credibility issue with some Tasmanian voters but he still supports her leadership.
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Opposition renews its call for Thomson report release]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - The federal opposition has renewed its calls for the industrial umpire's report into embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson to be made public. 
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage vote on hold]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/politics/samesex-marriage-vote-on-hold/2443814.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[THE gay marriage debate in Parliament will be pushed back to later in the year to give advocates for change more time to garner enough support to have legislation for same sex marriage passed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top job: Oakeshott backs PM as leader]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA - Federal independent MPs are poised to pull the rug from under the Labor government if its leadership changes. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Means-test push for private health]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA - The Gillard government will push ahead with its plan to means-test the private health insurance rebate next week even though it's yet to lock in the support of the three crossbench MPs it needs to pass the legislation. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper on donations released next week]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[POLITICAL donations and disclosures will continue to be a talking point next week.
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Donations debate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[POLITICAL donations and disclosures will continue to be a talking point next week.
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Giddings backs trade mission]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Premier Lara Giddings has denied claims that a planned trade mission to Asia will undermine the forestry intergovernmental agreement.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Libs slated for taking tobacco firm donations]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PREMIER Lara Giddings has slammed the Tasmanian Liberal Party for accepting financial donations from tobacco companies.
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Donations to state parties dwindling]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Political donations appear to be dwindling for Tasmanian politicians as the Liberals come under fire for continuing to accept money from tobacco companies.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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