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<title><![CDATA[Illawarra Mercury - Blog - Between the Lines]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Offering you a new spin on the news of the day and the topics that often get us hot under the collar. Sometimes serious, sometimes humorous but always worth a look.]]></description>
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:41:09 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bring end to marriage discrimination]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When I think of equality in marriage, I simply think ‘‘why not?’’]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unsettling year worldwide]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It looks as if the year ahead will be an unsettling one  in Australia as well as in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, with our Prime Minister facing a challenge from her party colleagues and an unrelenting attack from the Opposition.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jones ignores party stance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Before the 2010 elections, Julia Gillard unequivocally placed herself on the public record as being opposed to same-sex marriage.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Illawarra's health stars align]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We have all heard about the negative impact of job losses in the manufacturing sector and the urgent need for government and business to take action on creating jobs for the future.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gillard stumbles on Europe]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite Julia Gillard’s earlier admission that foreign affairs was not her forte, until now she has performed quite well at international forums, apparently winning the respect of world leaders, including Barack Obama.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Just don't mention the war]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You probably missed it, but Japan has said sorry to Australia.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Water safety in a slow lane]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Saturday mornings, when I was growing up, were all about sport, school sport.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Level playing field at school]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Often we do not realise how students from refugee backgrounds can feel excluded and disempowered in the classroom in addition to the pressures that society places on them to perform well because they are in a ‘‘land of opportunities’’.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waste and waists expanding]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Most of the year, our little village on the Shoalhaven River has a population of about 1200.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama downsize no big deal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Some have questioned President Barack Obama's decision to reduce the size and disposition of the US Defence establishment, at a time when new threats are emerging in relations with Iran and North Korea.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Agony Aunt’s vibes on bribes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recently I've branched into the advice column business. Sometimes the letters cast a useful light on larger issues, such as:]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Manage facilities carefully]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIN Entertainment Centre and WIN Stadium are multimillion-dollar complexes owned by the State Government on behalf of the people of the Illawarra.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2011 not quite a turning point]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Some years really are turning points: 1492, 1789, 1914 and 1989, for example.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freedoms taken for granted]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Did Santa bring what you asked for? Or did you wail and blubber like North Koreans when told of the death of their ‘‘dear leader’’ Kim Jong-il?]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Studies benefit community]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A diet low in glycemic index, consisting of more wholegrains and less processed food, reduces your risk of developing macular degeneration.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Living with the unknowns]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Twelve months ago, along with other columnists, I advanced a fairly obvious conclusion – in international affairs 2011 was going to be a year of uncertainty.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Air of danger lacks substance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Western intelligence agencies have been warning for years about the terrible consequences that would ensue if Iran were to get nuclear weapons. Better bomb the place before they do.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cameron had hidden agenda]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[One senior European politician said angrily that British Prime Minister David Cameron was “like a man who comes to a wife-swapping party without his wife,” and there was some truth in that.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Occupy movement a call for equality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The international grassroots Occupy movement commenced when protesters against inequality camped out in New York’s financial district of Wall Street and similar protests quickly spread around the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UK veto threat to EU’s work]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It seems Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has taken the United Kingdom into a disturbing form of isolation, with his veto of proposed fiscal reform of the European Union’s governing treaty.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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