<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Australian | Politics</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs</link><description>News, views and information from the pages of The Australian</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:45:10 +1100</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:45:10 +1100</lastBuildDate><language>en-au</language><copyright>Copyright 2017 News Limited. All rights reserved.</copyright><generator>aus_politics_829</generator><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Culleton lodges appeal</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/rod-culleton-lodges-appeal-against-bankruptcy-ruling/story-fn59niix-1228068513090?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/rod-culleton-lodges-appeal-against-bankruptcy-ruling/story-fn59niix-1228068513090</guid><description><![CDATA[The ex-senator launches a last-ditch bid against a bankruptcy ruling, hoping to regain the seat he officially lost yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:14:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/rod-culleton-lodges-appeal-against-bankruptcy-ruling/story-fn59niix-1228068513090?from=public_rss">ROSIE LEWIS</source></item><item><title>Turnbull dinner cost $30k</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/turnbull-dinner-attended-by-sheik-shady-al-suleiman-cost-30000/story-fn59niix-1228068504107?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/turnbull-dinner-attended-by-sheik-shady-al-suleiman-cost-30000/story-fn59niix-1228068504107</guid><description><![CDATA[An Iftar dinner party thrown by the PM and attended by a controversial Islamic preacher cost taxpayers more than $30,000.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security focus for Abe visit</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/regional-security-focus-for-shinzo-abe-visit/story-fn59nm2j-1228068478688?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/regional-security-focus-for-shinzo-abe-visit/story-fn59nm2j-1228068478688</guid><description><![CDATA[Japanese PM Shinzo Abe will arrive in Sydney tomorrow for a weekend meeting with Malcolm Turnbull.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/regional-security-focus-for-shinzo-abe-visit/story-fn59nm2j-1228068478688?from=public_rss">JOE KELLY</source></item><item><title>Judge anger on $10 art claim</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/judge-sees-red-over-10-art-claim-as-warring-couples-warned/story-e6frg97x-1228068478588?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/judge-sees-red-over-10-art-claim-as-warring-couples-warned/story-e6frg97x-1228068478588</guid><description><![CDATA[A judge has issued a stinging rebuke to separating couples who expect the courts to decide frivolous disputes.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/judge-sees-red-over-10-art-claim-as-warring-couples-warned/story-e6frg97x-1228068478588?from=public_rss">Caroline Overington</source></item><item><title>Centrelink data to be ‘refined’</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/centrelink-data-system-to-be-refined/story-fn59niix-1228068478583?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/centrelink-data-system-to-be-refined/story-fn59niix-1228068478583</guid><description><![CDATA[Centrelink&#8217;s controversial data-matching program will be &#8216;refined&#8217; as pressure mounts for it to be suspended.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/centrelink-data-system-to-be-refined/story-fn59niix-1228068478583?from=public_rss">ROSIE LEWIS</source></item><item><title>Jobs warning over gas crunch</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/manufacturing-jobs-warning-over-gas-price-crunch/story-e6frg9df-1228068481103?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/manufacturing-jobs-warning-over-gas-price-crunch/story-e6frg9df-1228068481103</guid><description><![CDATA[Manufacturers are warning of job losses and a collapse in investment over a doubling in gas prices.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/manufacturing-jobs-warning-over-gas-price-crunch/story-e6frg9df-1228068481103?from=public_rss">KYLAR LOUSSIKIAN, SID MAHER</source></item><item><title>Gas search ban ‘stumbling block’</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/gas-search-ban-a-stumbling-block-to-alcoa-smelters-survival/story-e6frg9df-1228068469657?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/gas-search-ban-a-stumbling-block-to-alcoa-smelters-survival/story-e6frg9df-1228068469657</guid><description><![CDATA[The Grattan Institute has warned Victoria&#8217;s gas moratorium may have to be partially lifted to save the smelter.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/gas-search-ban-a-stumbling-block-to-alcoa-smelters-survival/story-e6frg9df-1228068469657?from=public_rss">GREG BROWN</source></item><item><title>Flagged carers out on full pay</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/flagged-carers-still-suspended-on-full-pay/story-e6frgczx-1228068469530?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/flagged-carers-still-suspended-on-full-pay/story-e6frgczx-1228068469530</guid><description><![CDATA[Four workers red-flagged in a 2014 review of SA&#8217;s troubled child protection agency remain suspended on full pay.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/flagged-carers-still-suspended-on-full-pay/story-e6frgczx-1228068469530?from=public_rss">MICHAEL OWEN</source></item><item><title>Open up on US refugee deal: ALP</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/open-up-on-obama-refugee-deal-alp/story-fn9hm1gu-1228068474232?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/open-up-on-obama-refugee-deal-alp/story-fn9hm1gu-1228068474232</guid><description><![CDATA[Labor has urged Malcolm Turnbull to be more transparent about the deal reached to resettle refugees in the US.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/open-up-on-obama-refugee-deal-alp/story-fn9hm1gu-1228068474232?from=public_rss">JOE KELLY</source></item><item><title>Culleton to fight Senate axing</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/rod-culleton-vows-to-fight-to-stay-in-senate/story-fn59niix-1228068474190?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/rod-culleton-vows-to-fight-to-stay-in-senate/story-fn59niix-1228068474190</guid><description><![CDATA[Rod Culleton says he will remain a senator until he exhausts all &#8216;legal and constitutional avenues&#8217;.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/rod-culleton-vows-to-fight-to-stay-in-senate/story-fn59niix-1228068474190?from=public_rss">ROSIE LEWIS</source></item></channel></rss>