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	<title>Sachi's hyperbolic space</title>
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		<title>Federal govt maintains existing policy on parallel importing of books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has decided to continue the existing policy on parallel importation of books.
This is disappointing as it puts the interests of producers ahead of consumers. It&#8217;s hard to see how this benefits consumers.
It&#8217;s also difficult to see how this is different from many of the issues dealt with since the 80s or earlier, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=481&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abdullah quits the Afghani Presidential election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports (1 Nov) that Hamid Karzai’s main challenger in the 1st round of the Afghan Presidential election, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, has pulled out of the 2nd round due on 7 November 2009.
Reuters reported:
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah quit an election run-off on Sunday after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=478&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Howes speaking out on refugee policy</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/paul-howes-speaking-out-on-refugee-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good on Paul Howes, national secretary of the Australian Workers Union, for speaking out (reported in the SMH) against the considered wisdom in the federal ALP and Liberal/National Parties to take a &#8220;tough line&#8221; on refugees.
The current policies, on both sides, are low-rent ones that &#8220;hard heads&#8221; must have decided are the only electorally possible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=476&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer councils in Sydney? Report by the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/fewer-councils-in-sydney-report-by-the-association-of-consulting-engineers-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I blogged on the idea that less-than-optimal planning in Sydney may have resulted from multiple (as opposed to a single) councils covering Sydney. 
There was a related story in the SMH today (Abolish councils, make drivers pay), on a report Sydney Towards Tomorrow by the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=474&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Intelligence Squared debate &#8220;That democracy is not for everyone&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-intelligence-squared-debate-that-democracy-is-not-for-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I only saw the last three speakers on the BBC on the Intellgence Squared debate &#8220;That democracy is not for everyone&#8221;, I enjoyed those speakers and was really surprised by some of the comments from the audience.
More than half the audience agreed with the debate proposition before the debate, and about a third still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=472&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I havn&#8217;t been very active on my blog recently due to work being very busy and having been on holiday. I may be more active in a few weeks when I&#8217;m back from holiday.
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		<title>One City Council for Sydney?</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/one-city-council-for-sydney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When travelling, something I often notice is how many cities are governed by a single city council, or at least that the central urban core, comprising a million or more people, is governed by a single council. London has a Greater London Council covering a number of london-wide issues in the greater london area while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=468&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor of the Wentworth Courier &#8211; control of Waverley Council occurring via an annual draw from a hat</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-wentworth-courier-control-of-waverley-council-occurring-via-an-annual-draw-from-a-hat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sent the following letter to the editor of the Wentworth Courier today. It refers to the current control of Waverley Council being decided by an annual draw from the hat &#8211; as there are effectively two sides on Council each with half the number of Councillors. Waverley Council annually elects its Mayor, and upon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=466&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some bike riders impacting on pedestrian safety</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/some-bike-riders-impacting-on-pedestrian-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wentworth Courier has recently published a few stories on bikes and bike riders, sparked in part by a call by a Woollahra Councillor that bike riders should be licensed, and by the ongoing introduction of separated bike lanes in the CBD and Bourke St in Woolloomooloo through to Surry Hills.
Bike riding should be accommodated for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=463&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Where are Australia’s female political bloggers?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/where-are-australia%e2%80%99s-female-political-bloggers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are currently numerous blog threads about the underabundance of Australian women political bloggers (e.g. Possum Pollytics and Larvatus Prodeo). I&#8217;ve always found this type of discussion quite odd. Putting aside the question of whether it&#8217;s true (and some people have suggested it isn&#8217;t - perhaps women aren&#8217;t attracted to demonstrably political blogs), it just seems like an interesting sociological question.
A more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blumensacha.wordpress.com&blog=94153&post=461&subd=blumensacha&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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