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	<title>Prashanth Shanmugan &#187; Australia</title>
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		<title>The world’s toughest backyard</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/the-world%e2%80%99s-toughest-backyard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas & Observations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just seen the new brand identity for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It positions co-hosts Australia and New Zealand as ‘the world’s toughest backyard.’ While I am fan of Test cricket (The Ashes in particular), I am not a fan of one day internationals, and never saw a match of this year&#8217;s World Cup. The involvement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whither the Commonwealth?</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/whither-the-commonwealth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was at the Lowy Institute where the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, gave a keynote address on &#8216;The Commonwealth in a networked world&#8217;. &#8220;our partnership with Australia is one of our greatest assets in world affairs already. But my visit is also the product of a decisive change in the foreign policy of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boats 21, Planes 0</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/boats-21-planes-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Morrison, the Australian Shadow Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, gave a keynote address at the Lowy Institute today on the Opposition&#8217;s Refugee and Asylum Seeker policy. It was essentially a talk on boat people. &#8220;Stop the Boats&#8221; seems to be the explicit policy of the Opposition and the implicit one of the Government. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would the APC become the APU?</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/would-the-apc-become-the-apu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chatham House Rule precludes me from going into much details. I was at a presentation this week on the challenges and opportunities on the future regional security arrangements for the Asia-Pacific. The talk centred on the proposed Asia-Pacific Community that the former Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd championed. I asked whether the Asia-Pacific Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally a Debate on the Afghan War</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/finally-a-debate-on-the-afghan-war/</link>
		<comments>http://shanmugan.com/finally-a-debate-on-the-afghan-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four months ago, the Dutch went to the polls to elect a new government. The previous coalition government collapsed over a parliamentary debate about extending the Dutch deployment to the NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan. Four months ago I wrote about the need for such a debate in the Australian parliament about our own involvement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compulsory Helmets</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/compulsory-helmets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Previously I made mention of the helmet laws in Australia, and how I agree with them, given how poorly motorists drive. Today, a health expert is calling for the abolishment of these very laws. There was a protest against the laws last month in Melbourne. I am not too sure I agree with him, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Election We Had To Have</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/the-election-we-had-to-have/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said that &#8216;where there is no vision, the people perish&#8217;. I would argue that where there is no passion, the politicians perish. There has been much discussion about the lack of any grand vision in the current Australian Federal Election campaign. It is so uninspiring, unmotivating and uninteresting that the only reason people will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An insignificant election?</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/an-insignificant-election/</link>
		<comments>http://shanmugan.com/an-insignificant-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Engagement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is perhaps a testament of our time, or a testament to the nation&#8217;s appetite (or lack thereof) for a reality cooking show than the reality of taking part in Australia&#8217;s social, economic and political future. As mentioned before, the Leaders&#8217; Debate was moved so that it did not clash with the finale of MasterChef. Has this ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kathy Lette?</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/why-kathy-lette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about Australia&#8217;s new prime minister, Julia Gillard, and the manner in which she came to Office. And that manner is constitutionally valid. Though many would have preferred to have elected our first female prime minister, but we do not elect our prime ministers. They just wanted some kind of say. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The need for a true liberal party in Australia</title>
		<link>http://shanmugan.com/the-need-for-a-true-liberal-party-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://shanmugan.com/the-need-for-a-true-liberal-party-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashanth Shanmugan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Netherlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday the Dutch will go to the polls to elect a new national government. Like their cheeses, the Dutch have a variety of parties to choose from. They even have the choice between two liberal ones. The centre-right Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) and the centre-left Politieke Partij Democraten 66 (D66). But this is [...]]]></description>
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