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		<title>Why I joined the Greens</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/why-i-joined-the-greens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 02:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of those close to me will know, I have recently resigned my membership in the ALP and joined the Greens. Although it might seem a sudden move to some, it has been a long time coming and was not an easy decision or one taken lightly. I&#8217;m still new to the party, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question Time Cameo</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/question-time-cameo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The campaign against mandatory internet filtering, which any loyal reader will know has consumed a good portion of my life these last few years, has heated up in recent days in exciting ways.
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres, RSF), after writing an open letter to Kevin Rudd late last year, last week added Australia to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet racism a symptom, not a cause</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/internet-racism-a-symptom-not-a-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/internet-racism-a-symptom-not-a-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://coljac.net/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a politician, and something nasty is brought to your attention, what do you do? The best and sometimes only tool in your toolbox is the one you reach for. The tool is this: to pass a law banning it. Therefore, although it&#8217;s always discouraging, a story like this one, is far from unusual or surprising. &#8221;Laws to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Missing Party</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/the-missing-party/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/the-missing-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://coljac.net/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stilgherrian has been covering the iiNet trial for Crikey (good job, Stil), and wrote yesterday about Conroy&#8217;s rather worrying remarks on the subject indicating that the ISPs and entertainment industry should get together and sort out a way to solve this problem.
This makes some sense if the two parties get together and and discuss a new business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The battle for an open Internet</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/the-battle-for-an-open-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://coljac.net/?p=245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently the trends in Internet freedom have been all bad. China&#8217;s censorship regime escalated dramatically over the last 12 months, with a more aggressive Golden Shield, tumultuous events in Iran and of course Australia&#8217;s own filtering plan. It is therefore extremely heartening to see the tough new stand on Internet freedom taken by the USA.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Dam escorts Chinese youth to 1984</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/politics/green-dam-escorts-chinese-youth-to-1984/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2009/politics/green-dam-escorts-chinese-youth-to-1984/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://coljac.net/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese Government&#8217;s sudden announcement that all PCs sold in China after July 1st would have to include its &#8220;Green Dam Youth Escort&#8221; software came as a surprise to many. With the rationale of protecting the impressionable minds of the kiddies &#8211; of course &#8211; the software would filter all web access in real time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Doom Continues</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2008/politics/climate-doom-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2008/politics/climate-doom-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australians have the benefit of the latest scientific and economic information about climate change, and our leadership has a mandate to act decisively on the issue. We already have a very high standard of living, and will continue to do so under any sort of carbon-related belt-tightening. Despite this, the prospects of drastic action are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confiscating your life story</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2008/politics/confiscating-your-life-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think most of us agree that if a drug dealer buys himself a Ferrari with heroin money, the car is forfeit if it can be proved the money he bought it with was derived from illegal activity. A bank robber shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to keep the money he stole, even if he serves the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of Interest</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2007/politics/lack-of-interest/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2007/politics/lack-of-interest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If interest rates are to be considered a political football, the 2007 Federal election was the Grand Final. They have becomes such a fixture of economic discussion that&#8217;s it&#8217;s hard to imagine we&#8217;ll ever move past it, but I&#8217;m hoping this was the last time they will feature so prominently in an election debate. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming, Cold Feet</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2007/politics/global-warming-cold-feet/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2007/politics/global-warming-cold-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics latest report indicates that we are to be one of the countries worst affected by global warming with a decrease in agricultural production on the order of 17%. This figure pales in to comparison to India&#8217;s 25%, truly a scary number when you consider how many mouths [...]]]></description>
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