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		<title>Tony Abbott on child abuse</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2007/06/16/tony-abbott-on-child-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott has just made a truly deplorable statement suggesting a return to corporal punishment in our schools in response to a rise in student violence, stating that: &#8220;it may well be that sometimes the only language that some kids understand is that kind of language&#8221;.
When will we see a politician actually attempt to solve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spit Bridge Money for Warringah Road</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2007/05/21/spit-bridge-money-for-warringah-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 12:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warringah Council has called on the State Government to direct the $59million originally earmarked for the Spit Bridge to upgrading Warringah Road and key intersections.
â€œWarringah faces significant transport and traffic congestion, as any resident can attest, with our major roads at capacity during peak periods,â€ said Warringah Council Administrator Dick Persson.
â€œThe recent withdrawal of funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tony Abbott Not Interested in Teeth</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2007/04/25/tony-abbott-not-interested-in-teeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Member for Warrringah has done it again.Â  On ABC TV last night the Federal Minister for Health declared firmly that dental care for &#8220;low income&#8221; people was not his problem; the States are responsible for such things.Â  The main reason people who can&#8217;t afford to have painful and debilitating conditions treated are in serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Member For Warringah Stems Cell Research</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/08/31/member-for-waringah-stems-cell-research/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/08/31/member-for-waringah-stems-cell-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott has demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt that he is a &#8216;very small picture&#8217; man.Â  His recent statements on the subject of stem cell research have been firmly based in his own personal ideology and bear no relation to the real world.Â  While the war against Hezbollah raged in Lebanon, resulting in the deaths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brookvale Business Failed by Government Policies</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/08/12/brookvale-business-failed-by-government-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/08/12/brookvale-business-failed-by-government-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Brookvale business owner Warren Webster has had to tap a global skills pool to turn his company into the leading supplier in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia of electronic signage used for major sporting events.Â  In a recent story in the Manly Daily, the local impact of nation-wide skills shortages was described in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manly Council Smarter Than Howard Government</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/07/28/manly-council-smarter-than-howard-government/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/07/28/manly-council-smarter-than-howard-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manly Council will modify one of its fleet of four buses to use environmentally clean biodiesel &#8211; a fuel made from plant and animal oils.
According to Manly Resident Chris Roberston, a number of companies are making the new fuel, including Australian Biodiesel, which made it from Manly restaurants&#8217; waste oil.
Mr Robertson said that from Manly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Beaches Students Urged to Enter Competitions</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/07/15/northern-beaches-students-urged-to-enter-competitions/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/07/15/northern-beaches-students-urged-to-enter-competitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is calling for young Australians between the ages of 11 and 18 to enter the Human Writes personal essay and Rights in Perspective art competitions.
The two competitions were first held last year, as part of the Young People and Human Rights Dialogue project. The resulting report, â€˜Rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reality Check for Howard</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/06/22/realisty-check-for-howard/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/06/22/realisty-check-for-howard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news from Iraq this morning couldn&#8217;t be much worse for John Howard.Â  Now our own soldiers have dramatically demonstrated what a shambles the situation over there really is.Â  Not even a Government minister&#8217;s own staff can be distinguished from insurgents by Australian troops.Â  And they were all there becauseÂ Australia has been working hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howard Finally Gets It</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/06/03/howard-finally-gets-it/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/06/03/howard-finally-gets-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see that John Howard can sometimes spot the bleeding obvious.Â  It took a while, though.Â  And you have to admire his mental agility.Â  On 26 May he was saying &#8220;I am aware that the majority of people are probably opposed to this&#8221; but selling it is &#8220;the right decision&#8221;.Â 
Then yesterday morning it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Beaches Parents Can Stop Nagging</title>
		<link>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/05/25/northern-beaches-parents-can-stop-nagging/</link>
		<comments>http://brookvaleplus.com/2006/05/25/northern-beaches-parents-can-stop-nagging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 08:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank goodness the State Government has finally had the sense to ban fizzy soft drinks from school canteens.Â  It&#8217;s a good start.Â  But Dr.Mukesh Haikerwal, the President of the AMA, is not overly impressed.Â  He told Melissa Doyle, on Channel 7&#8217;s Sunrise yesterday that fruit juice was almost as bad as a source of excess [...]]]></description>
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