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         <title>Extrajudicial killings in the Philippines</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Is there a separation of  powers (judicial and executive) in the Philippines?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-02 21:42:52 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Civil war in South Sudan</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/117405950</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Who has sovereign power in South Sudan?  <br>Forced recruitment of child soldiers = valid law (positivist perspective), or not law (natural law perspective)</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-02 23:10:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Pauline Hanson calls for a ban on Muslim immigration</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/117513249</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Could the Commonwealth parliament make a law banning Muslims?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-04 03:16:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Would a plebicite on same sex marriage be a failure of parliament&#39;s responsibility?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Does the 'marriage power' in s51(xxi) of the Constitution permit the making of laws about 'same sex' marriage?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-04 04:02:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chiropractor sentenced for racist Facebook posts</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/117584306</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Is there a line between freedom of political expression and racism?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-05 02:38:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Censusfail</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/118396511</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Is this an example of responsible government?</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-11/census-malcolm-turnbull-slams-abs-over-failure/7718584" />
         <pubDate>2016-08-16 08:51:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wicked Campers</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/118396766</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Freedom of political communication v freedom of speech?  What's the difference and why should freedom of political communication be protected?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-16 08:54:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>There&#39;s a pair in there...</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/118404537</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>When is an unwritten rule a constitutional convention?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-16 10:37:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>NT Royal Commission </title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Can the PM make it national?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-18 00:45:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Marriage equality plebicite</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/119079472</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Do parliamentarians have an obligation to exercise their legislative powers?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-22 02:04:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Foreign donations &#39;skewing&#39; democracy</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/119284809</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>What are the mechanisms for ensuring political equality in our system?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-23 02:17:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Are there enough women MPs?</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/119744116</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Could the Commonwealth Parliament legislate to impose a quota on female representation?  Or a race quota?  Or some other quota?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-08-25 04:24:37 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>When is a majority government not a majority government?</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>When it has a minority of members on the floor in the House...</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-09-02 07:02:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Can the parliament create a new state?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Look what Rob Katter is planning...</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-09-15 06:59:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Is it legitimate to hold a plebiscite on marriage equality?</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Should the majority vote on minority rights?</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/michael-kirby-rejects-same-sex-marriage/7771418" />
         <pubDate>2016-09-21 04:11:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Indigenous &#39;stolen&#39; wages class action</title>
         <author>helen_haslem</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_haslem/u2rw819bc0qb/wish/125911918</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Do you think the claimants will be successful?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-09-23 03:59:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Solicitor General v Attorney General</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Is this a threat to the rule of law in Australia?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2016-10-06 21:20:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2016-11-05 09:27:25 UTC</pubDate>
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