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		<title>Deliberative democracy and the media</title>
		<link>http://deldem.weblogs.anu.edu.au/2013/02/14/deliberative-democracy-and-the-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Good political deliberation involves listening and empathy, a rare beast it seems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon John Niemeyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a good commentary piece in the Age today about the perils of political communication and the tendency for people (and I mean all of us) to interpret what we are reading or listening to from our own particular &#8230; <a href="http://deldem.weblogs.anu.edu.au/2012/05/16/good-political-deliberation-involves-listening-and-empathy-a-rare-beast-it-seems/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>You’re feeling very sleepy…now vote for me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the more creative attacks in contemporary Australian politics, Bob Carr (former NSW premier and newly installed into the Australian Senate) accused the leader of the opposition of hypnotising the electorate, repetitively using sound bites in order to &#8230; <a href="http://deldem.weblogs.anu.edu.au/2012/03/14/youre-feeling-very-sleepynow-vote-for-me/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Billionaires, Politics and Deliberative Democracy: Who should get a say?</title>
		<link>http://deldem.weblogs.anu.edu.au/2012/03/08/billionaires-politics-and-deliberative-democracy-who-should-get-a-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Federal Treasurer has recently identified Australia&#8217;s emerging caste of mega rich mining magnates as a threat to Australian democracy. The argument is that they are exerting undue influence on politics because of their ability to mobilise resources to &#8230; <a href="http://deldem.weblogs.anu.edu.au/2012/03/08/billionaires-politics-and-deliberative-democracy-who-should-get-a-say/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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