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	<title>Southern Star &#187; Andie Noonan</title>
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		<title>‘We need a marriage action plan’</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/%e2%80%98we-need-a-marriage-action-plan%e2%80%99/14149</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Greenwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens MP Adam Bandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greens MP Adam Bandt wants to sit down with the community to formulate an action plan for the next parliamentary term to push for same-sex marriage.
Speaking to Southern Star Observer the day after the Greens formally sided with the Labor Party in a bid to form minority government, Bandt said his party would push ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs positive for adoption reform</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/signs-positive-for-adoption-reform/14159</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/signs-positive-for-adoption-reform/14159#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felicity Marlowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Lower House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow Families Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian gay and lesbian community has cheered the passing of legislation in the NSW Lower House last week which will allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
The legislation passed 45-43 in a conscience vote, however, a last-minute amendment has given religious adoption agencies the right to refuse their services to gay couples.
Rainbow Families Council co-convenor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay teachers given support</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/gay-teachers-given-support/14166</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/gay-teachers-given-support/14166#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Education and Early Childhood Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay teachers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian gay and lesbian teachers can now be comfortably ‘out’ thanks to a new Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) policy.
The policy — developed by Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV) and the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission — will give same-sex attracted teachers more support by spelling out their rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midsumma call for artists and stallholders</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/midsumma-call-for-artists-and-stallholders/14191</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/midsumma-call-for-artists-and-stallholders/14191#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midsumma Festival 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Midsumma crew is well into organisational mode for next year’s festival and is calling for stallholders and artists to register their interest for Carnival Day.
Midsumma media spokesman James Findlay told Southern Star Observer all is on track for the 2011 festival, with Carnival Day making the move across the Yarra to Birrarung Marr.
“We’re really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALSO warns of fraudsters</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/also-warns-of-fraudsters/14196</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/09/also-warns-of-fraudsters/14196#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Schoeffel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALSO Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian GLBTI advocacy group the ALSO Foundation has warned the community to beware of businesses pretending to be linked with the not-for-profit organisation for selfish purposes.
ALSO Foundation marketing and development manager Alex Schoeffel said ALSO was recently alerted to a bayside publishing business — believed to be owned by a straight married couple — falsely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor to form minority government</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/07/labor-to-form-minority-government/14228</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/07/labor-to-form-minority-government/14228#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Windsor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor will support the Labor Party.
The Labor Party is now set to form a minority Government in the House of Representatives with 76 seats to the Coalition’s 74.
Windsor nominated Labor&#8217;s broadband plans “too good an opportunity to miss,” and climate change as the issues that helped form his decision.
After a lengthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens plough ahead with marriage bill</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/greens-plough-ahead-with-marriage-bill/14057</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/greens-plough-ahead-with-marriage-bill/14057#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite not sealing a deal with the Labor Party over a conscience vote on gay marriage, the Greens have vowed to push ahead, announcing they will introduce legislation on the first day of the new Parliament.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young today reassured people that the Greens’ commitment to marriage equality was “rock-solid”, and said she would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Centre launched</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/gender-centre-launched/13971</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/gender-centre-launched/13971#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Goldner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoe Belle Gender Centre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne transgender social support network Zoe Belle Gender Centre (ZBGC) has been officially launched, with a gathering held on Sunday to welcome the new community resource.
Although still only a ‘virtual’ centre, ZBGC spokesperson Sally Goldner said she was pleased the initiative was well and truly into its establishment phase.
“We’re looking forward to things moving ahead,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shining light for human rights</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/shining-light-for-human-rights/13979</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/shining-light-for-human-rights/13979#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monash University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Living Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retired High Court judge Michael Kirby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNAIDS head Michel Sidibé]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retired High Court judge and indefatigable human rights advocate Michael Kirby said a new think tank named after him has the potential to be a “bright star” sending a message to the world that human rights in public health policy matter.
The Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights was officially launched on Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danby wins Ports with increased majority</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/danby-wins-ports-with-increased-majority/13983</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/danby-wins-ports-with-increased-majority/13983#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Ekendahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Plowright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike some Labor colleagues now licking their election wounds, Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby has comfortably won his seat with an increased majority.
Labor received a 1.4 percent swing in Danby’s favour, retaining the inner Melbourne seat with 58 percent of the vote on a two-candidate preferred basis. His nearest rival, out Liberal candidate Kevin Ekendahl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VAC robbed</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/vac-robbed/13986</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/vac-robbed/13986#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prahran Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian AIDS Council/ Gay Men's Health Centre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men’s Health Centre in Claremont St, South Yarra was broken into over the weekend, causing minor damage.
Thieves smashed a window around 3am on Sunday, August 29. Doors were damaged, glass broken on the floor and a safe stolen.
VAC executive director Mike Kennedy told Southern Star Observer the damage was “relatively minor” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Langdon step-down a loss</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/langdon-step-down-a-loss/13994</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/09/02/langdon-step-down-a-loss/13994#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Pickvance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALSO Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Langdon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former ALSO Foundation president CEO Adam Pickvance has said the gay and lesbian community has lost an ally with the resignation of Victorian Ivanhoe MP Craig Langdon.
In a letter to Southern Star Observer, Pickvance said when he was working for the GLBTI community organisation, Langdon had been helpful behind the scenes, assisting the community with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink vote shows its poll power</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/pink-vote-shows-its-poll-power/13828</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/pink-vote-shows-its-poll-power/13828#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Bandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Greenwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Marriage Equ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cath Bowtell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Rogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A historic win for the Greens in the seat of Melbourne has left many in the gay and lesbian community cheering a campaign fought over gay marriage.
At a press conference on Monday new Melbourne MP Adam Bandt said he was proud to be the first Greens member elected to the House of Representatives.
“We campaigned on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to now?</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/where-to-now-2/13895</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/where-to-now-2/13895#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ali Hogg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Rogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Windsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transgender Victoria spokesperson Sally Goldner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gay community groups have expressed early concern over independents who are former National Party members having a strong sway over a minority government on GLBT issues.
Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby co-convenor Sarah Rogan told Southern Star Observer on Monday there was community concern that independents such as Queensland’s Bob Katter — who voted against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forum tackles rural health</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/forum-tackles-rural-health/13831</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/forum-tackles-rural-health/13831#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALSO Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country Awareness Network Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural GLBT Health and Wellbeing Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring migration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A GLBTI health and wellbeing forum will be held in Beechworth next week as part of the Spring Migration festival.
Statewide HIV and STI information and support group Country Awareness Network Victoria (CAN) will present the three-day forum in conjunction with the ALSO Foundation, Melbourne University’s Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health and the WayOut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ChillOut weathers small loss</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/chillout-weathers-small-loss/13845</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/chillout-weathers-small-loss/13845#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AGM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ChillOut Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daylesford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Brady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kidd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daylesford’s ChillOut Festival has posted a financial loss for the last financial year, with bad weather blamed for driving down numbers at this year’s event.
The festival declared the loss at the Annual General Meeting on August 17 and also elected a new president, Michael Brady, who will take over from Bendigo-based Adam Wright.
“Despite low turnout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannibalism in ancient Greece</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/cannibalism-in-ancient-greece/13852</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/cannibalism-in-ancient-greece/13852#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greek tragedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malthouse Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyestes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Acclaimed independent theatre company The Hayloft Project bring Greek tragedy to the Malthouse Theatre with Thyestes, running from September 16-October 3.
The play retells the ancient Greek story of the deposed king who is unwittingly served a meal of his own murdered sons.
Director Simon Stone will be dishing out this tale of fratricide, adultery and incest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney street safety warning Melburnians</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/sydney-street-safety-warning-melburnians/13867</link>
		<comments>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/26/sydney-street-safety-warning-melburnians/13867#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLBT rights activist Simon Margan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oxford street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gay and lesbian Melburnians travelling to Sydney are being warned to be aware of their safety on Oxford St after a series of alleged assaults reported earlier this month.
The call from the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) follows a night of violence on the strip on August 9 when four men were allegedly assaulted, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pride March party in Peel St</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/24/pride-march-party-in-peel-st/13839</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Hayhoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cr Dale Smedley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peel Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peel Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride MArch Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom McFeely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yarra City Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pride March Victoria is seeking approval from Yarra City Council to block off Peel St in December for a GLBTI community street fair.
Yarra Councillor Dale Smedley last weekend passed a motion, seconded by Mayor Jane Garrett, for a partial closure of Peel St between Wellington and Smith Sts.
Pride March Victoria president Brett Hayhoe said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Party calls end to tampon tax</title>
		<link>http://www.sstar.net.au/news/2010/08/20/sex-party-calls-end-to-tampon-tax/13740</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andie Noonan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Sex Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Blakey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Sex Party has called for an end to charging women GST on sanitary products.
Victorian Sex Party Senate hopeful Katie Blakey said this week Australian women are forced to pay an extra dollar on average each month for pads or tampons because of the GST.
Blakey said the GST — placed on sanitary products as [...]]]></description>
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