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		<title>Corporate Blogging at Telstra Exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about writing your own blog is the freedom. You get to choose  the style, the format and the frequency of posting. You get to set the rules of the blog, and so long as your employer is supportive of private blogging,  there&#8217;s scope for discussing pretty much any topic &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/08/24/corporate-blogging-at-telstra-exchange/</link>
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		<title>Will GetUp!&#8217;s satire GetIt! in trouble?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With an election likely to be called in the next few months, advocacy group GetUp! has launched a campaign encouraging people to ensure they are enrolled to vote.   A key element of this campaign is a YouTube clip portraying the electoral battle as if it were the latest Hollywood action movie. The clip is cleverly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/07/08/will-getups-satire-getit-in-trouble/</link>
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		<title>The State of the Population</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Julie Gillard. Really. Some time ago, I was going to post on the &#8216;Population Crisis&#8217; as it had been reported at the time (months ago) and why I though, generally speaking, it was rubbish. I held off, as accurate statistics were tricky to get hold of, and I&#8217;m generally pretty easy to distract. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/07/07/the-state-of-the-population/</link>
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		<title>Hetero sex scandal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One day, public figures being gay and/or enjoying sex won&#8217;t be newsworthy. Unfortunately for David Campbell,  that day is yet to dawn.  As Channel Seven demonstrated earlier this year, for some journalists and the audience they serve, that combination is still seen as scandalous. When the David Campbell story broke,  LE  pointed out the mixed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/07/06/hetero-sex-scandal/</link>
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		<title>Will telcos have Apple on their faces?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Apple was forced to acknowledge an embarrassing flaw in the iPhone operating system, a flaw present since the release of the original iPhone. As embarrassing as this is for Apple,  some mobile network operators may also find this latest development leaves them with &#8230; Apple on their faces. When Apple launched the iPhone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/07/04/will-telcos-have-apple-on-their-faces/</link>
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		<title>Losing the filter without losing face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week the Australian Labor Party installed Julia Gillard as its new leader, making her the first female Prime Minister of Australia.  This change in leadership provides the government with an opportunity to change its approach to certain policy issues without losing (quite so much) face. The new PM has wasted no time in seizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/06/24/losing-the-filter-without-losing-face/</link>
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		<title>NBN not mandatory for &#8216;smart grids&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the claimed  benefits of the national broadband network (NBN) is that it will act as an enabler for &#8216;smart grids&#8217;.  &#8217;Smart grids&#8217;  have been described as electricity distribution networks that: &#8220;use sensors, meters, digital controls and analytic tools to automate, monitor and control the two-way flow of energy across operations—from power plant to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/05/29/nbn-not-mandatory-for-smart-grids/</link>
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		<title>NBN Study: Were the right questions asked?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Australian government released the implementation study for the National Broadband Network.  The scope of the study was to: &#8220;advise Government on how best to implement its stated policy objectives, not to evaluate those objectives, given that the policies have already been agreed by Government. This report therefore focuses on translating high-level policy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/05/18/nbn-study-were-the-right-question-asked/</link>
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		<title>We are one, but who are we?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made of racism and racist attitudes in Australia recently. MinimalState&#8217;s own HeathG made the case in the wake of the racially charged bumper sticker debacle that underlying racially prejudiced sentiment in this country should be exposed, rather than banned. It&#8217;s not the outspokenly prejudiced that I&#8217;m concerned about though &#8211; it&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/05/18/we-are-one-but-who-are-we/</link>
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		<title>Telstra&#8217;s first Android is mostly Desirable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just over a  year ago,  Optus brought the first Android phone to Australia in the form of the HTC  Dream.  Now Telstra has joined the Android ranks with the launch of the  HTC Desire.  This recent addition to HTC&#8217;s Android lineup is an impressive device and after two weeks of use, the verdict is &#8220;mostly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minimalstate.com/2010/05/07/telstras-first-android-is-mostly-desirable/</link>
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