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	<description>Councillor for the Mullum Ward Maroondah City Council</description>
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		<title>By: melbourne on transit</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-70</link>
		<dc:creator>melbourne on transit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-ref-pre%--&gt;[...] Alex Makin [...]&lt;!--%kramer-ref-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: danielbowen.com: Diary of an Average Australian &#187; Faster than we can get it out of the ground</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-69</link>
		<dc:creator>danielbowen.com: Diary of an Average Australian &#187; Faster than we can get it out of the ground</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-ref-pre%--&gt;[...] Trackback by Alex Makin - Councillor for Maroondah &#8212; Wed 19 July 2006 @ 19:37 [...]&lt;!--%kramer-ref-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: NodeWorks - Municipalities: Maroondah City: Society &#38; Culture</title>
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		<dc:creator>NodeWorks - Municipalities: Maroondah City: Society &#38; Culture</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 22:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-ref-pre%--&gt;[...] Alex Makin - Councillor for Maroondah.  Encourages discussion based around life in Melbourne&#039;s outer east. Find profile, journal, speeches and information about Maroondah and advocacy. [...]&lt;!--%kramer-ref-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Peter's Ponderings</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter's Ponderings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt; LinksAlex Makin Ari on the Web Average Australian Catallaxy Geekrant Hecho En Mexico Henry Thornton Margo Kingston Melbourne Scribe Palmer&#039;s Ozpolitics Poll Bludger John Quiggin The Rathouse&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Wangaratta Watchdog News</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-65</link>
		<dc:creator>Wangaratta Watchdog News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt;research into a winter dryland pulse crop on the back of the burgeoning biodiesel industry. Bruce Smith, of Cootamundra, north of Wagga Wagga, said a winter-active grain-only pulse of significant oil content was needed to supplement canola.  The Age: Petrol price sky high, pressuring rates Alex Makin - Councillor for Maroondah (Victoria) - Thursday, 27 April 2006 Public Transport Users Association spokesman Alex Makin said it was obvious that petrol prices would keep increasing — and repeated the call for better tram, train and bus&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Polly Morgan Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt; Politics/ Environment/ Transport  Andrew Bartlett Alex Makin Daniel Bowen Melbourne on Transit Love and Liberty Rodney Croome Jennifer Marohasy  &lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Ari on the web</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-67</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt;Rather than spending this money on reducing fares, it would be far more productively spent on infrastructure and services for the outer &#039;burbs: extention of the train line to South Morang, development of the Rowville train line, evening and weekendbus services. This would do plenty to improve patronage, principly because it actually addresses the genuine barriers potential commuters face rather than a simplistic quick fix.  Rather than moving away from a user-pays approach, we should be moving toward it: for&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: melbourne in transit</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-68</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt;extra bus services, with $44 million to be spent over 4 years on 50 new or upgraded routes. These services will be introduced to growth areas in Melbourne&#039;s west, north, east and south. Yarra Ranges routes to be improved are listed here. Industry andpassenger groups say that about five times the amount offered was required to provide sufficient service to make bus travel more convenient.    3. Craig has been busy examining the quality of bus-train connections at important interchanges. This is very&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Treadly and Me</title>
		<link>http://www.alexmakin.com.au/comment-page-1/#comment-71</link>
		<dc:creator>Treadly and Me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt; Recent Comments  jur on How to collide with a pedestrian Alex Makin on Wantirna Road DOES need bike lanes pedaller on How to collide with a pedestrian Peter Chen on How to collide with a pedestrian pedaller on How to collide with a pedestrian Peter Chen on How to collide with a pedestrian&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Mobility aids</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mobility aids</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt;  Original post: Maroondah Mobility Expo demonstrates community interest in ... by at Google Blog Search: mobility aids   &lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
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