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				<title>Julian Buchanan</title>
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						<p>So sad and tragic. I can empathise because one of my sons has epilepsy (I dislike the label epileptic) which has failed to respond to the anti-epileptic pharmaceutical drugs  </p><p>The Misuse of Drugs Act is a shameful blot on our history.</p><p>Why people haven't been rallying in support of the…</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 20:38:28 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Deep Blue</title>
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						<p>Most open, transparent and caring government, ever.<br />If you talk the talk, you need to back it with actions.<br />The “thoughts and prayers” analogy is apt.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 18:12:03 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Moz</title>
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						<p>"I wish Katy and her son the very best"</p><p>Sounds like his version of "thoughts and prayers".</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 16:28:09 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>linger</title>
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						Little of substance indeed. :-/
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 16:09:56 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Regan Cunliffe</title>
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						Lots of words from Hon Andrew Little. He certainly can't be accused of substance abuse.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 15:46:22 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p>Chloe Swarbrick’s letter to Health minister Andrew (in two parts):</p><p><a href="https://d3nd7i493f0o21.cloudfront.net/assets/chloep1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://d3nd7i493f0o21.cloudfront.net/assets/chloep1.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://d3nd7i493f0o21.cloudfront.net/assets/chloep2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://d3nd7i493f0o21.cloudfront.net/assets/chloep2.jpg</a></p><p>And the minister’s reply:</p><p><a href="https://d3nd7i493f0o21.cloudfront.net/assets/little.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://d3nd7i493f0o21.cloudfront.net/assets/little.pdf</a></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 13:27:27 +1200</pubDate>
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						<p>Discussion from blog post.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 13:16:14 +1200</pubDate>
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