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    <loc>https://www.albanyadvertiser.com.au/politics/state-politics/backlash-grows-as-curtin-and-murdoch-vow-to-fight-proposed-merger-with-uwa-c-23005020</loc>
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      <image:caption>Premier Roger Cook has reacted to a growing backlash over the idea of a forced merger of WA’s universities by insisting doing nothing is not an option.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Backlash grows as Curtin and Murdoch vow to fight proposed merger with UWA</news:title>
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