Author Archives: Old Manure

Happy Birthday to us – NRMjobs turns 25

This weekend my wife Chris Duigan and I are celebrating our silver anniversary. Not our wedding anniversary, but something almost as significant. On Sunday, it will be 25 years to the day since we launched NRMjobs – our family business, … Continue reading

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Claiming copyright revenue for nature

“A video game featuring a critically endangered Australian marsupial has brought in eight-figure takings for its owners, but the bandicoots are no better off as a result.” Continue reading

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Could a robot do bush care?

Could robots ever replace human bush carers? Experts cautiously say ‘yes’. Continue reading

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“The country needs its people”

– why closing remote Aboriginal communities is a bad idea for everyone What if Aboriginal people did take Prime Minister Tony Abbott at his word, and abandoned their “lifestyle choices” to dwell on tiny communities in traditional lands? The country … Continue reading

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A farewell to my absent friend

It’s been 10 days now since I last saw my old friend Jango. It’s time I faced the truth: he is either dead, or in prison. For his sake, I hope it is the former. Jango first came into my life … Continue reading

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Anzac Day and all that…

It’s the little things that get you. Look at this photo for example. It’s what finally got to me. What the photo shows is my grandfather’s initials, carefully written in 1917 – somewhere in the battlefields of France – on … Continue reading

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