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ABC News feature – The homeless hermit who came out of the wild
Posted Mon 3 Sep 2018. He walked into the forest at dusk as the rain started to pelt down. He crouched on the ground and pulled his old Driza-Bone up over his head and watched the leeches swelling on his legs. He had nowhere else to go. At some point, the rain stopped. The clouds rolled Read more
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Australian Story – Out of the Woods
Introduced by David Shoebridge, NSW Greens From a homeless alcoholic living in the wild to academic success and a book deal, Out of the Woods tells the inspiring comeback story of forest-dweller Gregory Smith. When he left school at 14, dogged by the crushing assessment that he was “functioning at the lower level of the Read more
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Angry young terrorist in the making
For a nation of immigrants Australia sure seems to spend a lot of time demonising immigrants. I wonder what the cost of that might end up being and if it will ever be a thing of the past. Of course, not all Australians hold anti-migrant views, but there are enough out there to ensure an Read more
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Danish newspaper story
I have no idea what the words say, I do like that my image is larger than Putin and Trump. Read more
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The Big Issue
There are few worse ways to be woken up than with a kick in the face. Maybe getting your ribs stomped on, or having a police baton rammed into your kidneys, or copping a jet of freezing water in your eyes. Those are all pretty ordinary, but I reckon a kick in the face wins Read more
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Podcast – Man of the forest
For ten years a man calling himself Will Power lived in near-total isolation in northern New South Wales, foraging for food, eating bats and occasionally trading for produce. But who was this mysterious man who roamed the forest and knew all of its secrets and riddles? Published July 10, 2018 – listen to the episode Read more
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