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Opening the gates

Ideas for an even greater country

26 August 2023

9:00 AM

26 August 2023

9:00 AM

My father throughout his whole life was a huge lover of the bush and of our country, and made himself unpopular at times, standing up for what he could see was in the nation’s best interests.

On our long drives together in the bush to check windmills and cattle – I was the gate opener and tool carrier – Dad would sometimes tell me jokes.

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