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Dougie
Nov 197 min read
If a tree falls in a forest ...
It can be odd the ways in which one's mind plays tricks on us. My mind certainly. Today is the 25th anniversary of my arrival in Australia.
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Dougie
Oct 303 min read
Time for a change
I've made no plans which is simultaneously liberating and -- possibly -- the daftest-plan-ever in a long life of Dougie's daft plans.
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Dougie
Sep 296 min read
Poetic Justice
Not long after you break your neck in three places (in a not-swimming-well-enough accident) people tend to ask a lot of questions.
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Dougie
Jul 206 min read
Not quite Proustian but ... you know.
They do say ... write as if your life depended on it.
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Dougie
Feb 232 min read
Of red-haired mice and (this) old man
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,
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Dougie
Jan 30 min read
And the technical term is ... warm.
30 plus degrees outside. A tad warmer inside. I waited because discretion is the better part of ... being a numptie.
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Dougie
Sep 17, 20232 min read
Craig asked. I answered.
I go through the world as I am. For better or worse (and I have plenty of both to call on). Not really my jam (as Craig noted).
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Dougie
Jun 20, 20231 min read
My life in the 'tropics'...
The dubious joys of a Canberra winter.
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Dougie
Apr 27, 20231 min read
In celebration of a good life
To honour the memory of Sue Salthouse, advocate, leader and mentor to many people.
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Dougie
Apr 11, 20237 min read
When I was a child I believed that love is kind ...
"People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart" Mandela
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Dougie
Feb 10, 20231 min read
Don't mess with the squirrel
After a long day at the office, Dougie tweets away at the universe. Meanwhile, it's gone out for dinner to a good Indian erestaurant.
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Dougie
Jan 20, 20231 min read
More than moving office
The last day in this office. I am not sad to leave and will never look back.
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Dougie
Dec 29, 20224 min read
So near and yet ... so very very far
Which matters most -- the journey or the destination? Actually, a skilled mechanic come auto-electrician is crucial to success.
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Dougie
Nov 16, 20226 min read
In memory of JOHN BRUCE MOXON: 1938–2022
In memory of a great Australian. With thanks to Margaret, Bruce, Ray and Karen for asking me to write this tribute. It was a privileges.
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Dougie
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Nothing About Us Without Us -- How to re-build the NDIS
I am part of a review panel considering reforms to Australia's $30 Billion, 535,000 person NDIS. Here's my speech to our first webinar.
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Dougie
Oct 18, 20221 min read
So this is positive ... NDIS Review launched by Minister
I have been appointed with others to the independent panel guiding a year long review of the NDIS. Pleased to be asked. Happy to say yes.
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Dougie
Sep 4, 20225 min read
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Does a picture paint 1,000 words? Maybe the answer depends on your point of view.
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Dougie
Jul 30, 20226 min read
Time to make lemonade?
I was born a city boy. And I have grown into a suburban adult, it would seem.
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Dougie
Jun 21, 20227 min read
North to Milano with a death-defying start
We bade farewell to Stephanie, the cats and the Trullo early. Joe drove us across the 'heel' to Taranto from where our train for Milano...
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