Bloggs 1-63 with direct URL links

No. Title Cat.* Date published
1 How did rural people vote in the (2016) Federal Election? Pol 6 July 2016
2 English rugby: no longer Down Under Rem 15 July 2016
3 Does the Brexit vote mean an end to the not-keeping-sheep industry under the CAP? Pol 16 July 2016
4 For Leanne Coleman’s birthday (17 July) P 17 July 2016
5 Quad bike safety RH 20 July 2016
6 The tale of a cowslip Rem 24 July 2016
7 Tour Defiance 2016 P 1 Aug. 2016
8 Marriage equality and greyhounds Pol 9 Aug. 2016
9 Dear Dr Gillespie: Don’t narrow the rural health agenda RH 10 Aug. 2016
10 Submarines and greyhounds: industry policy with a heart PWE 13 Aug. 2016
11 An agenda for the Minister for Rural Health RH 17 Aug. 2016
12 The language of ‘health promotion’ RH 19 Sept. 2016
13 Fields of Gold: the 2016 AFL Grand Final P 6 Oct. 2016
14 Rolling over P 6 Oct. 2016
15 “Look at the tyres!” Rem 2 Nov. 2016
16 On electoral ‘mandates’ and furphies Pol 2 Nov. 2016
17 For good rural health we need good rural jobs RH 2 Nov. 2016
18 On holiday with Anne Cahill-Lambert and (photogenic) Rod P 2 Nov. 2016
19 Parliamentarians and the plebiscite Pol 4 Nov. 2016
20 Pounds, shillings and common sense Rem 4 Nov. 2016
21 Structural change in the economy: a real life and political issue PWE 4 Nov. 2016
22 Dreams of home: Beardy Street, Armidale P 21 Nov. 2016
23 To market, to market, to buy a fat pig…two case studies of economic change PWE 14 Dec. 2016
24 A jogger’s diary P 17 Jan. 2017
25 parkrun: healthy movement P 24 Jan. 2017
26 The Art of Professional House Cleaning F 24 Feb. 2017
27 Health advocacy needs to be more specific, less ‘motherhood’ Pol 9 March 2017
28 Comments on accepting Louis Ariotti Award for Excellence, 6 March 2001. RH 9 March 2017
29 Quad bike accidents: “It’ll never happen to me” RH 17 March 2017
30 Extracts from debate in House of Representatives on Bill to establish a National Rural Health Commissioner (NRHC) RH 21 March 2017
31 Adelaide Crows Women: next year can we police have the chorus too? F 4 April 2017
32 “Julia Gillard is not a liar” – written in April 2012 Pol 12 April 2017
33 Reflections on retirement P 19 April 2017
34 Surfing the ‘waves of health reform’ in Australia Pol 31 May 2017
35 Drones: workers of the future? P 1 June 2017
36 The challenge for the National Rural Health Commissioner RH 8 June 2017
37 Lines in the Trouser – Introduction and Part One P 12 June 2017
38 Lines in the Trouser – Part Two P 18 June 2017
39 Rural Generalism: One of the best games in town for rural health? RH 20 June 2017
40 A poem for the Winter Solstice P 22 June 2017
41 Lines in the trouser – Part Three P 23 June 2017
42 For Bev Glover P 2 July 2017
43 On politics, paramedics and the Sunburnt Country Pol 30 July 2017
44 ‘Reasonable expectations’ of human services in remote communities RH 3 Aug. 2017
45 “This was the most unkindest cut of all.” (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2)[1] P 14 Aug. 2017
46 Dual citizenship explained – by Duncan Kerr – in 1989!! Pol 1 Sept. 2017
47 Rural people face high, unmeasured and increasing out-of-pocket health care costs RH 29 Oct. 2017
48 Dear Scott, So you want to clearly understand about split infinitives? P 10 Nov. 2017
49 Lawrence’s daffodils P 15 Nov. 2017
50 Marriage equality – a case study in too much democracy Pol 18 Nov. 2017
51 Obstructing the field – Alex Ross is out P 11 Jan. 2018
52 How Green Was My Lily & other terrible Fotopuns F 14 Jan. 2018
53 Much to report – September 2008 P 30 Jan. 2018
54 Two-wheeler Kate: in praise of speech recognition software P 16 Feb. 2018
55 Retiring slowly – Match report for Saturday 20 January 2018 P 19 Feb. 2018
56 Command and control F 13 March 2018
57 Rural and remote gaps in NDIS rollout RH 15 March 2018
58 NRL: a bird in the hand is worth 30% of what’s in the bush P 19 March 2018
59 Just Loving It (Our theatrical holiday in the UK) P 19 May 2018
60 Stalking George Gently P 19 May 2018
61 ANZAC Day in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire P 19 May 2018
62 Paddling his own canoe: for Dane P 24 May 2018 (re-posted)
63 Australia’s health research effort RH 5 June 2018

Cat* = Category: P is Personal; RH Rural health; F Fantasy; Pol Politics; Rem Reminiscence; and PWE People’s wellbeing and the economy.