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    Fresh view from afar

    Aug 11, 2019 4 minutes
    Ken Wilkie

    MY REQUIRED READING for this month is Outback Cop by Neal McShane. The story is set around Birdsville and relates to Neal’s time being the Queensland Police Force’s only representative in the area – a time spanning 10 years.

    I’m particularly impressed by Neal’s acceptance of the fact that heavy vehicle transport driving is a legitimate and valued occupation. Not more important than others but equally as important. I’m also impressed by his attitude to those who make errors of judgement in their choice of decisions as opposed to those who make deliberately bad choices.

    As I said in the July edition of , I share Rod

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