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Travel that challenges the mind: The Southern Highlands of NSW
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How to make life more interesting: Being a ‘deliberate visitor’
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How to make life more interesting: Being a ‘deliberate visitor’

How to make life more interesting: Being a ‘deliberate visitor’

‘Wherever you go, there’s always interesting things to see and interesting people to talk to’, says Bill Richmond, one of...
Darwin… could it be our last frontier?
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Darwin… could it be our last frontier?

Darwin… could it be our last frontier?

Visit Darwin in late June and all you seem to see are advertisements for ‘Fireworks’ for sale. It brought back...
What is so special about Orange?
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What is so special about Orange?

What is so special about Orange?

What makes a place special? The city of Orange and the Central Tablelands of New South Wales have become one...
A visit to our near-neighbour – Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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A visit to our near-neighbour – Timor-Leste (East Timor)

A visit to our near-neighbour – Timor-Leste (East Timor)

In the first week of July, Bill Richmond took a small group of people on a MindVentures visit to Timor-Leste....
What is so special about Orange?

What is so special about Orange?

What is so special about Orange?

What is so special about this rural country town in the middle of central-western New South Wales? Bill will tell you!
Is Australia a completely divided nation
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Is Australia a completely divided nation

Is Australia a completely divided nation

Australia seems like a united country, but we allow so many trivial things to completely divide us... Is it right? Share your thoughts today...
Are you a contrarian or just the odd one out?
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Are you a contrarian or just the odd one out?

Are you a contrarian or just the odd one out?

Do you think you are a contrarian and the odd one out? Perhaps you have turned into one as you've gotten older and you've become wiser?
The pension and the retirement age…
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The pension and the retirement age…

The pension and the retirement age…

The pension increase will see many over 60s retire later, but what about those who cannot continue working? What is the best way forward?
Lets talk about climate change policy
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Lets talk about climate change policy

Lets talk about climate change policy

The subject of climate change, and in particular the carbon tax that was introduced in Australia to counter it is...

About Bill Richmond

Bill Richmond retired after a career as an academic economist at the University of Queensland though he continues to do some teaching in the fields of economic history and economic policy. He has recently been part of a team writing an Australian edition of an introductory Principles of Economics textbook originally co-authored by Nobel Prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz. Bill maintains an interest in a wide variety of economic and social issues and is keen to encourage people, young and old, to articulate the philosophical basis of their views. He is currently a Director of MindVentures, an organisation that offers informal education/holiday programs in different formats to mature age people. The address of the MindVentures website is www.mindventures.com.au.