Love Me, Love My VoteGraham DuncanFebruary 12, 2024 by Graham DuncanFebruary 12, 20240111Pledges of love eternal flourishing on social media are like the vast east coast plains of normally arid Australia, saturated...
Mud Lady Makes Conservation CoolGraham DuncanOctober 11, 2023 by Graham DuncanOctober 11, 20230168She’s Indonesia’s Greta Thunberg minus the environmental activist’s Swedish scowl, replaced instead by a Javanese smile. Interpreting this as an...
The Final Question: Bury or Burn?Graham DuncanSeptember 14, 2023 by Graham DuncanSeptember 14, 20230197Many tourists in Bali will have witnessed “Ngaben”, the open-air Hindu cremations. Those for the rich and famous can be...
What You Hear May Not Be What They SayGraham DuncanJuly 21, 2023 by Graham DuncanJuly 21, 20230318I can’t tell you Bill’s real name but can authenticate he was a high-level Australian executive sent to Indonesia to...
The Searcher Who Cared and SharedGraham DuncanJanuary 20, 2023 by Graham DuncanJanuary 20, 20230329Through special visas, Sandiaga Uno wants to open the wallets of foreign “digital nomads“, Gen Zedders with laptops in their...
Indonesia’s Riches – Too Precious To ExportGraham DuncanNovember 18, 2022November 18, 2022 by Graham DuncanNovember 18, 2022November 18, 20220538To the Europeans and before them the Arabs and Indians, the lure of the archipelago was resources and trade. That’s...
Planning to Live Stress-FreeGraham DuncanJune 1, 2022 by Graham DuncanJune 1, 20220554It seems silly bordering on ridiculous to suggest that the Greek architect Hippodamus of Miletus (498 – 408 BC) influenced...
Maintaining the Melodies of HistoryGraham DuncanMay 29, 2022 by Graham DuncanMay 29, 20220406Malang can mean “hapless” which is unfortunate as the East Java city is green, cool at 444 metres, rich in...
Aged Care ? Better Here than There?Graham DuncanMarch 2, 2022March 2, 2022 by Graham DuncanMarch 2, 2022March 2, 20220789Australian politicians like to parade their nation’s welfare and medical credentials, claiming a world-class government-funded system ensures the disadvantaged get...