Tim Fischer's Outback Heroes: ...and Communities that Count

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The gap between the city and the bush in Australia has never been greater - and the bush has never had to work harder to meet the challenges of rapidly-changing society. This is a book about the never-say-die spirit of those who live in regional Australia: people and communities who see opportunity and the chance for renewal where others see dust. They're the people Tim Fischer knows best. In his 30 years as a politician, Tim has criss-crossed the country listening to the stories of rural Australians. Here, with Peter Rees, he shows that the "have a go" spirit of the bush means adapting to the challenges of the new century with canny thinking, hard work and a refusal to give up.

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Tim Fischer is the much-loved 'Boy from Boree Creek'. Here he is doing what he does best, talking about people in the non-metropolitan regions in a practical and positive way. Peter Rees is Tim Fischer's biographer and has spent more than two decades in the Canberra Press Gallery reporting national affairs.