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Frank Robson is a regular columnist and feature writer with Good Weekend.

‘Maybe we could put 100 crocs in a city park’: A conservation issue gets snappy

‘Maybe we could put 100 crocs in a city park’: A conservation issue gets snappy

Booming saltwater crocodile numbers have led to calls to separate the predators from people – and new dilemmas.

  • by Frank Robson

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Veteran newsman who won a Walkley from ‘God’s waiting room’

Veteran newsman who won a Walkley from ‘God’s waiting room’

Mick Barnes’s award-winning article from his aged-care home was a small masterpiece of careful observation.

  • by Frank Robson
Historic deal struck to help poorer countries pay for climate catastrophes

Historic deal struck to help poorer countries pay for climate catastrophes

Negotiators early on Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution.

  • by Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy and Frank Robson
Legalise pot? It’s high time, says ex-stockbroker Michael. But do others agree?

Legalise pot? It’s high time, says ex-stockbroker Michael. But do others agree?

Medicinal use of cannabis is now legal nationwide. Is it just a matter of time before recreational pot-smoking follows suit?

  • by Frank Robson
‘Here, we do it in secret’: the tricky joy of connecting with local wildlife

‘Here, we do it in secret’: the tricky joy of connecting with local wildlife

Feeding wild birds is not encouraged but many urban dwellers do it anyway, underlining our abiding desire to connect with nature.

  • by Frank Robson
Tracks of our years: the soundtrack to a family ritual

Tracks of our years: the soundtrack to a family ritual

A dreamy 1980s song will forever be linked to an adored island – even as time transforms the long-loved holiday idyll.

  • by Frank Robson
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Vets joke that COVID was organised by dogs who longed for our company. So...now what?

Vets joke that COVID was organised by dogs who longed for our company. So...now what?

For a while there, every day was a Saturday for pets with WFH owners. Now, as we head back to the workplace, how can we help them adjust to the separation?

  • by Frank Robson
Taking the lead: why walking your cat is catching on

Taking the lead: why walking your cat is catching on

One owner at the park said, “I’m trying to balance my own sanity with the cat’s sanity.”

  • by Frank Robson
‘Why are you swearing?’: After decades in the sun, my Anglo skin faces payback time

‘Why are you swearing?’: After decades in the sun, my Anglo skin faces payback time

Looking for proof of a reckless – but oh so joyous – youth spent sans suncream on an Australian beach? Presenting exhibit A: my face.

  • by Frank Robson
The full mounty: dogs giving normal canine play a bad name

The full mounty: dogs giving normal canine play a bad name

Unless your pooch becomes an aggressive or compulsive humper, there’s no need to leap into the fray with interventions.

  • by Frank Robson
Love rat: the moment I warmed to pigeons

Love rat: the moment I warmed to pigeons

Reviled collectively as flying rodents, pigeons’ individual struggles to survive in hostile urban landscapes seem downright heroic.

  • by Frank Robson

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