A conversation with Tim Winton, recorded in October 2018.   Tim, was featured In the 30th anniversary Issue of the Weekend Australian Magazine . When asked about the most significant development in your life in the last 30 years you said. 

“Between 2000 and 2003 as a reluctant activist for WA’s Ningaloo Reef, I came to see that ordinary people, properly informed and organised, could overcome the massive imbalance between the rights of the citizen and the influence of the corporate sector. In learning that, I also saw how comprehensive the power of corporations is. I was reluctant because any sensible person would be reluctant, it’s a huge investment in time, energy and emotion and there was a sense in the community that “”the fix was in””, that civil process was rigged against the ordinary person. That made me afraid for our future as a society. It became a goad. I had to ask myself, “”If not me, who? And if not now, when? I learnt there’s more than one way to be a patriot. That was my life lesson, I suppose. A patriot doesn’t need a flag and a gun to defend the country.”

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