Editorial

Derek Barry
Updated July 27 2016 - 9:45am, first published 9:03am
The city of Mount Isa: Not exactly near Sydney.
The city of Mount Isa: Not exactly near Sydney.

People in the big eastern cities may take it for granted, but as those of us who live and work in the bush know: distance matters.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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