G'day Conor,
I'm interested that the article in the Green Left Weekly referred to your interest in working with pig hunters rather than looking at the damage caused by feral pigs. Were you misquoted in the story? I ask because as a culture, hunters in general and pig hunters in particular have had a lot of grief from the politically Green. What are your links with the publication?
I'm not saying anything you've said is disingenuous but a skeptic might read it as a sales job to have us drop our guard and expose ourselves to ridicule or attack. We have seen one example of fairness from the Green media, a recent interview with Green Lifestyle Magazine. They acted professionally and reported accurately, from all sides.
However, professionalism and fairness has been in short supply in many of our past relationships with people offering us respect.
So, why should we trust you?
Where did you grow up? Every chance if you grew up rural as you say, someone on here will know your family and vouch for you.
Name a few people in the media who might recommend you. You might be surprised ho some of us grew up with or worked with. as you'd know from a rural background, personal; recommendations count for a lot.
So, fire away...