{"id":31734,"date":"2015-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/tim-flannery-sticks-to-his-guns\/"},"modified":"2015-08-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T00:00:00","slug":"tim-flannery-sticks-to-his-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/tim-flannery-sticks-to-his-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Flannery sticks to his guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The former Australian of the Year talks about what it\u2019s like to work in the face of personal attacks.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt does happen to a lot people who rise to prominence and try to change things,\u201d Professor Flannery told FIVEAA Breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing\u2019s as dangerous as trying to change things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you really have to just stick by your guns and stick by that fundamental principle that the world we live in is predicated on a respect for individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when Andrew Bolt slags off at me I don\u2019t slag off at him \u2013 I try to stick to the facts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we all degenerate into that dog fight then the world becomes a very nasty and vicious place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Professor Flannery here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/220910865&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/neil-craig-in-running-for-carlton-role\"> FAMILIAR CROW FACE COULD BE ON HIS WAY TO CARLTON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/one-thing-flight-attendants-wish-you-would-stop-doing\">THE ONE THING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WITH YOU WOULD STOP DOING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Australian of the Year talks about what it\u2019s like to work in the face of personal attacks. \u201cIt does happen to a lot people who rise to prominence and try to change things,\u201d Professor Flannery told FIVEAA Breakfast. \u201cNothing\u2019s as dangerous as trying to change things. \u201cBut you really have to just stick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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