We'll be more reliant on the virtual world to form communities, share news and do business with like-minded people around the globe. IN A CRAMPED TRACTOR cab in Victoria, just after the sun has risen enough to shake off the pre-dawn grey, a 63-year-old station manager is tweeting about the heavy rain overnight. In NSW, a fourth-generation cattleman sympathises as he checks his fences; it's been a tough winter. From her home in Ayr, in northern Queensland, Alison Fairleigh follows the interaction with interest. She has been working towards this online community since 2008, when the suicides of three men from her community derailed her teaching career.
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