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Rob Manning
forever grateful recipient & Passionate
organ & tissue donation & transplant awareness advocate



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MOTHERS DAY WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL
A SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY message for all the Donor Mums who are missing a loved one who became a Donor Hero - So many people are forever...
Robert Manning
May 14, 20231 min read
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Can Australia still be blaming COVID when the numbers started declining in 2019?
Australia's Organ and Tissue experts continue to blame COVID for decline in Donation and #nextofkinconsent while USA and other countries...
Robert Manning
May 11, 20231 min read
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COVID pandemic has finished- why haven’t trend’s improved?
The Pandemic is over and despite millions of dollars spent by the Australian government on ad campaigns to drive intent registration and...
Robert Manning
May 7, 20231 min read
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Promises Kept
Today is a good day! I hit my Sleep Goal and kept a promise made 12 months ago- I am a forever grateful recipient and a passionate Organ...
Robert Manning
May 5, 20231 min read
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Action is needed.
Something needs to change very soon or more people are going to die! Despite millions spent on Ad campaigns and sporting events...
Robert Manning
May 4, 20231 min read
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Was it worth it?
Question for the Ministers Almost a fortnight on from the closing of the games and With around 161 Adult Transplant recipients from...
Robert Manning
May 4, 20231 min read
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Time to act!
As clinicians and invited government representatives meet in Melbourne to discuss initiatives to improve Australia’s declining...
Robert Manning
May 2, 20231 min read
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What motivates Transplant Recipients?
Every organ recipient, I have ever met, has a desire to lead a healthy life in honour of their donor. Each morning we know how lucky we...
Robert Manning
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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Why don’t we honour real Heroes?
On ANZAC DAY, take the time to reflect on what heroism is. Saving the lives of others selflessly is one definition. This year the head of...
Robert Manning
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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Australia, our money can be better spent! 🇦🇺💰💰
Australia, our money can be better spent! 🇦🇺💰💰 Last week, I had an amazing experience participating in a MULTI MILLION DOLLAR,...
Robert Manning
Apr 24, 20232 min read
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Questions some will not want asked and others will avoid answering.
As the sun sets on the Olympic sanctioned World Transplant Games, the questions need to be asked again. Did the Australian Federal...
Robert Manning
Apr 22, 20232 min read
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Our way or no way!
When did over 2000 Aussies registering to be organ donors and over 50,000 people visiting Donatelife to check their organ donation intent...
Robert Manning
Apr 22, 20231 min read
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The cost of Sports Carnivals to raise awareness for Organ and Tissue Donation.
What have I learned at the World Transplant Games? #priceless I have learned that some people have been on extraordinary journeys of...
Robert Manning
Apr 21, 20232 min read
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Let the games begin
The World Transplant Games, an Olympic sanctioned event, is a $4m advertisement for Organ and Tissue Donation and it starts today. It...
Robert Manning
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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SLIDING DOORS MOMENT
read more One minute your loving life, the next your life hangs in the balance. It only takes 1 minute to register to be an organ donor...
Robert Manning
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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Australia v USA
I’m no statistician but - Based on Australia’s population - 26,000,000 v USAs population 330,000,000 - Australia would need to have...
Robert Manning
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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Is this really the key message taxpayers want for a $1.6m Federal Government Investment?
I was pretty excited to see some mainstream media coverage about the single biggest investment by the Australian Federal government into...
Robert Manning
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Donors should be honoured not just thanked!
There are a lot of reasons Australia has a donation rate less than half that of the USA. (17 dpmp v 40 dpmp) In Australia, we shy away...
Robert Manning
Apr 8, 20231 min read
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What did you want to be when you grew up?
Many of us have registered our intention to be organ and tissue donors and promote the idea of gifting life to others should we meet with...
Robert Manning
Apr 2, 20232 min read
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Australia’s Next Donor Family, could be yours!
Could one of these families be Australia’s next DONOR FAMILY or could it be yours ? Ask yourself - do you want to be a Donor Family? -...
Robert Manning
Apr 1, 20231 min read
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