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    James Boyce
    is the author of the multi-award-winning book 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia.

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    Opinion November 21, 2020

    Colonisation and disease

    “As a remarkable year nears its end, it seems a once-in-a-century opportunity to reflect on the most traumatic event in modern Australian history has been squandered. In 2020, Australians have become more conversant with the ravages of the Spanish flu …”

    Opinion June 22, 2019

    Government services and religious freedom

    “It is a peculiar fact that during the same period the number of practising Christians went into sharp decline, the church grew to be larger than it has ever been. Proportionally fewer Australians now attend worship than at any other time in history, and …”

    Opinion September 05, 2020

    The case for a death tax

    “The reason Australia doesn’t have a death tax – when almost every other developed nation does – can be traced back 40 years to a fear that old people would move to the Gold Coast to avoid paying one. On such absurd grounds, Australia has forfeited …”



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