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James Boyce

@jamesboycebooks.bsky.social
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Writer and Historian. Books include Van Diemen’s Land , 1835 , Born Bad and Imperial Mud

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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban. If only Australian media would show such solidarity over One Nation media bans
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The response to Trumps media ban presents a sad contrast between the US and Australian media . Since Hanson kicked out the ABC and Guardian, there has been less outrage by other journalists than is now being expressed on Fox News
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Supporting immigration only because it ensures highly skilled people migrate to Australia from countries that usually need their skills more than we do, is hardly more progressive than the arguments of the anti immigration right
theguardian.com
Labor premiers join business groups in warning Albanese government over immigration cuts
Federal Labor is poised to announce a migration crackdown despite fears slashing visa numbers could damage economy
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As services are slashed & our state slides towards insolvency, Tasmanians will be reassured that thanks to a massive tax cut given to their casino pokies business, the Sydney siblings who fully own the Federal Group & fund local Lib & Lab parties increased their turnover to half a billion last year
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
No more play school for the poor under Hanson’s subscription model for the ABC . How will that help build one nation?
abc.net.au
Join us to celebrate Play School turning 60! - ABC Hobart
This year, Play School is celebrating 60 years on air and we are inviting those also turning 60, and their families, to come and join Lucy Breaden for a very special edition of the 936 ABC Hobart Driv...
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As an independent historian who has had decades of work stolen by billionaire tech bros, the PMs in principle support feels meaningless. He calls it theft but won’t help prosecute the crime. Why not give the Copyright Agency powers like ASIC to investigate and launch legal action. THEN negotiate .
abc.net.au
Albanese rolls out rule book and red carpet for AI companies
If Australia is truly going to coax major AI companies to choose us rather than the other suitor nations with similar ambitions, some tough decisions need to be made soon.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A reality check for Australians. This fella legitimating a war criminal, at the behest of the foreign government he takes instructions from, is also King of Australia and our head of state. It’s so bizarre
nytimes.com
At a Moment of Chaos in Trump’s Washington, the Royals Come to Town
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Finally a serious IDF investigation. Against violence to a statue. Makes sense. Clearly most American evangelicals ARE more concerned about what is done to dead stone than living innocents.
theguardian.com
Israeli army to launch criminal investigation after soldier strikes Jesus statue in Lebanon
Netanyahu says ‘harsh disciplinary action’ will be taken after IDF confirms sledgehammer photo is authentic
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
While global food security relies on ammonia fertiliser made with fossil fuels, it’s now clear there is no global food security at all.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Will evangelical news outlets and trump’ pastor apologists like Franklin Graham have the courage to quote their deranged hero’s fuckin’ crudities?
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What a strange world we live in when a war criminal “drill baby drill” narcissist looks like doing more to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels than Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act or possibly even the Paris Climate Agreement
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Well overdue to remove all commemoration of Errol Flynn from public places in Hobart. It’s been known for decades the man was a paedophile
abc.net.au
Slavery and sex trafficking: uncovering the secrets of Australia's first Hollywood icon - ABC listen
Much has been written about Errol Flynn, whose extraordinary life took him from Hobart, to Papua New Guinea, to Hollywood's Golden Age where he became an icon of the screen. But drawing from new sourc...
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“the IDF has been forced to admit it edited a photo of (murdered journalist) Shoeib to show him in a military uniform.” Matthew Doran ABC Middle East Correspondent
abc.net.au
Israel edited photo of journalist killed in strike, and what else you should know
The Israel Defense Forces has been forced to admit it edited a photo of Ali Shoeib to show him in a military uniform.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Lest we forget …
theguardian.com
Exhausted Palestinians struggle to put lives back together as world’s gaze fixes on Iran
Five months after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, airstrikes are still killing civilians and the humanitarian situation remains dire
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
After Turning Away Refugees, Trump Presses to Protect Iranian Soccer Team www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
nytimes.com
After Turning Away Refugees, Trump Presses to Protect Iranian Soccer Team
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
While cruelty has always been the point of Trump's whole Administration, nothing highlights that more than dropping a nearly blind elderly man 5 miles from nowhere in freezing weather so that he die alone, afraid, and abandoned. This is Trump's America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Nearly blind refugee abandoned by US border patrol found dead in Buffalo
Investigation under way after man was dropped off five miles from home but family wasn’t notified, officials say
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Perhaps the Israeli President could be asked about the crimes of these settler soldier units of the IDF while he Australia?
theguardian.com
Settler-only IDF units functioning as ‘vigilante militias’ in West Bank
Exclusive: ‘Regional defence’ settler units are escalating violent displacement of Palestinians, Israeli reservists and activists say
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Inviting the Israeli President to visit Australia as a supposed act of solidarity with Jewish Australians directly conflates people of the Jewish faith with the Israeli state. This is exactly the conflation everyone fighting anti semitism is trying to overcome.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Another forgotten story from the past week …
theguardian.com
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Small but serious question . Did Tony Abbott use the staff and resources provided to him as an ex PM to help write his best selling history of Australia for which he is now receiving large royalties? And would he consider repaying taxpayer monies to help unfunded writers & historians?
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Tasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If four million pigs or chooks died on farms in a year, questions would be asked. Last year's death toll of Tas #salmon sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare law, to avoid 2025 mortality rates becoming the "new normal". #politas #auspol tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
More than four million salmon died at Tasmanian fish farms in 2025, government data reveals @bobburtonoz.bsky.social for @tasinquirer.bsky.social tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
More than 4 million salmon died at Tasmanian fish farms in 2025, Tasmanian government data reveals
At least four million salmon died at Tasmanian fish farms in 2025, with new Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) data suggesting about 500,000 fish died in November and December as ocean temperatu...
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Interesting stats from OECD report on Israel. Exports falling. Economy being held up by big increase in govt spending which can’t be sustained. Not only can ordinary folk supporting the boycott help stop the genocide. Based on the international political reality, right now its probably all that can
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
“in light of serious and credible criminal allegations of incitement to genocide and advocating genocide” by President Isaac Herzog during Israel’s “military onslaught” in Gaza
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Lib/Lab/gambling barons partnership will soon celebrate its 60th birthday in Tasmania . Australia’s first legal casino in Hobart began the rot that turned Australians into the biggest losers in the world. Poorest state in nation, massive state debt, but Lib/Lab looks after the gangsters still
abc.net.au
Tasmania to introduce new gambling reforms, including mandatory facial recognition
The Tasmanian government has announced a suite of new harm minimisation measures to be implemented across hotels, clubs, and casinos, aiming to "reduce red tape and regulation".
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Come on @albomp.bsky.social . Old mate is mad. It’s time. Break up now
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
One murdered boy was out collecting firewood for his mother so she was able to cook for her homeless family. When I pause to remember the victims of hate on our shores, I will also light a candle for this family today X
theguardian.com
Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Reporters had been in car on way to new camp, says media group, as two 13-year-old boys killed in separate incidents
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Am I missing something? Surely what the Israeli President has said about the Palestinians is the very definition of ‘hate speech’ and violent extremism under the legislation going through parliament today?
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago”. The President of the United States challenges the legitimacy of the European colonial project since Columbus
theguardian.com
Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
There is so much ignorance on Zionism after decades of well funded propaganda that I suspect the Premier really didn’t now that many Jewish people are not Zionists and the majority of Zionists are not Jews.
abc.net.au
Author's lawyer serves second concerns notice to SA premier
Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah says her lawyer has served a second concerns notice for defamation on South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Morrison believes the restoration of biblical Israel, ie including the West Bank, is foretold in the Book of Revelation and will prefigure the return of Christ when almost all Jews, like the rest of us, will die. To give such offensive nonsense special protection in Australian law is totally bizarre
michaelwest.com.au
"Ambassadors of Truth": Scott Morrison to speak in Israel as Gazans keep dying - Michael West
Former PM Scott Morrison is a keynote speaker at a controversial Israeli government-sponsored antisemitism conference later this month.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
McKenzie is not an unusual Zionist but a typical one. Many Jewish people are not Zionists. Some Israelis are not either. The most influential global supporters of this political movement are actually right wing evangelical Christians who bizarrely associate Zionism with the imminent return of Christ
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It is extraordinary how similar the arguments used to defend the slave trade in the British Parliament in 1800 were to those who are defending the coal trade in the Australian parliament now. If not us, others will fill the void & be worse; need a gradual transition, regulation best option etc etc
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ever since I learnt Clara Ford, Henry’s wife, preferred electric cars because they were quieter & cleaner, the current EV ‘revolution’ has looked less revolutionary. The model T didn’t triumph because it was a better car but because of the power of the petrol lobby. Whats changed?
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We've just lived through the three hottest years ever recorded. The climate emergency has arrived. It’s coming for everything we hold dear.
smh.com.au
The past three years were the world’s hottest on record
The world is likely to miss the Paris Agreement goals to limit global heating to between 1.5 and 2 degrees above the pre-industrial average, making climate adaptation and “net negative” policies incre...
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
If the pro Israel lobby in Australia could at least condemn the criminal and accelerating state supported ethnic cleansing of the West Bank, it might become possible to take seriously their claim that Zionism does not necessarily mean support for genocide and apartheid.
theguardian.com
‘The settlers brought the violence’: the ethnic cleansing of a West Bank village
Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja is a community of about 135 families – and the only one remaining in this part of the Jordan valley
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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All art is politics: acclaimed Australian artist Mike Parr's controversial performance
All art is politics: Acclaimed Australian artist Mike Parr's controversial performance.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Until very recently, it was unimaginable that American evangelicals would not oppose the porn industry. Their abandonment of a centuries long social agenda, which for all its many limitations, confronted big money running the alcohol, gambling & sex industries, is now complete
theguardian.com
Elon Musk says UK wants to suppress free speech as X faces possible ban
Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consent
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
One of the many problems of having marketing men and corporate executives run arts festivals is they assume human beings are always motivated by self interest. It’s unimaginable to them that writers could sacrifice their own interests for the common good.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Meanwhile ….
theguardian.com
At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, including five children, civil defence agency says
Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effect
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The media focus must be on the best known names but please support also lesser known & unwaged writers who have often laboured years on a book for little financial reward and for whom, festivals are a rare opportunity for promotion. In a boycott, these authors make the biggest sacrifice.
abc.net.au
Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Apartheid in the Holy Land. If the late great Desmond Tutu was alive today, his support for non violent direct action to end apartheid in Israel would likely see him barred from the US and being labelled a terrorist under UK law. And there would certainly be no more truth telling trips to Palestine
theguardian.com
Apartheid in the Holy Land
Desmond Tutu: In our struggle against apartheid, the great supporters were Jewish people.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A must read on the Palestine Action hunger strikers. How can this be happening in the UK? Under a Labour Government . Given the UN findings, surely past time for the few remaining countries in the world with respect for international law to speak up
theguardian.com
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
6 January. Insurrection Day AND Epiphany which marks the end of Christmas. On this day Christians remember three wise leaders paying homage to a vulnerable baby who a narcissistic King wanted dead.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Its Time for the Australian Labor Government to remember that the ‘rules based international order’ to which it says national security and prosperity rely, has, by definition, one set of rules for all. And if America, can’t accept that, end AUKUS now.
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
A Royal Commission could helpfully confirm what we already know. ALL those who confuse criticism of the state of Israel with criticism of Jewish people, be they Islamic extremists, Zionist lobby groups, Jillian Segal, News Ltd editors or the Israeli PM, are pouring fuel on the fire of antisemitism.
theguardian.com
Business leaders and Catholic bishops join call for royal commission after Bondi attack
Signatories to open letter include former Reserve Bank of Australia governors Philip Lowe and Glenn Stevens and billionaire James Packer
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
“The response to the Bondi massacre has been seriously strange.” Essential writing from one of Australia’s great thinkers:
robertmanne.substack.com
Don't Mention The War
After Bondi
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James Boyce @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
theguardian.com
Grief, fear and fury: the Israeli and Palestinian mothers still standing united against bloodshed
Israeli movement Women Wage Peace and Palestinian group Women of the Sun held a mass rally in October 2023. Three days later a Hamas attack triggered war – leaving the women more determined than ever
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