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Foundations laid in 1788

27 January 2018

9:00 AM

27 January 2018

9:00 AM

Amanda Vanstone recently chose to reveal that neither she, nor indeed, anyone she knew, would be celebrating the arrival of the First Fleet.

Invited to give the Australia Day speech in Melbourne, I could not help but suggest that, dressed in black with a mantilla, Ms Vanstone proceed to one of Melbourne‘s great cathedrals.

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