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Hamilton Island, a tropical paradise in the Great Barrier Reef, meticulously managed by the billionaire barons of the Oatley family, have declared an unyielding ban on the supposed root of all evil: cold, hard cash.
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Hamilton Island Bans the Root of All Evil: Cold Hard Cash
Is the path to purity paved with plastic cards?
A couple pose on the Voyager boat on the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef in Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, Australia, on July 1, 2009. Eddie Safarik/Tourism Queensland via Getty Images
Nicole James
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Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.
