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There is not much news from Australia. It caused a stir when the decision was made to stop working with the French on a submarine, and instead create a new Australia UK USA alliance to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.
Perhaps someone is knowledgeable about Australia ?
Not much news from Australia???? Then you surely do not watch Tucker Carlson who has a running story on the draconian measures this country has adopted. Freedom is dead in Australia. May it rest in peace.
Australia’s draconian lockdown restrictions must end
In Australia, government policy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has consisted of keeping borders closed and implementing snap lockdowns any time new cases emerge.
Throughout the pandemic, Australia’s government has chosen the path of increasingly severe restrictions to combat COVID-19. However, a year of authoritarian policies such as stay-at-home orders, the closure of workplaces, and the prohibition of most leisure activities have not only failed to reduce the infection rate but have also taken their toll on the continued cooperation of a weary population.
In spite of these efforts and despite being largely cut off from the rest of the world, the infection rate has risen across Australia over the past two months.
While restrictions on public gatherings vary between states, much of Australia’s population has seen its freedom of assembly suspended for as long as their government sees it necessary. In Sydney, individuals now face on-the-spot fines of up to $3,700 (A$5,000) for not complying with stay-at-home orders, up from A$1,000 previously.
As such, despite an effective ban on protests, an increasing number of Australians have taken to the streets to voice their opposition to draconian lockdown restrictions. Sadly, rather than upholding the right to protest, a crucial component of a free society, the authorities’ response has been one of further escalating repression.
The recent surge in protests is understandable in the context of the severity of Australia’s lockdown restrictions. At this point, it should go without saying that stay-at-home orders, particularly over any prolonged period of time, carry disastrous economic and social costs which can far outweigh the benefits.
In Australia, due to extremely strict travel restrictions, many people have been unable to reunite with loved ones abroad for the duration of the pandemic. However, Australia’s most recent period of lockdown provides some particularly poignant examples of the costs of lockdown restrictions.
For instance, it is illegal to travel into locked-down regions under any circumstances, even to attend a funeral. This is enforced through the numerous police checkpoints across the country, and authorities pledging to take a “no-nonsense approach” to dissent.
Furthermore, a particularly disturbing story recently emerged whereby authorities shot dead several dogs in an animal shelter in order to prevent volunteers from leaving home to care for them.
Even in those parts of Australia where people are still allowed outside, restrictions have wandered into the realm of the absurd. For example, in a rant about people using outdoor pop-up bars for “pub crawls,” Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews asserted that patrons are banned from removing their masks to drink.
When months of draconian lockdown restrictions have not proven effective at eliminating the spread of the virus, we must wonder at what point will governments understand the unsustainability of policies based on constant social and economic disruption and realize that a different approach to the pandemic is needed. One that encourages individual responsibility around risk mitigation instead of indefinite periods of house arrest.
The people of Australia must have the right to go out and earn a living.
