The management of Covid by the Australian authorities has shown that the emergence of tyranny, with its suppression of free speech, is never far removed from reality. The horrendous violations of people’s rights during the pandemic have revealed the existence of an invidious trend of authoritarianism in Australia.
A good example of this trend is the sponsoring by both major parties of a proposed law that, if implemented, will dramatically curtail freedom of speech in Australia.
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