Covid 19 -

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Travel restrictions, having to have certain reasons for being outside of your home, people dobbing each other in and restrictions on business - you can certainly draw parallels.

You could, but it's to keep people safe and we have to cater to lowest dumb ****s in the country.

The measures aren't permanent mate. We just have to make it through and get on with it when it is done.

Jeez imagine if we were in an actual war right now. A few people can't just chill out at home

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

You could, but it's to keep people safe and we have to cater to lowest dumb ****s in the country.

The measures aren't permanent mate. We just have to make it through and get on with it when it is done.

Jeez imagine if we were in an actual war right now. A few people can't just chill out at home

I'm suspect on how or when the legislation will be rolled back, it's easy to implement but it's an uphill battle to roll back.

It's the same as some of the ridiculous anti terrorism legislation that was implemented here which gives police wide reaching powers.

It's very authoritarian, see below from December 2019 when we were assessed as our democracy reducing from open to narrowed status:

Campaigns Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, Tom Clarke, said the negative assessment sadly reflected the clear trend of Australian governments chipping away at our rights and freedoms.

“Restricting free-speech, prosecuting whistle-blowers, intimidating journalists for publishing articles about government wrong-doing, cracking down on peaceful protests about the climate crisis - all of these restrictive policies add up. We need to draw a line in the sand and say ‘enough’,” said Mr Clarke.

https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2019/12...s-and-freedoms