Australia is no longer considered a freedom loving country | Australia Censored

In this episode of Australia Censored, award-winning journalist and Washington DC correspondent for The Australian newspaper, Adam Creighton, talks with Institute of Public Affairs Director of Law and Policy, John Storey, on why Australia has lost its reputation as a freedom loving country.
John and Adam discuss the recent decision by Australia's eSafety Commissioner to seek to censor footage of a knife attack of a bishop in a Sydney church, the Murphy v Missouri United States’ Supreme Court case focused on the First Amendment, and the debate over the whether there are benefits of a constitutionally enshrined bill of rights.
Australia Censored is a series which brings together leading thinkers to discuss the federal government’s proposed new internet censorship laws, the importance of freedom of speech, and how the political class and elites are trying to silence mainstream opinion online.
The solution to misinformation is free speech, not unelected and unaccountable bureaucracies with vague powers which grant them the ability to determine what Australians should and should not be able to say, see and think.
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[@Scott.Silburn]

I was deeply shocked and horrified by the Australian covid response and the appallingly violent police behaviour... It changed my view of Australia dramatically...

[@trulyso734]

The Paranoia was more real than the p%%demonic. Suddenly there wasnt any fresh air anymore according to TheScience so Beaches and Playgrounds were too dangerous it seems. It did my head in and Im still not sure Im alright

[@Eeyeore360]

Same and I'm from here, I'd rather spit on my home state than live in it. Victoria fell a while ago.

[@Aussie-ff8pc]

Same, really showed how the old Australia is gone

[@Eeyeore360]

And Daniel Andrews received the kings birthday honors for service to Victoria and public health. What a joke, he's a monster.

[@PP-vf1kx]

@@Eeyeore360…🤔 think of it these way…if he just let people go their way without restrictions and people start to drop off, who would be blamed? And remember covid was a totally new thing!

[@codeblue9004]

I left Australia in 2008, since Covid Australia has becomd more draconian. It’s not the fun, carefree country it used to be. Sad.

[@candacehill1532]

Canada the same run by globalist

[@codeblue9004]

What the hell does a country need an E-Safety Commissioner for? How absurd!

[@rodpettet2819]

To protect the politicians and bureaucrats of course.

[@Lupi33z]

I think she was sent here by a US agency to bypass the US constitution by utilizing Australia to regulate online content on global platforms by challenging them to comply with Australian law. Much like the CIA used to use foreign press to publish propaganda which was targeting US citizens but couldn't be printed back home due to the Smith-Mundt Act, which has since been repealed.

[@opinion8ed]

All the better to control you, my dear.

[@sandyfoot]

It’s even worse than that. Now Victoria has a ‘Mens Behaviour Change’ Secretary. Get out while you still can boys! MeToo on steroids about to start.

[@petercaldwell4688]

Well if we have ro have an E-Safety Commissioner there power shood only be to demand graphic warning labels

[@Freedom-2BME]

In the NT vaxx was mandated, I lost my job, lost friends, possibly my home… I feel like leaving the country !!

[@purebloodnordicroamer7955]

They were not friends.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

Yes that Michael Gunner was so aggressively pro vax,probably the most arrogant politician I've ever heard,and I've seen a few

[@godisourfather9376]

​@@Jack-r2v9bgunner is a psychopath.

[@Kelly-wf5ie]

Mandates are not law + where was the list of contents of that 💉 There wasn’t ANY !!

[@Freedom-2BME]

@@purebloodnordicroamer7955even though I had few friends who didn’t get vax, I still tended to do everything on my own

[@FairladyS130]

Australia's problem is that we don't have a Bill of Rights so we rely solely on the elected government to respect the people and to not infringe on their rights.

[@wadedawson3894]

2 Right ! The Constituition is Basic , and is'nt Protected like the Amendments of America's is . The Bill of Rights Covers the Amendments . Even tho... I do believe the Amendments and Bill of Rights , and the Aus Constituition are Outdated , and many LAWS Do Not Apply anymore , as that was in the Times of Colonialism . And New Laws involving Zombies , Meth , Ice , Crack , Injections etc , need 2 b discussed in conversation about these ideas . And that the 'Divine Spark' can b destroyed . And Thes 'Zombies' cannot b Covered by the Laws that protect them , but have by there 'Own Free Will' , 'Forfeited' them ...

[@johnkauppi7078]

Our politicians will never allow us a Bill of Rights as it restricts their power. Over us.

[@daniangoodman-jones3931]

America has a bill of rights. It's not all its cracked up to be. ​@@johnkauppi7078

[@grizzz6884]

it is not the government that is the problem . it is people who want some one to rule them

[@FreeAsABirdSydneyAustralia]

@@grizzz6884how so? Australian people had a choice did they ?

[@EVELYN-c6g]

An ex intelligence officer said in astonishment what happened to the larrikins and strong Australians he couldn't believe how Aussies complied to tyranny

[@amraceway]

Have done since 1788.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

Not everyone but definitely around 95% complied,imagine the diggers facing machine gun fire hearing about us being locked down because someone got a runny nose

[@amraceway]

@@Jack-r2v9b Only two states were locked down.

[@susannahvarietyvideos5660]

@@amraceway Where did you get the information that only two states are locked down?

[@amraceway]

@@susannahvarietyvideos5660 Well there were no lockdowns in the NT, Tas,SA,WA, or QLD. I live in SA.

[@seratbushcraft6979]

We now live in a authoritarian country if you think anything is ignorance

[@leonharrison800]

More far Right bullshit!!!!

[@robertfitchett-o6n]

@@leonharrison800Far Right? Grow up.

[@grannyannie2948]

According to the left I vote far right.

[@leonharrison800]

@grannyannie2948 ALP is Conservative!! Only Greens matter!!!!

[@leonharrison800]

@user-do5ft8rr6s Leave politics to the adults. You know nought. 🤮

[@Billydevito]

Australians have TWO options next election. Same old, same old Labor-Greens / Liberal-Nationals OR, stop the INSANITY and vote ONE Nation. Stand up for yourself OR bend over and let the usual corrupt politicians have their way with your future. 👍

[@zoek1133]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tonyyoung4786]

@@zoek1133Your memes tell me that you voted for one of major parties. I would hope at least you believe in liberty and free speech.

[@marylou3995]

I don’t have the conference I Pauline, i used to have -I think she To is brought! I’m looking at other parties, but not many, who we need is a real man- Ben- Roberts Smith- look how they (behind it WEF). executed-

[@notsofatmike1]

Mate, One Nation would need to run a candidate in every lower house seat AND win the majority of those seats. They won't do this.

[@DonCamua]

There is no more FREE Press but paid Press

[@ductritran8637]

Over 45 years ago I was a refugees from Vietnam escape the communist and arrived in Australia a free country . Today Australia is a Vietnam 45 years ago that I escape . If they take away peoples saving / wealth , this country is the same as any communist country like Vietnam or China . NO such thing is human right in Australia nor democracy but replace by totalitarian authoritarian regime . No such thing is freedom of speech but censorship across the whole media and control by polices , you never know what you post on social media may lead to police knocking your door and arrested then jail and facing court for a crime of speaking your mind . Shame on You AUSTRALIA .

[@Jonathan-Sund]

Many Americans are emigrating to Vietnam to take advantage of the cheap housing, cheap cost of living and free healthcare, maybe you should go back

[@CUGS2009]

Look at the way honest Australians are treated at the border by Border Force when returning from overseas. You are treated now like a criminal.

[@johnyrevenge6356]

@@CUGS2009Big Thankyou to Peter Dutton for that one.

[@CUGS2009]

@@johnyrevenge6356 Not sure it has to do with politics. It has to do with a culture nurtured by senior management of Border Force although Dutton certainly did turn Customs into a paramilitary force in Border Force - that is true. But both sides of politics are to blame. The Labor govt is not doing anything to change the culture I can tell you.

[@helenkentwell5042]

You are right . I had better keep my mouth shut.

[@janedavies703]

What a brilliant conversation

[@helsbels2582]

Daniel Andrews destroys Victoria then leaves. And Trump is on trial.

[@jorgeserra547]

YES, TRUMP IS ON TRIAL BECAUSE HE'S A CRIMINAL, WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH AUSTRALIA???? WAKE UP!!!!!

[@theseustoo]

And they give him the top honour on the King's birthday honours list! (Though people are DEMANDING that this be removed now! I hope it is, too... I will NEVER call him 'Sir'! Cur, maybe...)

[@ronRogers0001]

A very clever piece of legislation that Australia, and other Western democracies slipped in under the radar with the pretext of 'keeping you safe'. The public of course were kept in the dark, the legislators went forth blindly and opposing political parties only too happy to play along with the power grab that would come when the emergency provisions were enacted at the whim of an unelected bureaucrat. It was a free country when convicts were dropped here, now it is a true penal colony, and the Aboriginal activists have yet to realize their in the same boat as the white and the rest of the multi-colored folk.

[@sammyd7857]

So I guess you like to ACT the part

[@ronRogers0001]

@@sammyd7857 Yes comrade.

[@Anna-yi7vu]

Never in a million years would I have thought that I would lose my job over the crazy mandates!! Will never forgive or forget!! I'm disgusted in this country!!

[@1234carolynb]

The worst part of the mandates was that Fauci and the TGA knew in Jan 2021 that the jabs didn't stop transmission. The mandates were not to stop transmission, they were a means to control conformists and demoralize, punish and undermine radicals. Ultimately the pandemic was a lesson in three things: 1) a crisis declaration allows government to inflict harm without recourse 2) citizens have no real rights 3) fear can convince at least 70% of people to not only roll over, but to call for the punishment for those who refuse to

[@gp6977]

Your not alone on that

[@TomKefford]

Its not the country its the puppets !!

[@juliemanley6570]

You are alive, not dead from covid. Get over it

[@FindAReason-mi7go]

If you did not have a lot of money, then Australia never was a freedom loving country. Everyone had some kind of chains.

[@Elevenated]

We need to stop being sheep and its good to see some Australian content on youtube, thanks John.

[@candacehill1532]

Resistance

[@chrisruss9861]

Adam provides the most succinct intellectually researched stories of all contributors to The Australian. I tend to keep clippings of his contributions as a reread is always worthwhile. His efforts are much appreciated.

[@rodmunch1012]

To this day The Canadian Federal Senate has never voted on the authorisation of the invocation of The Emergencies Act. This was a key requirement that was just simply desecrated by the Trudeau government. Yet at the 5 - 6 week long Emergencies Act Inquiry (not a royal commission) about 5 months after the event. The person overseeing this inquiry, Justice Paul Rouleau who as it happens was appointed by The Prime Minister to oversee and provide judgement, concluded that the invocation of The Act was justified. Canada's laws and constitution are close enough to ours here in Australia for me to understand that it would be delusional on my part to not think that cannot happen here too.

[@grannyannie2948]

It's already worse here because of our voting laws. And our immigration policies. If I say much more it disappears.

[@grannyannie2948]

Immigration+democracy? Who rules?

[@sisiphas]

The image of Australians as projected internationally was always a fantasy. I came here in the early 80s and was surprised at how rule - abiding it was, and how over- governed it was…. and remains

[@Kawasaki1-m4l]

Talk will get us nowhere with our controlling government. Their way or the highway.

[@candacehill1532]

Need a resistance

[@hemlock527]

Any chance the transformation of the cultural mix of the country over the past few decades has a part in the change in Australian's attitude towards authoritarianism?

[@raymondparnell439]

That's the point

[@trulyso734]

@@raymondparnell439 not the full/real story

[@RNWFoster]

Antiwhitism justifies the erasure of our western norms and rights and thus destroys our collective wellbeing.

[@barraabus]

We came to Australia to help build a country.. Little did we know that Australia had no intention of helping us.

[@paulwary]

How would any right-thinking Australian ever get the impression that they have a right to know what is happening in Australia?

[@FindAReason-mi7go]

Australia has become like the Antipodean Argentina, or Brazil in the minds of many Europeans. It is a commodities economy, very few prestige products, no really respected manufacturing. Very much a beta nation with social problems that are not so easily covered up anymore. There is no "Australian" type anymore, just different diverse minions procured for the economic agenda of the ruling domestic and foreign class. But that is nothing new because Australia is based on the old British Empire values. Britain ruled the world, but only a very small British elite experienced the benefits, the vast majority of British people lived in misery. Now people live in a diverse soul depleting machine. They try and make things like trans acceptable, but gender dysphoria is just another form of dysphoria as people try to find meaning in a world where there is none for the lower classes. And who wants to subject children to that environment? The capitalist aristocracy are causing even nations like China and Japan to no longer reproduce even at replacement numbers.

[@muzzsteam2869]

mate.. you are thinking way too much.. you need to sink a few tinnies while watching the state of origin in the "she'll be right mate" slowly boiling soup.

[@ajohnson7767]

What has to be understood, is that our political elites do not represent what the politically aware mass majority of the population thinks or is afraid of! The ultra minority of the Australian political elite class, do not represent at all what most of the people think!

[@davidjohn9006]

The content of that attack on the bishop, was no worse than scenes in everyday movies available on Netflix to all and sundry 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@yvonnelas2969]

Good conversation. I lost all respect to the point of active dislike for our politicians and mainstream media over the covid period. I turned off the TV about March 2020.

[@garystrahan4601]

I stopped watching the TV at least 12 years ago

[@johnkauppi7078]

Funny that. I did exactly that, March 22 2020. The fear mongering on TV about Covid was getting to hysterical levels and I know bull when I hear it. I've never watched it since.

[@divergentone777]

@@garystrahan4601 8 years for me, but I've known since 2001, to question everything

[@wolfvillenow]

It's been many years since I was as naive about Australia's many issues in those ways you describe. Several years ago as I watched and listened to Imam Tawhidi as he tried to warn the Australian people about radical Islam and how members of that group were changing the culture and freedom of Australia. Well, you should have listenwd to him and you should listen to him now. I am Canadian and 6 years ago as I watched what was happening in Europe and Australia I knew and I shuddered with the knowledge that it would come to Canada. It has and our freedoms are being erased daily with government legislation. Radical Islam is no longer our greatest threat. I am 82 years old and protested against so much when I could and successfully held the line in many ways. This generation of techies fell asleep at the wheel and you protested against nothing. The phrase I often heard was "it's all good." and that horrified me. Many of us elders saw Covid or its like coming but most of the younger generation was coma😊tose. You've woken up, I hope it's not too late.❤

[@josa9902]

The real Australians are gone

[@PollyDollyBabe]

It's all finished. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👎👎👎👎👎 long ago! NDIS. Steal money. The list goes on. Aussies are over it. 👎

[@8888-9]

No !. Its surely common knowledge current Government cowtowing to Muslim Votes - Bishop Stabbing nothing to do with graphic footage & political sensitivities.

[@missb1542]

Still a colony

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

Rubbish. It's been taken over by ignorant narcissists who have been dumbed up and fed left Woke academic propaganda.

[@MsSilver41]

Let’s not forget Malinformarion which is inconvenient truth

[@lynneianhooper2695]

It all began with our gun laws introduced after the Port Arthur massacre. Unlike the US, it made Australians slaves to the government and bureaucrats without the power they previously had. The high cost of reducing gun crimes.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

You can join a gun club and own a gun

[@candacehill1532]

Our PM Liberal has banned guns in Canada only cops and forestry can carry them

[@None-y2f]

False. Flag

[@None-y2f]

​@@Jack-r2v9bIn Victoria you need to take part in multiple competitions per year.

[@bjlewis5431]

Too bloody right mate!

[@jenh569]

Great chat. Sadly Adam, it doesn’t seem that common sense is a thing anymore. Where did that disappear to?

[@grannyannie2948]

Maybe where my comments disappear 😢

[@trulyso734]

I think we are supposed to answer all questions with "ask the expert(s)" now Funny none of us are considered experts in anything from speech to thought to feeling to anything at all. Public is deadly Silent now. Nobody talks. It's over. Business as usual now, in our bizarre world

[@briananderson7285]

​@@grannyannie2948Only the truth gets removed.

[@Timic83tc]

Been this way for a LONG time. Games have been censored for ages

[@mkuc6951]

I've been in Europe since I left Melbourne in 2021 - The reputation after COVID is here also.

[@johnmcdermott6753]

I hope you guys are going to give us all the truth, even the weird.

[@poorsillyboy]

Australia has never been a free country we live under the yoke of the British parliament!

[@advoc8tr]

Bingo .. it started as a rough-house prison colony with a degree of survival of the fittest. Now it is a 1984 / Brave new World modern authoritarian prison where somehow the government keeping you safe from yourself is the election winning pitch every single time. Stockholm Syndrome.

[@Mohammad-cf2hd]

Mind you that without them you probably wouldn’t have existed

[@poorsillyboy]

@@Mohammad-cf2hd 1st nation Australians have been riding this continent since Gondwana! God be damned! We have always been here and will always be here! We didn’t build roads or permanent buildings because it damaged the sensitive environment which we depended on for food! We farmed lily bulbs & yams berries and other edible things! 1st nation Australians were garden builders! Our towns were native gardens, that were & still are invisible to non First Nations! You see a forest! I see a ghost town!

[@Mohammad-cf2hd]

@@poorsillyboy that’s fine and all my family came from Lebanon with livestock to help the settlers so I’m pretty much as Aussie as anyone else is, I don’t think we should compare how Aussie we all are but instead move on towards fixing the future of Australia especially in regards to the aboriginal people and how they treat and view other people in Australia a lot of the aboriginal people think they are entitled to a lot of things and that they can treat the country however they want. Unfortunately that isn’t looking good for them with a lot of businesses being affected by the youth etc i hope you see where I’m coming from

[@Adam-fj6ls]

I had to sell my house and bussiness in victoria. Dan gets off with a massive pension to live in new york. Screw this country

[@amandaboado7057]

Grrrrrr!

[@GMLAUS]

The Bishop lost his right eye in that attack .

[@JohnVanos-yd2fd]

Is that true ?

[@grannyannie2948]

That's awful.

[@heidi_seeki]

He's asked for people to pray for his sight to return. His last sermon bought me tears. He is such a wonderful man. 😢💔

[@marylou3995]

That’s how you bring Peace about, Muslim style.

[@JacquelineToia-ls9zv]

Soooooo True

[@Frederer59]

Same here in Canada 🇨🇦 😢

[@user-mangeremountainmagpie]

What about the very short footage and announcement of the four hostages that were returned to their families. All we were told was. “Four hostages from October 7th have been retrieved from a refugee camp inside Gaza” That’s it! No details of the release or who coordinated the retrieval. No reports of casualties nothing!

[@scribble_sribe]

Australia's international reputation has been irrevocably damaged beyond repair. It has undoubtedly hurt our tourist industry, leading to more job losses. But fortunately, no politician depends on tourists for their income!

[@Prickles2001]

And i bet most people still think Pauline Hanson was wrong 😢

[@CarolineMcKenzie-x2d]

Absolutely. If you are over 60 and white yes this divisive woman is for you.

[@Prickles2001]

@@CarolineMcKenzie-x2d the bot is strong in this one

[@candacehill1532]

Prayer for the good men the true spiritual warriors

[@MichelleR-s7g]

Why have two Premiers been given Kings holiday awards for services to their states during Covid?

[@Mark-vd4gg]

thanks for the discussion, very stimulating and concerning. the ozzie 'character 'does seem to have changed and there are factors other than immigration that have contributed to this, mainly cultural but also economic. I feel that a 'real democracy' where free speech is honoured in practice (as opposed to what we have now) is essentially nurtured by individualism and economic independence from government. A large proportion of our society is now wholly or partly funded by government either through welfare, supplier contracts, various subsidies, or public sector and agency employment. There has been an enormous concentration of all sectors of the economy so that we now have just a few key providers dominating and colluding in their respective areas. Most of the little businesses, corner shops and family farms have vanished along with their independent operators. All the many small trade specific and workplace unions, stridently protective of their patch, vanished in the round of amalgamations in the 90's which has centralised the labour 'voice' into a homogenous elite. All this has caused a loss of individual agency which causes most people to 'stay in their lane'. Put this together with an unwillingness by the elites and the media to hold our elected representatives accountable, and a general dumbing down of discourse, we find ourselves in a much reduced Australia .

[@trulyso734]

Monopoly markets, monopoly governances etc yep. 1 way Same way all the way with blinkers on, no exceptions. Human existence is just a by the by as all systems head that way. We should really just make sure we keep independent of being plugged into the internet like just any other resource.

[@tdarons]

When Joe Kelly Labor MP came past my house recently (under the guise of canvassing about rising food costs and supermarket gouging) and I told him I will never forgive his government for their Covid measures and genocide…. His response? (My blood runs cold!) was “I made good money!” The corruption and the lack of insight or culpability into their actions is astonishing. Oh and he made a veiled threat about me living in government housing. Evil personified.

[@candacehill1532]

Sounds like Canada

[@norryc2379]

We need a referundum, to put in our constitution, The Right To Free Speech

[@jimnutter6901]

Having been listening to Dr John Campbell from Britain for the last few years I feel l am fairly versed on the subject and yet every time being directed to ‘See the Australian Department of health for the latest information’ every time the subject was mentioned , it has been extremely frustrating and embarrassing for me to see my government’s obfuscation and criminal negligence. Someone , somewhere should be sharing a cell next to Fauchi.

[@MsSilver41]

The pharmaceutical companies funds the regulators and who has shares in the pharmaceutical companies ??

[@michaelfrcttthebeach7499]

Free Julian Assange

[@KBHeal]

I soo agree with you - ot is a huge worry with all thesenew things being passed. I would now rather sell everything up and go live in a van than comply ever again. We can NEVER TRUST MSM AGAIN 😢😢😢

[@opiniondude1]

Thanks for the upload.

[@sueedwards9334]

It was disappointing to see the Aussies re-elect the left even after the major restrictions on freedom they had just experienced.

[@gundytiger]

When you go to most Asian countries that mostly have progressed with infrastructure and social improvements..technology in leaps and bounds ..then come back to Australia for few months work..the place is unsafe which favours criminal behaviour..simple access to medical services not easy to see dr or get treatm.heavy handed governments..which are going to the point of total control..if not we can control your finances...the place has lost it...a dump is a kind description

[@billybobwombat2231]

I've seen what countries that don't have many freedoms look like, I let my passport lapse, I've no desire to leave my big beautiful island home.

[@gizelacooke6184]

They can't censcor us we are still under the British Monarchy laws andd we have the Magna Carta.

[@freespirit4162]

Look at WHO you Cannot Criticize To See who RULES that Nation

[@MargaretLangley]

Time to use Common Law to stop this madness and corruption within the halls of our parliament.

[@jeffreyblackwell9662]

I do believe that we are over governed, and some laws should be removed

[@nellymoo635]

Couldn't agree more. The education system is a basket case. My child has been told that sitting in a circle is bad.😕 His teachers are telling him how to be a good friend. 🫤 What they should do in response to a friend that isn't answering a message.🤨I want my kids taught the fundamentals, I do not want them indoctrinated into some ideology I know nothing about. I'm the parent, let me parent.

[@catherinemardling7827]

The fakeness will be seen

[@Godisgoodall]

PAULINE HANSON ## I LIKE HER ! SHE🌎 IS ONE NATION 🇦🇺 !! SHE ALL WAY WONTS TO TODO HER BEST FOR AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺

[@clintvan9715]

IT WILL GET WORST

[@anniezzi7513]

The Australian newspaper should me renamed The Israelian.

[@TheBrendon1982]

We are not one, young or free anymore.

[@jamesscott7616]

Actually I would rather have a government in charge of our future than an oligarchy like the USA.

[@richardager1861]

Quite concerning really. Not the Australia I grew up in.

[@finianlacy8827]

W h o treaty ?

[@reeceassify]

People who can mask their location using VPN sound like intelligent adults not children. So if they want to see the footage that's their right.

[@zoek1133]

There is a lot more reasons why Australia's reputation is down in the world. It's not just Covid reaction. There is a lot of other reasons. And its downward slide is not finished.

[@SpaceManAus]

I have been around since the start of the internet, and there was a deal made with free speech being protected on the internet for all time because the powers to be wanted the public to use it and create software for it, so why is this agreement not being upheld.

[@matt19733]

Never has been free

[@censorwho]

And that's the point....." who decides on behalf of ordinary Australians , what is acceptable....?" We have just endured 4 years of Govt and bureaucratic overreach by an Australian Govt " drunk " on power....this nonsensical dispute between a Govt shill and Elon Musk's X over something that most won't even bother to watch , or have seen worse in any blockbuster movie on today's charts is frankly comedic in it's notoriety and does nothing but make the Govt look moronic to the average Australian , and makes the average Australian look like an infant in the eyes of the world.....the problem lies in the fact , that the infants are actually running the show.....!🤷‍♂️🙈

[@leinam4164]

God bless Australia 🇦🇺

[@gordonflash8976]

In common discorse over the last six decades Australians have been wanting Government to take on more and more tasks in society. Gov should fix this - gov should fix that - Gov is to blame. They said and stated these desires without relealising that the price was loss of freedoms. Now they are finding out. The proliferation of people saying it is not my fault when it is. (not taking responcibility for what happens on there watch) is all through our population and on display any time questions are asked in our political system. Australians were not carfull what it wished for.

[@elisabethpearl9790]

I weep for my country

[@brendanengland8385]

Judges in Australia should be voted in..and answer to the people..our system is outdated and completely shit..

[@grahamleadbeatter5981]

Changes to the Gnagajang hit "The Sounds Of Then". We watch the lightning crack over cane fields, CRY and think THIS USED TO BE AUSTRALIA.

[@catherinemardling7827]

It did not look real anyway

[@michaelwoods2903]

living outside Australia for the last 30 years I'm totally shocked at how authoritarian Australia has become and how quickly so many Aussies have willingly gone along with it almost as a cultural superiority taking sides against their fellow Aussies. The traditional Aussie norm of a "fair go" has been shattered in my book. I hope it hasn't and that somehow we will drag it from the ashes of recent flames to revive our deeply embedded sense of mateship to create a much fairer Australia than we have at present. Labor, like the US Dems, has deserted its traditional working class base. It's why Albanese has fallen in the polls clinging to the coat tails of a dying US empire and the corporate class of mining magnates and big banks.

[@punkmetalbabe]

We see worse in movies….like all the Freddie Kruger, Jasen Vorhees ETC….. the knife attack didn’t show that much, but I feel it was blocked from our view, not because of the violence per say……but because of who did it….what religion was responsible, and came at a time when all of those detainees had been released wrongfully by some numbnuts in Labor. The High Court only gave a ruling on ONE man, a Rohingya man, to be released.

[@Santanah-s2c]

I miss old Australia was bees quiet beautiful I love it but now we scare to go out

[@krisbest6405]

The public is unaware of its taxes paying for stupid ideas . I know of a huge wage given to supervise the use of one river.. Thousands ongoing waste. Have a law on a rivers use full stop.

[@philipaldrick5363]

Yes, too much, and they are proving themselves totally irresponsible with it, so their plans are going to start backfiring on them now.

[@DonCamua]

That commission should be abolished and that head should undergo medical examination for “Karen virus”

[@nellymoo635]

I don't like the euphemism of "Karen", but I agree on all points!

[@tecomaman]

It is good that the world knows Australians don't live in the bush ,why did they ?

[@candacehill1532]

Agenda 2030

[@IHG-ou8kd]

Labor is split down the middle, One half is Na*i and the the other half is Isla* and their catch cry is from the rive to the sea

[@col2959]

Funny how the Premier’s bank balances grew exponentially during covid….. I’m a 5th gen West Aussie . Love the Australia and WA I grew up in but things have changed and the change is continuing . I don’t like where it’s heading and am considering a move to the South Pacific. Thanks a lot pricks

[@xuyuansha777]

Awww man! I live in Australia

[@friendlybut6753]

Thanks to all the immigrants

[@kaynine31]

VOTE ONE NATION TO RIGHT THE SHIP.

[@leinam4164]

Too many people coming in Australia.

[@lynndonharnell422]

The Matt Walsh review of Alone-Australia was hilarious in a kind of sad way.

[@josephmaganja650]

Yes. Covered was a real assault only on the inside

[@MS-ll9qb]

Australia is one big sheep paddock.

[@tombels7159]

It seems the legacy media have been mediating the news available to us. Also I agree the "E commisioner thing" is very concerning especially because it seems to be supported by possibly half the population.

[@noweternity3101]

Please Read:- ‘A Farewell To Virology’ by Dr Mark Bailey

[@nunomartins3723]

1688 1688 1688 BILL OF RIGHTS ITS GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧 AND IT ALSO APPLIES HERE IN AUSTRALIA

[@davidharris7431]

Started with Howard

[@saturupiah5940]

E-Safety Commissioner and a Minister for Men’s Behaviour. Doesn’t sound like a free country.