There have been emergency health measures in place in a couple of states but most states have very few restrictions. Australians pay much less for health care than most places and our health system is run very lean so we have to be cautious until we reach vaccination targets.

If they let it rip there would be even more people protesting that they couldn't get into hospital.

Everything is open where I live. Plenty of people out and about last weekend. Festivals, bbqs in parks, people at beaches and restaurants. My kids have lost more days of school to teacher training than covid restrictions in the last two years.

There have been a few incidents in other states but they don't define the whole country.

> There have been a few incidents in other states but they don't define the whole country.

These incidents are in the population centers (melbourne, sydney). They represent the country to about half of it's inhabitants!

This. Thank you

IMO if the states that are in the mud had taken proper precautions before they did, they wouldn't be in this mess and the cops wouldn't have had an opportunity to abuse their power like they definitely are in say, NSW.

Would be interested to see your sources for the occurrence of harassment, beating and arrest.

Here you go dude:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/21/victo...

Every single attempt at protesting against this tyranny has resulted in an overwhelming display of force by the police. If people are even slightly non-compliant when approached they are violently thrown on the ground and sat on.

Not justifying excessive use of violence my the Victorian police. There have been incidents by individuals and must be properly dealt with.

If being thrown to the ground and sat on is a bad as it got for illegal protests during a public health stay at home order we still have some way to go before we reach full dystopia.

The yanks had 5 people die during their failed insurrection. There were another 20 dead in riots in the same year. They had cops firing on media.

The federal government's yearly bipartisan expansion of surveillance powers to catch up with our allies is seriously chilling shit that doesn't get reported in our media or pushed by the usual suspects on Facebook. But it concerns the hell out people in technical and legal areas and the problem will be with us long after emergency health orders are cancelled.