WTF Is Going on with Australia’s COVID Response?

Australia has gone insane on COVID – so far to excessive authoritarian impulses – that it's hard to put into words at this point.

This news segment is like from some dystopian sci-fi film about future fascism: the state hunts for the disobedient as news media labels them evil: https://t.co/vDwXYwzNJq

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 23, 2021

What the FUCK Australia? https://t.co/9bP4B4Ab0M

— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) August 22, 2021

Woman draped in the Australian flag standing in a doorway by herself gets monstered by Victoria Police thugs, pushed against the door and screamed at. Gutless criminal abuse. pic.twitter.com/VudmTOPgyY

— 🇦🇺Take the Red Pill🇦🇺 (@Inferno0696085) August 21, 2021

NSW Aus 🇦🇺 It's come down to this… Without a single case of Outdoor Transmission, we are now enforcing mask wearing at the beach… Aus is under Full Tyrannical Control 👊 pic.twitter.com/TbkblqmrPr

— 𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙇𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙀 (@risemelbourne) September 12, 2021

Meanwhile in Australia. pic.twitter.com/I4nzXIXDak

— Avi Yemini 🇦🇺🇮🇱 (@OzraeliAvi) September 11, 2021

Video captures daily life for inmates inside one of Australia’s quarantine camps.

“Just waiting patiently to be fed. It’s like when you shake the bag of dog treats and the dogs come running.”pic.twitter.com/RtWdrsCJ6b

— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) September 6, 2021

Visiting loved one’s cemetery pic.twitter.com/awB25VvAr7

— darko grabarevic (@DGrabarevic) September 16, 2021

She is not wearing a mask, so Australian 🇦🇺 police is suffocating her to prevent her from catching Covid: pic.twitter.com/47MED4WbyL

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) September 24, 2021

This is absolutely shocking… US based film crew with 1000s of extras and production being filmed in Melbourne CBD whilst 6 million Australians are in stage 4 lockdown. pic.twitter.com/fw7rd4PBWs

— Pelham (@Resist_05) September 15, 2021

Covid safe is the only way.

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— Avi Yemini 🇦🇺🇮🇱 (@OzraeliAvi) September 24, 2021

"JuSt FoLlOwInG oRdErS"

We all know this familiar phrase, don't we?

If you don't think we're entering N@z! territory here, think again. pic.twitter.com/xjZFDpqvZr

— Dizzy (@Fizz_og) September 21, 2021

Watching Australia devolve into an authoritarian state is so sad and awful.pic.twitter.com/hbwpP6OrF7

— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) September 24, 2021

This is all for COVID? Come on! Don’t be so naive. pic.twitter.com/kspawfIyH8

— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) September 25, 2021

We are still waiting on the free world to condemn this.pic.twitter.com/rCTDRqWyyb

— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) September 25, 2021

Apparently Australia is never going back to normal https://t.co/T2XIcswrFg

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) September 26, 2021

Meanwhile in Australia, Victoria Police brutally arrested a couple for not wearing mask in the beach. pic.twitter.com/lWB3XbSE6Y

— 🧢מאק (@beingrealmac) September 25, 2021

More insane police overreach in Melbourne. Guy put in handcuffs for being a few hundred metres from his home. Police say “he has no valid reason to be there” & “wasn’t wearing a face mask”. He says he was getting lunch & having a cigarette.pic.twitter.com/7iQvVDkUcg

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) September 26, 2021

The Australian police terrorizing an elderly couple sitting on a bench without a mask. The police steal her phone so she can’t film to protect her civil rights. pic.twitter.com/q225p1yO0R

— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) September 25, 2021

Victoria Police are so desperate to stop the press from revealing what they're doing in Melbourne right now that they're actively trying to impose a media blackout.

Too bad, @OzraeliAvi is no pushover.

Full story: https://t.co/raNrcr656A

SIGN UP: https://t.co/cZE10wSMP6 pic.twitter.com/CsnQ7jSWW1

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) September 29, 2021

Australia has fallen. pic.twitter.com/iQnlCokZT6

— Avi Yemini 🇦🇺🇮🇱 (@OzraeliAvi) October 10, 2021

More insane police overreach in Melbourne. Guy put in handcuffs for being a few hundred metres from his home. Police say “he has no valid reason to be there” & “wasn’t wearing a face mask”. He says he was getting lunch & having a cigarette.pic.twitter.com/7iQvVDkUcg

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) September 26, 2021

Hayley Hodgson recounts how police came to her home in Australia after a friend tested COVID positive and made her go to the Howard Springs quarantine camp, where she was forced to stay 14 days despite testing negative three times.https://t.co/0GOCtoVyqcpic.twitter.com/WKnxXfpiLP

— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 3, 2021