Posted on 07/31/2021 11:33:06 AM PDT by simpson96
Australia today used helicopters and the army to enforce its 'Zero Covid' lockdown, as thousands of police flooded Sydney city centre to enforce the rules and hand out $500 fines for those not wearing a mask.
Sirens blared across the city and a draconian message was broadcast from the skies, as millions were told: 'This is public health order —do not break rules —you will be found and fines issued.'
Ministers had tried to eliminate all cases through isolation and closed borders, but just 17% of adults have been vaccinated and concerns are now growing over the virus' growing prevalence across the country.
Today, up to 1,300 police officers swarmed Sydney and set up a network of roadblocks in a massive show of force to avoid a repeat of last week's violent anti-lockdown protest.
Some 250 fines, each worth $500, were issued across the city today, with one man arrested after travelling on trains outside his local government area without a reasonable excuse.
It comes after Prime Minister Scott Morrison had launched a four-stage plan back to freedom but said 80% of adults would have to be vaccinated before the border can begin to open.
Sydney's five million people are under a strict stay-at-home order because of a worrying surge of nearly 3,000 infections since the middle of June.
Authorities have this week outlined even tighter restrictions for some worst-affected suburbs, including mandatory testing and mask-wearing outdoors.
From Monday, some 300 army personnel will help police go door to door to ensure people who have tested positive are isolating.
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I remember Rush saying on many occasions, and I paraphrase, “The history of the world has largely been one of tyranny and subjugation of the masses; only America was founded on the precepts of freedom and liberty.”
Not the life of one American soldier, sailor, airman or Marine should be spent defending Australia during World War III.
Not one.
Yes, the oppressors love their power. This will only stop when the Marxist/Communists start taking unacceptable losses themselves and the Australians will have to get much more inventive or just become slaves in the NWO. How long before this comes here with the new WOKE military coming to suppress or eliminate the resisters?
The AstraZeneca jabs have a remarkably bad safety profile.
I would think there would be thousands of citizens fleeing Sydney to go somewhere they can be free. I'd be going on a walkabout.
What happens when you no longer have firearms to protect yourself against a tyrannical government. Governments will ALWAYS expand to the limits of what the people will allow.
They’ll have more freedom there once China takes over the country.
Define American?
Good thing the citizens were disarmed years ago.
Well, that was then.
I think in the “now,” we’ve completely forgotten.
COVID will not be cured by the globalists until 2/3 of humanity is dead.
You have been warned.
This is absurd. Here is the latest Australia death numbers: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/australia/
Talk about yer much ado about nothing. Sheesh. These people are living under a tyrannical government, pure and simple.
Enlisted member of the U.S. military or a commissioned officer.
The scum doing this to us now are the very same ones that brought in Prohibition and then deliberately poisoned all alcohol and murdered tens of thousands of Americans and crippled many more.
Surrender, Dorothy, because Oz has now gone fully fascist.
The government is quick to mobilize against its peaceful, non-violent citizens but does nothing to keep hordes of violent savages from entering the country.
They went there to escape from those commie bastards in Florida and Texas;-D
Those who give away their guns will be ruled by those who kept their guns.
There are natural remedies that cure or come close to curing it now.
Cases of Corona, deeleeshees weeth a slice of lime. Si. Try our new Variant Delta. Let Babalooie do the thinin’ ‘round here from now on.
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