These people are playing with fire.
One would think so ... if not expect so. After all, the communist Chinese model of unrestrained tyranny the Aussie government is now practicing (with unrestrained glee, I must note) is really not designed to be forced on a populace that enjoyed libery and personal freedom just 18 months ago.
Yes, I think they might have forgotten their whole strategy to keep people complacent relied on making sure the people had too many creature comforts to want to risk going out and resisting any kind of tyranny.
Take those comforts away and the people have nothing to lose anymore.