[naturalman1975]

Lockdowns are pretty much over for the moment, but, yes, anger at those is still part of it.

In Melbourne, the protests are also heavily about proposed legislation before Parliament at the moment that would give the state government increased powers to declare pandemics and impose conditions in the future - more power than they currently have with less controls than currently. We’ve actually beaten the worst parts of that legislation over the last week and a bit - but it remains to be seen how much what is left gets through Parliament in the next couple of weeks.

There’s also concern about government corruption, refusals to disclose information under freedom of information laws, police corruption, overly politicised court systems...

[centermass_socrates]

There’s also concern about government corruption, refusals to disclose information under freedom of information laws, police corruption, overly politicised court systems...

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This is a list of things that both of our countries are dealing with. Here the states are creators of the federal government, but the Feds have gotten away with abuses and overreach for such a long time, many believe that they are the ruling body. I see now what you are saying, that the overreach is in the opposite direction down under.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I would humbly ask that your state premiers follow the example of my governor, Ron DeSantis of our state of Florida, and let their citizens be free!