[1cvmask]

Australians definitely seem to have embraced living in an authoritarian and autocratic state. There are way too many examples in recent memory:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/09/austr...

Threatening journalists for exposing Australian war crimes:

https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/jail-threa...

And of course how the Australian government has disavowed Julian Assange.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/australia-julian-assange-wiki...

Dictatorships will be freer for Australians at this rate.

[GekkePrutser]

I wonder how this will play out with the AU/NZ alliance with free travel etc. NZ seems to be getting more progressive while Australia becomes more conservative. Will there be a point where something has to give?

[arran-nz]

Unfortunately, since 2018, New Zealand has a similar law in place [0].

[0]: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2018/0004/latest/...

[shric]

You forgot the time we literally weren't allowed to leave during most of 2020 and 2021.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...