Yeah, Australia seems to be the testing ground for a lot of the globalist agenda. As Clive James once said, the problem with Australia is not so much that the population are descended from convicts but that so many are descended from prison guards. The lockdowns in Melbourne were an incredible indicator of just how far this country has fallen and what a lie our rebellious self-image is.

I haven't heard much about CBDCs here, but I know they're looking into it - same with the 15 minute cities stuff. The dole thing is something they only do in remote Aboriginal communities though.

So far, we haven't been locking people up for social media posts (though a few got arrested for trying to organise lockdown protests) like they do in England but there's probably a bunch of other fucked up stuff going on here that I'm overlooking. Australia is desperate to be taken seriously on the world stage so we'll sign up for whatever awful ideas are in fashion. Sadly, the covid response didn't surprise me at all.

One thing people do get wrong about Australia is guns. We don't have a gun culture like America obviously, and it's harder to buy one than it used to be, but there are still plenty of people who own them here. They're a necessity in the outback.