I reckon past decisions re convid are currently being looked at more and more each day and the grubs will be held to account. Hence Andrew’s and Adearn (Nz) bailing. And the NT minister. 🤷🏻‍♂️

We need to be looking up and moving forward, the past is the past and we got to see exactly where everyone stands on freedom over the past few years

People would move on if there was real accountability and until there is the spectre remains. Personally I think we need to bring back the guillotine, but I’d settle for life in max security prison. And not just 1 or 2 mid-level bureaucrats - EVERY FUCKING ONE OF THEM. From the PM down to the Premiers down to the bootlickers in State Health Departments, the Cops, the Scientists, the Media, the lying cunts at the TGA, AHPRA, Nurses Unions, Teachers Unions, the paid social media bots - there would be 25,000+ people in this country who need to face justice for the shit that they did. The only thing that has been learned is what level of tyranny Australians will put up with the next time these bastards want to control people. There have been zero lessons in good governance, in handling online discourse, in policing, in public health policy, in education etc. - none of them have improved an iota and have all to varying degrees gone backwards during and since Covid. That’s what we can change. Putting every one of them in front of a jury of their peers, giving a full accounting of what these people did, and then holding them fully accountable for their actions. No more of this “we didn’t know at the time” or “I was just following orders” horseshit, no more excuses, consequences. Without consequences this will merely be a small first step for worse action in future, such is the nature of power.

Agreed 100% Marie. Yes a lot of things happened here during covid that shouldn’t have happened and I totally understand why some people hold the views they do. But it isn’t constructive to be bitter and complain about it. Take the lessons learned and make positive changes in your own life where you can. Change starts at an individual level. We need to move on.

That isn't the only thing people are worried about though. Having your electronic devices searched at customs is another real and present threat, especially for a community like nostr and Bitcoin. People are regularly pulled aside and forced to provide passwords and decryption keys to be allowed to enter the country, it's why I don't bring my usual dev machine with me when I go back to visit fam. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNetsec/comments/ejbaaz/had_my_phone_searched_by_customs_how_can_i_see/

Maybe I’m not as suspicious as a lot of people out there. I have a healthy skepticism about some things but I’m certainly not a conspiracy theorist. Maybe I’m naive but I also don’t want to stress myself to the point of frustration and rage at situations like covid and the subsequent lockdowns etc. I’m also realistic enough to know that I don’t know enough about the intricacies of managing a pandemic or governmental policies and that I personally couldn’t have taken a responsibility like that. Life is too short to hold so much anger. I feel like the Premier in WA did what he could in an unprecedented situation. There was never going to be a solution that kept everyone happy. I didn’t get to see my family in Ireland for nearly 6 years because of the pandemic and state lockdown and the fact that my savings and holidays were used up during that time. It was shit but it’s all relative right? I’m healthy, my family are healthy, I just didn’t get to see them for a longer time than expected. I focused on the things that I could improve within the constraints. My cooking. My garden. My skills. My Australian family and friends. And ultimately I feel like a happier person than some who are holding a grudge about something they can’t change. Just my two cents.

That’s the spirit Marie! 💕💕💕💕👏👏👏