A new online directory featuring businesses keen to stay open for all customers—vaccinated or not—has launched today in Australia. Volunteers behind the “Open For All” initiative say hundreds of businesses have signed up over a two-week period, noting a significant uptake from customer-facing industries, including health and fitness, hair and beauty, trades, and B2B business…
‘Open for All’: New Business Directory Launches Today for Vaxxed and Unvaxxed Customers
September 26, 2021
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The COVID-19 Response and the Emergence of Illiberalism
September 23, 2021
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Commentary The impact of COVID-19 directions on the lives of people is truly staggering. The interminable lockdown and border closures have wrought havoc and inflicted misery on many people. Each day, people are inundated with fluid and ever-changing COVID-19 directions, which, however, are hardly transparent. This idea of constant change was captured perceptively by Michael…
‘Allow People to Make Their Own Choice’: Former Australian PM on Melbourne Protests
September 22, 2021
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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is urging authorities to let Australians make their own decision on whether to take the vaccine, amid ongoing protests in Melbourne involving thousands of Victorians against government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions. “I don’t think anyone should break the law, but I can certainly understand people resenting what they see as bad laws…
Why Do Authorities Want to Crackdown on the ‘Anti-Lockdown Personality’
September 22, 2021
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Commentary Recent anti-lockdown demonstrations in Melbourne have been met with an array of colourful accusations from authority figures in the state of Victoria, including labels such as “anti-vaxxers,” “conspiracy theorists,” “far-right extremists,” and “man-baby Nazis.” The labels draw parallels with Hillary Clinton’s notorious 2016 remark that supporters of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump were “deplorables.”…
Western Australia Govt. Pushes For Children to Roll up Sleeves and Get COVID-19 Jab
The Western Australian (WA) government is urging students to roll up their sleeves and receive a COVID-19 vaccination ahead of Term 4 as children aged 12 and over have been given the green light to receive the Moderna vaccine. “Having access to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in selected pharmacies provides another option for Western Australians…
Australian Paramedic Suspended After Taking Vaccine Mandate to Court
September 21, 2021
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A New South Wales (NSW) paramedic who launched a legal challenge against the state government over vaccine mandates has been suspended from work immediately. John Larter, a veteran paramedic and deputy mayor of the Snowy Valleys Council, filed a lawsuit against the NSW State Health Minister Brad Hazzard challenging a public health order mandating health workers…
Melbourne to Break World Record for Longest COVID-19 Lockdown
Melbourne may break the world record for the most prolonged COVID-19 restrictions after the city has endured six hard lockdowns spanning 232 days and counting as of Sept. 20. Currently, Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires holds the record at 245 days, after its citizens were subject to stay-at-home orders for the majority of 2020—from March to November—and…
Freedom: What Was So Hard to Gain, Is Now at Risk
Commentary In April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians that Australia’s period of time spent in Afghanistan was worth it, because “freedom is always worth it.” But despite this comment, Australians are currently experiencing the most restrictions on their freedoms ever. We are currently imprisoned three times over; in our houses, in our respective states,…
65,000 Sign Petition Calling on Australian Drug Regulator to Release Vaccine Documentation
Over 65,000 Australians have signed a petition to the federal Parliament calling for the nation’s drug body, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), to release documentation supporting its decision to approve the use of COVID-19 vaccines. The petition, “Immediately release all TGA submission documents for publicly funded vaccines,” which is due to close on Sept. 22,…
Australian State Defending Third ‘Wave’ of Lawsuits Against COVID-19 Restrictions
September 17, 2021
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New South Wales is defending a third tranche of lawsuits challenging the state government’s response to COVID-19, including vaccine mandates and health restrictions. On Sept. 17, the NSW Supreme Court heard from the state health minister’s lawyer Daniel Reynolds that it was facing a new civil suit launched by John Larter, veteran paramedic, and deputy…
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