In Australia’s relentless march towards a totalitarian state, the New South Wales government decided to send in the army to help police Sydney.
NSW is the second state after Victoria to us the Army to police civilians after Victoria asked for the Army’s help to police checkpoints.
Ostensibly, this is to help an over stretched police force. But is it really? The police spent the weekend sitting on their hands and earning a bunch of overtime. This looks a bit more like mismanagement. If a private company used it workforce this way it would be out of business in weeks.
How are 300 soldiers going to help anyway? The NSW police force numbered 17,348 as of June last year, most of whom are in Sydney. This is about a 3% augmentation.
That’s totally unnecessary. The NSW government has thousands of employees administering services and schools that are closed. It wouldn’t be very difficult to find a few volunteers out of these thousands who would be happy to help with the track and trace work which these soldiers are ostensibly being seconded for.
Given that it’s totally unnecessary to have soldiers in uniform policing the streets in tandem with police, is there another reason for sending in the army?
Are they here to help the police or to help transform from a liberal democracy to a more authoritarian model?
We were warned about this last year. Specifically, according to Australia’s own foreign minster Marise Payne, “Some countries are using the pandemic to undermine liberal democracy to promote their own more authoritarian models.” Yup.
Even more Orwellian is having police helicopters circling overhead telling Sydney residents to return to their homes.
The NSW government also just announced that EVERYONE has to check in with the government whenever they leave their home and whenever they enter a building.
Where is it all going?
Ok, so you probably won’t be shot by a military helicopter for breaching the Public health Orders. However, you could get six months in prison and an $11,000 fine.
Penalties for breaching the Public Health Orders
It is an offence to not comply with a public health order and the following penalties can apply:
NSW Public Health Orders
a maximum penalty of imprisonment for 6 months and/or a penalty of up to $11,000
Crikey.
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