"All our knowledge, experience and sensible scepticism teaches us to be wary of the power exerted by government. It is a breach of the natural order of the universe, not to mention the principles of democracy, for us to place unconditional faith in authority.
Yet this is what we have done during this pandemic. For almost two years now, with an array of emergency powers enacted in all states and territories, we have allowed normal decision-making and review processes to be suspended while our political masters dictate an unprecedented array of rules, restrictions, and coercive enforcement."
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