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Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "Authoritarian Australia? Why Has Australia Reacted So Severely to Covid?" video.
Helen Dale misrepresents Australian political and legal history by citing incidents like the NSW Rum Rebellion which happened in a small colony with a tiny population and implying that the attitude that inspired it has carried through over 200 years in all states. Firstly only some colonies received convicts and more importantly innovations like manhood suffrage (Victoria was the first in the world in 1855) and responsible government granted to colonies starting in 1857, by which the colonies became functionally independent (one had a big dispute over pursuing a different foreign policy towards the US Civil War than the UK). Things like that mean that from about 1860 Australia had a far stronger culture of politicians (and functions they control like policing) being truly answerable to the actual ordinary people than almost anywhere else, especially the UK.
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