Yeoman: Lost In The Midst. The Low Information Voter.
Australia was breaking down.
The absurdity of lockdowns, for which no Australian politician could produce the slightest evidence that they worked, that is because there wasn't any, with virtually the entire state in lockdown, millions of people suffering, countless lives destroyed, and the worst of the worst, in the worst period of governance the country had seen in its European era, wilfully destroying the country.
What had been so extraordinary about the era, the willingness of the population to comply with what to any external observer was a derangement, was vanishing. Resentment grew daily. Scorn for the political class grew daily. He took to a bit of alliteration, despondent, despairing, disempowered, discombobulated, that period was already passing; and the stew, if that's what it was, was turning to anger.
He walked through the young families of the area.
Those children born into this benighted area.
Their hopes, their lives, were being destroyed. But in this area, the sun shone and the air was clean and the graveyard of Sydney was far away. If only two hours by car.
The rapid devolution of the country, broken now into squabbling states, or provinces, meant that the country was now a nation in name only.
That this devolution had occurred on the Watch of One Man, Scott Morrison, also defied belief. A Happy Clappy, increasingly loathed, seemed here, in this still place, to have no relevance whatsoever.
They circled. We have faith. They moved upon the water. They heard their own voices reflected in the shimmering waves.
And in some strange way, at least here, in this future seat of great prosperity, the dangerous times, the slipping evil, the spirits who had possessed the nation's leaders, seemed far off.
Despite all the edicts confining people to their homes, despite all the shuttered shops and shattered businesses, there remained some grace in the silver air. People were utterly fed up. The political derangement, the absurdity of the daily Covid press briefings, the blizzard of contradictory information now weeping and sweeping across the internet, could not confine the population to their homes; their prisons.
In the end it didn't matter how many fines they issued, how many police they had on the streets, how many military coated the corners, the people had had enough.
And were calling time.
That a government which thought it could imprison its own population on a deranged health scare was becoming increasingly irrelevant; and the question became, who, or what, would replace them?
For they had, demonstrably, failed. Failed the people, failed to lead, failed to filter information, and were demonstrably less than useless. As they daily ransacked the Treasury, and squandered billions upon billions upon billions, all to make themselves the most hated fools in the nation's history.
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‘I am not going to waste police time’: Tony Abbott fined for not wearing a mask
By Fergus Hunter
September 11, 2021 — 6.06pm
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been fined $500 for allegedly failing to wear a mask as required by public health orders.
Mr Abbott was photographed this week by a member of the public in Manly who observed him talking to a friend at Fairy Bower near the main beach.
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Police have fined former Prime Minister Tony Abbott $500 after a member of the public photographed him without a mask while out in the Sydney suburb of Manly.
He was subsequently reported to NSW Police, who confirmed on Saturday the former prime minister had been issued with a fine.
“A 63-year-old man was issued a $500 Penalty Infringement Notice on Friday (10 September, 2021), for failure to comply with wearing face covering directive,” police said in a statement.
“Police will allege the man did not wear a face mask while in public at Fairy Bower, Manly Beach, on the morning of Wednesday, 8 September, 2021.”
The person who saw the alleged breach – first reported by news.com.au – said Mr Abbott lingered and talked to his friend for an extended period.
Following confirmation of the fine, Mr Abbott said he believed he had been adhering to public health orders.
“I just want to say two things. First, I believe that I was well within the law, reasonably interpreted. But I am not going to challenge the fine because I am not going to waste police time,” he said on Saturday.
“Second, I never thought dobbing and snitching was part of the Australian character. I think as soon as we can leave this health police state mindset behind us, the better for everyone.”
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NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard declined to comment specifically on Mr Abbott’s fine but said everyone was subject to public health orders.
“It does not matter who you are, whatever station you have in life, there are orders. Nobody likes to have these orders, but it is to keep everybody safe and I hope people will comply with the orders,” Mr Hazzard told reporters at the daily NSW COVID-19 press conference.