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Fear and Loathing in Lockdown: The NSW war on COVID is Becoming McCarthyite

Fear and Loathing in Lockdown: The NSW war on COVID is Becoming McCarthyite

COVID-19 has shown that more Australians are descended from wardens than convicts.

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Dara Macdonald
Jan 02, 2022
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Below is an unpublished oped from August.

Enjoy,

Dara

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COVID-19 has shown that more Australians are descended from wardens than convicts.

Australians were already informing on each other and didn’t need the Chief of Police to encourage them to dob on their neighbours. The political class might very soon come to regret fanning the flames of fear and loat…

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