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Julie Pettiford's avatar

Another book that would be worth reading is ÉTIENNE De La BOETIE 2 called to see the cage is to leave it. He’s also written a number of other books. If you think about what’s going through n in our government NDA’s commercial in confidence , decisions made behind closed doors and presented as deals done, no public or parliamentary discussion it’s time obscene. Another point, if you have a myGov account they now want facial recognition or thumbprint to access your own data. And I remember Morrison saying our collective data will be loaded into the cloud. I’m old enough to have voted in the 1974 referendum, I remember two of the four questions. One was to have an Australia card the other was did we want LGA’ s represented at federal level. All for referendum questions were voted down , we now have LGA’s represented at federal level and we’re already well on the way to national biometric identification, tracking and tracking and tracing.

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Kuno van der Post's avatar

The trajectory was obvious with the roll-out of NBN - all data flows through a government-controlled channel. Still, using a VPN is not subversive - it is a necessity to preserve my clients' confidentiality, and that's a duty.

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Darren Kelly's avatar

The centralised nature of the NBN certainly makes their job easier. Yes, VPNs can help skirt around some of the restrictions — but they won’t protect us from the broader overreach.

That’s why the pushback must come from the people. This is about more than policy — it’s about principle.

They can’t keep pretending this is a democracy while overriding the will of the people.

This is another 2020 moment — a test of our resolve, and a measure of how much they think they can get away with.

We failed that test last time. I pray we don’t fail it again.

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Kuno van der Post's avatar

I agree 100%. The VPN thing is a bit like a mask exemption. It's a stop-gap but the bigger problem is, well, bigger, yes.

One thing in our favour is that tyranny takes a lot of energy to maintain. It isn't very efficient. Eventually the organisers die off, burn out, retire or whatever, and get replaced by professional administrators who by their very nature lack the same fervour and drive. The problem there is when AI calls the shots. We must remember that AI needs us more than we need it, if we can.

But, things will tend to slide towards the lowest energy state one way or another, over time.

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grahamlyons's avatar

We should expect nothing less from a government that clearly revealed itself as our enemy during the Convid1984 coup and deadly vax deployment.

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JacqNSW's avatar

This Bill was rammed through the Polistitutes Zionist House in December same as the Vegetation Laws in a December years ago.

Australians have been Hypnotised by the Ongoing Psychological Operation Units for years. Australians have turned into gullible sheep heading for slaughter.

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Trudy Anrep's avatar

Digital ID for all indeed, other's are saying it's also a deal between Albosleazy Ellery and Murdoch Media

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