{"id":213696,"date":"2020-09-18T06:55:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213696"},"modified":"2020-09-20T07:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T07:58:36","slug":"new-rules-may-allow-australian-police-to-detain-conspiracy-theorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213696","title":{"rendered":"New rules may allow Australian police to detain \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Off-Guardian \u2013 Sept 17, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_213697\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Police-detain-demonstrater-in-Melbourne.-Video-shows-him-being-hit-by-a-car-and-stamped-on-while-on-the-ground.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213697\" class=\"wp-image-213697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Police-detain-demonstrater-in-Melbourne.-Video-shows-him-being-hit-by-a-car-and-stamped-on-while-on-the-ground-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Police-detain-demonstrater-in-Melbourne.-Video-shows-him-being-hit-by-a-car-and-stamped-on-while-on-the-ground-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Police-detain-demonstrater-in-Melbourne.-Video-shows-him-being-hit-by-a-car-and-stamped-on-while-on-the-ground-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Police-detain-demonstrater-in-Melbourne.-Video-shows-him-being-hit-by-a-car-and-stamped-on-while-on-the-ground-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Police-detain-demonstrater-in-Melbourne.-Video-shows-him-being-hit-by-a-car-and-stamped-on-while-on-the-ground.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-213697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police arresting a protester in Melbourne. Video shows him being hit with a car and stamped on while on the ground. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">New rules passing in the Australian state of Victoria could see \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d and those \u201csuspected by health authorities of being likely to spread the virus\u201d detained in quarantine centres, according to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/people-who-refuse-to-self-isolate-could-be-detained-under-proposed-victorian-law-20200914-p55vm0.html\">The Age<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The rules are amendments being added to the Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill, which was <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/content.legislation.vic.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-04\/20-011aa%20authorised.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>first passed back in April<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The proposed detention would last <em>\u201cfor the period reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health\u201d<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">To translate that from bureaucrat into English: it means as for long as they want, or can get away with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Legislation with this kind of vague verbiage is always a red flag, but then Victoria is currently over-flowing with warning signs of this kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Victoria \u2013 The World\u2019s Fascist Test Run?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Maybe you haven\u2019t been following exactly how bad things are getting in Australia \u2013 and most especially Victoria \u2013 but they have essentially aggressively seized their opportunity to create a fascist micro-state. A social Petri dish, in which to culture some tyranny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">They have declared both a \u201cstate of emergency\u201d AND a \u201cstate of disaster\u201d for a disease which has killed fewer than a thousand people in 9 months across the entire country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">For a sense of perspective, in 2018 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/Lookup\/by%20Subject\/3303.0~2018~Main%20Features~Australia%27s%20leading%20causes%20of%20death,%202018~1\">over three times as many people died of influenza<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and the same number again committed suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">As of right now Australia has <em>just 16 cases<\/em> of coronavirus <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/australia\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>classified as \u201csevere\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">And yet, among other highly authoritarian regulations in place, Victoria currently has:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/08\/02\/victoria-declares-coronavirus-disaster-sets-curfew-melbourne\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>curfew<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, everybody must be home by 9pm and remain there until 5am.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Special<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/lifestyle\/health-wellbeing\/now-available-victorian-workers-will-be-required-to-carry-this-permit-from-tonight-c-1216817\"> work permits for \u201cessential workers\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which must be carried at all times and presented to any law enforcement officer that asks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/sep\/16\/ring-of-steel-melbourne-residents-face-5000-fines-for-trying-to-flee-to-regional-victoria\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Police check points<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on the roads \u2013 \u201cleaving a restricted area\u201d is now a criminal offense.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cIndefinitely suspended\u201d <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.juriesvictoria.vic.gov.au\/suspension-of-jury-trials-0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>all Jury trials<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2013 all criminal proceedings are now bench trials (they tried that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2020\/03\/31\/scotlands-sinister-covid19-response-suspend-trial-by-jury\/\">in Scotland, too<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A 60 minute limit for anyone leaving their home to exercise, and a rule forbidding people from going more than 5km (3.1 miles) from their home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Instituted a mandatory masks for anyone <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhhs.vic.gov.au\/face-coverings-covid-19\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>leaving the house for any reason<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Though notionally intended to be \u201ctemporary measures\u201d which only lasted six weeks, they have already extended that timeline for a further six months. There is some planned <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-09-15\/coronavirus-restrictions-regional-victoria-moves-to-step-three\/12664458\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>loosening<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a> of these restrictions, but with such vague and mutable conditions it\u2019s unlikely this \u201cnew normal\u201d is going away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Indeed the \u201cemergency\u201d is so comparatively minor that this precedent means almost any future event can be designated a \u201cdisaster\u201d or \u201cemergency\u201d, and used as excuse to impose authoritarian social controls.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The ever quotable Daniel Andrews<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Victorian Premier, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.com.au\/2020\/08\/the-decrees-of-dan-andrews-deciphered\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Daniel Andrews<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has been a quote machine during this pandemic. When challenged on the draconian nature of the new rules Andrews said [our emphasis]:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;The most logical, the most prudent thing to do, is to simply accept the fact that we have a need for rules \u2026 <strong>they\u2019re not about individual liberty, they\u2019re about public health<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">When asked about the 74 protesters arrested in Melbourne this past weekend, he said [again..our emphasis]:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;It\u2019s not smart, it\u2019s not right\u2026it\u2019s not the time for protest..<strong>.No one has the right to make choices like that<\/strong>, that potentially puts at risk everything we are working towards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Andrews is currently subject to a <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8742133\/Premier-Daniel-Andrews-kicked-office-pandemic-response.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>vote of no confidence from the opposition<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Enthusiastic Police Brutality<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Victorian police have certainly launched into their new mandates with gusto. Raiding the homes of people who share certain facebook posts before <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-09-15\/coronavirus-restrictions-regional-victoria-moves-to-step-three\/12664458\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>arresting them for \u201cincitement\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8613253\/Cop-CHOKES-woman-refused-wear-face-mask-arrest-streets-Melbourne.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>violently detaining those who weren\u2019t wearing masks in public<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Oh, they are also detaining people at <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/coronavirus\/australia\/natalie-bonett-womans-arrest-at-coronavirus-checkpoint-in-victoria-was-needless-terrorising\/news-story\/c3a8245d5505aeccccb141a59dd8179e\">checkpoints for no reason<\/a> at all, and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/victoria\/news\/police-hit-victorian-man-with-car-before-stomping-on-his-head-video-reveals\/news-story\/69b58e8d850aa02584d728c4873a2865\">hitting protesters with their cars<\/a> putting them in hospital. Some people are being arrested for <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/eve-black-the-selfish-woman-from-checkpoint-video-arrested-in-melbourne-20200729-p55gpw.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>refusing to identify themselves<\/strong><\/span><\/a> or <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/courts-law\/man-erupts-in-explosive-driveway-rant-at-victoria-police\/news-story\/3d95c801f39c76c4941931b6c9b9ebe0\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>driving on a highway<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a> or <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8600561\/Melbourne-cops-make-short-work-conspiracy-theorist-refuses-wear-mask-ID.html\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>refusing to follow orders<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The situation in Victoria is terrible, but it\u2019s not much worse than here in the UK, or the US or many other countries around the world. People need to resist it, non compliance and non-conformity have never been more important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">We\u2019re in a grip of a fascism pilot scheme, and the only way to stop it is to see it and say it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Can you spare $1.00 a month to support independent media?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Unlike the Guardian we are NOT funded by Bill &amp; Melinda Gates, or any other NGO or government. 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