Commentary In April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians that Australia’s period of time spent in Afghanistan was worth it, because “freedom is always worth it.” But despite this comment, Australians are currently experiencing the most restrictions on their freedoms ever. We are currently imprisoned three times over; in our houses, in our respective states, and in our own country. In Sydney, the defence forces are being used against civilians to enforce house arrest. In Melbourne, unarmed citizens who took to the streets believing freedom was worth fighting for were shot at indiscriminately with non-lethal bullets and pepper-sprayed by riot police. All Australians, no matter the position in society they currently occupy, must be reminded that each and every one of us is a direct beneficiary of hard-won freedoms. In the fledgling days of the penal colony, Captain Arthur Philip envisioned that if a future colony were to become a successful …
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