Commentary Keen observers have identified a desire to comply with government dictates as a salient characteristic of your average Australian. Rather than questioning the merit of these dictates, Australians often uncritically accept government decisions with the compliant attitude of Australians has been noted by astute commentators, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, this attitude involves the unchallenged acceptance of all explanations given by government chief medical officers, whose advice is then slavishly imposed on people by our political class. When the lockdowns are lifted, sometimes a few hours earlier than previously announced, politicians may even smile triumphantly as if they are the guardian angels who have done it again for their flock. These days, when I unwisely decide to watch the news on television, I am confronted with the sanctimonious pronouncements of these chief medical officers of the Commonwealth and the states regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. A few weeks …