According to a comprehensive survey of Australian attitudes, ongoing government-mandated lockdowns are pushing more Australians to value freedom over the law. At the end of the June quarter of 2021, 29.3 percent of Australians agreed with the statement that “Freedom is more important than the law.” This was a significant shift compared to the 21.6 percent that valued freedom over the law during the quarter ending March 2020, one year prior. Overall, positive attitudes towards freedom increased sharply after lockdowns and health restrictions were regularly deployed by governments across the country. “The COVID-19 pandemic began in mid-March 2020, and by the end of that month, Australia had entered an unprecedented nationwide lockdown that confined people to their homes for large parts of the next two months,”  Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine said. “Immediately following the imposition of the nationwide lockdown, the share of Australians agreeing that ‘Freedom is more important …