Australian Nanny State Policies

The cluster focuses on criticisms of Australia's government as a 'nanny state' or police state, particularly regarding privacy erosion, encryption backdoors, civil liberties restrictions, and COVID measures.

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lathiat Oct 13, 2020 View on HN

It's true in Australia: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24761210

mcsniff Jul 12, 2023 View on HN

Ironic statement, considering Australia has a reputation of being considered a 'nanny state'.

wil421 Jan 13, 2017 View on HN

Article is about Australia yet people still have to take jabs at the US.I'm not really sure what you mean anyway.

stainforth Dec 12, 2020 View on HN

Do Australians have strong dislike of their setup as well?

NicoJuicy Feb 18, 2021 View on HN

Well, there's something going on in Australia currently.I don't think they turned a page yet.

ColinWright Jul 24, 2014 View on HN

A few comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8070324Points, but no comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8071936Points, but no comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8073723Discussion of when the Aus

ericd Jun 13, 2010 View on HN

Yeah, it's really quite frightening that a first-world country like Australia is going the route they are. Not that the US hasn't made gestures in the same direction, but Aussie seems to be following through with it.

imron Aug 10, 2017 View on HN

sigh they're taking a leaf out of the Australian government's book.

joncrane Aug 17, 2020 View on HN

It's Australia. Try looking into some of the weird and gross stuff the Federal government does.

brokenmachine Feb 7, 2019 View on HN

As an Australian, I dearly hope all international companies actually do this.We are a testing ground for this insanity, the time to fight it is now.Australian citizens did not ask for this. All the "consultation" letters were ignored in favour of creating a police state.