Comment by naruhodo

As an Australian, do you remember:

* The Labor government's failed 2010 internet filter policy, [1] "Those who claim the government's approach is akin to the sort of political censorship practiced by authoritarian regimes are simply misleading the Australian public."

* The Liberal government's passed 2015 mandatory metadata retention laws, [2] "Critics say Australia’s data retention scheme is mass surveillance, and metadata is used to track where people go."

because it doesn't seem like you do. I could also point to the UK's full-take surveillance apparatus, or the US, from around about the same time-frame.

This is a long term project.

[1] https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/internet-filter-is-not-c...

[2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-17/metadata-retention-pr...