Is Australia the New North Korea?

[hertznetwork]

Given that Australia closes its borders and doesn't even allow its citizens to come back can we compare it to a dictatorship like  NK? Combined the strict border controls with the rising concerns over press freedom by the Right to Know coalition – an organization advocating for information access – after Australian federal police raided  the national broadcaster ABC and a News Corp journalist’s home earlier this year over two stories that were based on leaked classified information.

The media outlets are also calling for improved protections for public sector whistle-blowers – who have been charged for leaking information to the press – as well as an improved freedom of information regime and defamation law reform.

This seems to be common now, journalists being threatened with law suits and social media censorship. What has Australia really become and what is the governments end game?

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[suchmoon]

Yes, it's exactly like North Korea, except for the tiny little detail of being able to vote and elect a new government if you're unhappy with the current one. But don't let such mundane details get in the way of a dramatic headline.

[Poker Player]

I do not know about the media subject, but to label them as an authoritarian regime akin to North Korea for their immigration policies borders on delusional.

There is a naive leftism, according to which, the borders of developed countries should be opened without restrictions and if millions of immigrants entered without control every year, we would all live happy ever after. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[cmg777]

Given that Australia closes its borders and doesn't even allow its citizens to come back can we compare it to a dictatorship like  NK? Combined the strict border controls with the rising concerns over press freedom by the Right to Know coalition – an organization advocating for information access – after Australian federal police raided  the national broadcaster ABC and a News Corp journalist’s home earlier this year over two stories that were based on leaked classified information.

The media outlets are also calling for improved protections for public sector whistle-blowers – who have been charged for leaking information to the press – as well as an improved freedom of information regime and defamation law reform.

This seems to be common now, journalists being threatened with law suits and social media censorship. What has Australia really become and what is the governments end game?

At least for the time being your media is better than most of the mainstream media in the states. They seem to tell the truth so the government acts upon them. Whereas in the states, the government owns the mainstream media behind the scenes mostly. Australians know China is wanting to influence their country just as they influence the United States. So to me the answer is no you're not North Korea there isn't one man you'd have to kill to make the dominos start to fall but rather they want you to become like China.

[BADecker]

If the people of Australia knew how to use the "Court of Queen's Bench of Australia," they could have corrected the overreaching of the "High Court of Australia" a long time ago, in all kinds of things, including the stupid Covid false alarm. People ignorance. If you are Australian, start learning now. Ask, and I will point you in directions that are working in the USA and the UK.

[Mauser]

Given that Australia closes its borders and doesn't even allow its citizens to come back can we compare it to a dictatorship like  NK? Combined the strict border controls with the rising concerns over press freedom by the Right to Know coalition – an organization advocating for information access – after Australian federal police raided  the national broadcaster ABC and a News Corp journalist’s home earlier this year over two stories that were based on leaked classified information.

The media outlets are also calling for improved protections for public sector whistle-blowers – who have been charged for leaking information to the press – as well as an improved freedom of information regime and defamation law reform.

This seems to be common now, journalists being threatened with law suits and social media censorship. What has Australia really become and what is the governments end game?

I don't know if Australia could be the next North Korea, as an island this could be usual measures to protect the population against a new wave of corona. Wasn't the neighbour island New Zealand doing the exact same thing already 1 year ago? The current pandemic enables the government to implement much stricter travel restrictions than before. I think that the government will try to be more strict but this is likely to go change very soon again. The big difference between NK and Australia is that they have lections. If the government doesn't follow the will of the people we will likely see a new government after the next election.

[Xinarae*]

North korea us relations refers to the international relations between north korea and the united states. Historically political and diplomatic relations between north korea and the united states have been hostile beginning with the korean war north korea's destructive nuclear program in recent years but in the case of australia and north korea if the governments of the two countries do not adhere to all the policies together, then immigration policies can be controlled very easily. Together they will control the security of everything.

[jrrsparkles]

North Korea is at the extreme level of dictatorship so we can't compare Australia with them, they have a reason why they closed down the border because they want to put an end to the spread but its completely against the human rights as well since even own country is not allowing their citizen the enter into their borders then how they expect other countries to accept them.

[Natsuu]

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At least for the time being your media is better than most of the mainstream media in the states. They seem to tell the truth so the government acts upon them. Whereas in the states, the government owns the mainstream media behind the scenes mostly. Australians know China is wanting to influence their country just as they influence the United States. So to me the answer is no you're not North Korea there isn't one man you'd have to kill to make the dominos start to fall but rather they want you to become like China.

I am always amazed on how people tagged medias as fake. I don't really know how they can be branded as fakes when they have proofs, and evidences that supports the news. Is it just because the news is not aligned to what you think is happening? and you oppose what is in the news?. then It is not that news is faked, but your opinion is just BIASED.


Replying to OP

It is really pretty common now to threaten the media in each country (if you're well aware of what is happening right now in SEA). It is saddening, but reality is bullshit

[cabron]

Aren't they just locking their country because of the mice invasion?

The media is always the ones that spread the news of what is going on. If the country wants to control the people so they won't panic or revolt against the government, it's the media that will always have to be controlled. They are having conflict with China which the Chinese had already controlled many companies, even Hollywood is already bought by China. Look how John Cena says sorry for saying Taiwan is a country.

AUS isn't that brutal yet to their media. It's the Belarus President that's worse, who forces RyanAir to land on Minsk in order to detain a critical journalist who is on board.

[cmg777]

I am always amazed on how people tagged medias as fake. I don't really know how they can be branded as fakes when they have proofs, and evidences that supports the news. Is it just because the news is not aligned to what you think is happening? and you oppose what is in the news?. then It is not that news is faked, but your opinion is just BIASED.


Replying to OP

It is really pretty common now to threaten the media in each country (if you're well aware of what is happening right now in SEA). It is saddening, but reality is bullshit

I wish I could trust the media in the states and expect an unbiased opinion from them but I don't. One of the reasons I don't trust the media is the Smith-Mundt act which banned propaganda was repealed in July 2nd, 2013 (ironically right before the 4th of July to enslave our minds to their brainwashing means).

Smith-Mundt Act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Act

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/

Another reason is they have sponsors, people that pay them money to run ads or people that pay them money to keep quiet. Very rarely will they ever go after their own sponsors or people that grease their cogs. Unless the alternative online media break something that goes viral and they are forced to cover it.  A present day example of this is how the Wuhan virus originated. Many alternative media sources broke that the Wuhan virus outbreak originated in a lab. The media tried to cover that the virus originated from bats naturally. However, if you look at the virus it looks man-made and has the same payload receptors as HIV. Now the media is forced to cover the possibility that it came from a lab leak in China. The Chinese have a broad influence in media in the United States so the media will try to cover this up. Do you think they bought Disney just to make a profit? They want to use them to influence Americans:

Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping

John Cena Apologies for calling Taiwan a country (Taiwan is an independent country he just wants the FED Stamps (USD) from China which will have value for a limited time only).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5giRt3iVm_s

I could go on about how each media outlet has its own bias due to its sponsors or the party they represent. NBC/MSNBC/CNBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and practically most of the mainstream media have supported and are biased to the beliefs of the Democrat party. Fox News and other alternatives appear to be bias towards the beliefs of the Republican party or independents.   However, a large sect of Fox News leans towards the Neo-cons like Mitt Romney which support wars which brings big government spending and monies to their cronies. The same can be said of the rest of the mainstream media outfits that lean towards the Dems they are out for their money grab of propaganda for big pharma pushing the vaccines. So my real opinion is be selective of who you can believe and take everything with a grain of salt.

Very interesting video of Yuri Bezmenov below about Idealogical Subversion and how the media and western governments are bringing Soviet-era rhetoric to the western world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gnpCqsXE8g&list=PLddfeJXFHp05syja20v5llCKfVnZs3IO7

My favorite part of the video is how the crowd from the 1980s laughs at this very serious man that it can't happen here or that is crazy but it is happening at this very moment of what he covers.

[franky1]

alot of countries have alot of problems. but when it comes to reading/hearing stories on the news. dont just put the conspiract tin on your head.. actually research

there are many chatrooms in the world. pick one. for instance if your in the US/UK hearing about news of australia. go find an australian chatroom and actually just have conversations with australians and ask their opinion.

you cannt base your UK/US opinion based on UK/US stories. actually find some info more direct..
..

my pet peeve at the moment is how UK/US is propogandising china
like pretending china is
a bigbrother state
  where all financials are registerd.logged and monitored.
   this is debunked straight away because i can go to a bureaux de change(travel money exchange) and i can gt chinese money without needing any life history registration.

surveilance state
  there are 1.4billion people. but not enough copes/civil servants working to monitor everyone. even with AI there is still not enough to be having a surveilance state as advertised on western media

detainee heavy handed
saying china is detaining 1million people.. and keeping it a secret..well in a 1.4b population 1400:1 is small. and yet we know these numbers so its no secret.
however US/UK have a ratio of 1400:1.7 yep 70% higher detention rate

lets take US population 330m populus and 400k detainee 3300:4=1400:1.7
so america has more detainees per populus and yet no regular stories about it compared to china.
seems US is more secretive about its detainee handlings

..
so before someone just reads a story. check it out... using factual sites not conspiracy sites. it will enlighten you

p.s
conspiracy sites are made by the same group as big media. its used for 2 fold
make idiots dumber and never learn the truth
have opposing stories to media show another lie to hide the truth back and front.

[cmg777]

alot of countries have alot of problems. but when it comes to reading/hearing stories on the news. dont just put the conspiract tin on your head.. actually research

there are many chatrooms in the world. pick one. for instance if your in the US/UK hearing about news of australia. go find an australian chatroom and actually just have conversations with australians and ask their opinion.

you cannt base your UK/US opinion based on UK/US stories. actually find some info more direct..
..

my pet peeve at the moment is how UK/US is propogandising china
like pretending china is
a bigbrother state
  where all financials are registerd.logged and monitored.
   this is debunked straight away because i can go to a bureaux de change(travel money exchange) and i can gt chinese money without needing any life history registration.

surveilance state
  there are 1.4billion people. but not enough copes/civil servants working to monitor everyone. even with AI there is still not enough to be having a surveilance state as advertised on western media

detainee heavy handed
saying china is detaining 1million people.. and keeping it a secret..well in a 1.4b population 1400:1 is small. and yet we know these numbers so its no secret.
however US/UK have a ratio of 1400:1.7 yep 70% higher detention rate

lets take US population 330m populus and 400k detainee 3300:4=1400:1.7
so america has more detainees per populus and yet no regular stories about it compared to china.
seems US is more secretive about its detainee handlings

..
so before someone just reads a story. check it out... using factual sites not conspiracy sites. it will enlighten you

p.s
conspiracy sites are made by the same group as big media. its used for 2 fold
make idiots dumber and never learn the truth
have opposing stories to media show another lie to hide the truth back and front.

You proport that there are sites of factual content please share them because you are just the epitome of what I just posted about Ideological Subversion by Yuri Bezmenoz (Canadian Alias Tomas Schmann). By this you are inferring that China is better than the UK/US. If the US/UK is so bad why don't you move there (I'd agree with the UK being bad and the US will be like China soon enough)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gnpCqsXE8g&list=PLddfeJXFHp05syja20v5llCKfVnZs3IO7

[Cnut237]

Given that Australia closes its borders and doesn't even allow its citizens to come back can we compare it to a dictatorship like  NK?

That's a ridiculous and sensationalist comparison, an example of 'I don't like x, therefore it's the worst thing ever'.
Someone cuts into a parking space ahead of you? OMG Hitler!

If you want some context on what it's like to live in North Korea, try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk

[nightrider]

I do not think that. Australia is a country with a developed economy. This is a country integrated with the world economy. The Australian Government always expands exchanges and cooperation for mutual development with countries around the world. It is not like North Korea's authoritarian political regime. Australians can freely trade, travel... This is the most livable country in the world.

[(o)(o)ilikeboobs(o)(o)]

I believe two people giving confidential information to the media without permission is against the law and deportation is a tough measure from the government. It's like treason or espionage. Every country has its own way of treating its citizens and I think that should be respected. In China, crimes involving state secrets can be punished more severely.

[hertznetwork]

alot of countries have alot of problems. but when it comes to reading/hearing stories on the news. dont just put the conspiract tin on your head.. actually research

there are many chatrooms in the world. pick one. for instance if your in the US/UK hearing about news of australia. go find an australian chatroom and actually just have conversations with australians and ask their opinion.

you cannt base your UK/US opinion based on UK/US stories. actually find some info more direct..
..

my pet peeve at the moment is how UK/US is propogandising china
like pretending china is
a bigbrother state
  where all financials are registerd.logged and monitored.
   this is debunked straight away because i can go to a bureaux de change(travel money exchange) and i can gt chinese money without needing any life history registration.

surveilance state
  there are 1.4billion people. but not enough copes/civil servants working to monitor everyone. even with AI there is still not enough to be having a surveilance state as advertised on western media

detainee heavy handed
saying china is detaining 1million people.. and keeping it a secret..well in a 1.4b population 1400:1 is small. and yet we know these numbers so its no secret.
however US/UK have a ratio of 1400:1.7 yep 70% higher detention rate

lets take US population 330m populus and 400k detainee 3300:4=1400:1.7
so america has more detainees per populus and yet no regular stories about it compared to china.
seems US is more secretive about its detainee handlings

..
so before someone just reads a story. check it out... using factual sites not conspiracy sites. it will enlighten you

p.s
conspiracy sites are made by the same group as big media. its used for 2 fold
make idiots dumber and never learn the truth
have opposing stories to media show another lie to hide the truth back and front.

This is very true. We here in Australia do not have a problem with China. Our government is creating issues with China, but Australian all have Chinese connection and friend. It is hard to take the Australian government seriously because it is actually an illegal occupation of the Indigenous lands. But they will point at China and issues China has domestically. The reality is the British flag is flying over the indigenous peoples land and that is because of the minerals under the ground.

[Twinkledoe]

I do not think that. Australia is a country with a developed economy. This is a country integrated with the world economy. The Australian Government always expands exchanges and cooperation for mutual development with countries around the world. It is not like North Korea's authoritarian political regime. Australians can freely trade, travel... This is the most livable country in the world.

I won't compare Australia with NK as well. NK is like the extreme here. Australia is just protecting its citizens but they still have a lot of freedom within their realm. The way of living or lifestyle of Australians are much much better than NKoreans. Just basing from the articles I read about NK living though.

[PrimeNumber7]

Australia closes its borders and doesn't even allow its citizens to come back

This is not true. Australian citizens have an automatic exemption to travel restrictions into Australia. Australia does, however, restrict its citizens' ability to leave the country.

Their border policy is very popular and is intended to stop the spread of covid into their country. Unfortunately, they have been slow at distributing the vaccine, which ultimately would give way for them to open up their borders again.

[Mauser]

Australia closes its borders and doesn't even allow its citizens to come back

This is not true. Australian citizens have an automatic exemption to travel restrictions into Australia. Australia does, however, restrict its citizens' ability to leave the country.

Their border policy is very popular and is intended to stop the spread of covid into their country. Unfortunately, they have been slow at distributing the vaccine, which ultimately would give way for them to open up their borders again.

I think that many countries would like to do the same but controlling large land borders seems impossible in today's world. Having your own island makes it so much more easier. Iceland and New Zealand did the exact same thing. Even UK tried to do it during the height of the corona pandemic. As long as these measures are short term and time limited. I don't see anything wrong with it.