Multiple reports out of Australia over the past days have confirmed that state and territory governments are threatening to seize the homes and bank accounts of citizens over unpaid 'COVID violation' fines.
It found that "Queenslanders who received fines for breaking Covid-19 rules risk having their homes seized and bank accounts frozen in a government crackdown to collect $5.2 million in repayments."
Over 3,000 cases of unpaid fines have piled up across the large northeast Australian state - but the current number may be much more - given the last available data tracks the overdue fines through the end of September.
SPER was undertaking "Active enforcement" on another 18.4 per cent of fines, worth about $1 million, which a spokesman said "May include garnishing bank accounts or wages, registering charges over property, or suspending driver licenses".
So effectively large swathes of Australia are seeing the government now exercising total control over their lives - taking away everything from citizens, who apparently still have no recourse: private citizens' money, property, and even ability to freely transport their own vehicles are under threat.
Essentially the state in Australia can now seize people's homes for not paying covid fines.
Since the start of the pandemic, Australia has been at the global forefront of absolute Covid nuttiness - whether it's authorities arresting people at public parks for not wearing masks, or police showing up at residence's doorsteps to question them on their anti-lockdown stances, or also forcing perfectly healthy people into weeks of hotel quarantine at individual expense.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
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