Why And How Is Australia Becoming Authoritarian?

and what does that say about government power during the COVID age?

COVID demonstration in Melbourne, Australia. (William West/AFP/Getty Images)

Australians have recently been faced with strict travel restrictions to the country. And in a move that many consider unconstitutional, Australians are prevented from leaving their own country. As Conor Friedersdorf points out in an Atlantic article, restrictions such…