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Democracy is dead in Danandrewstan

27 September 2020

4:00 PM

27 September 2020

4:00 PM

The great wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is attributed with the expression “Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”.  Clearly, Churchill never envisaged the Victorian government run by Chairman Dan during the time of the China virus. 

The state of Victoria, as are all the other states and the Australian government, is based on a Westminster model where power is disbursed, the government of the day is answerable to parliament and the liberties and freedoms of citizens are protected. 

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