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Flat White

Madman Mark McGowan – the tinpot dictator of Australia

25 January 2022

2:00 PM

25 January 2022

2:00 PM

Throughout the era of Covid, we have made numerous comparisons of governments and the restrictions they impose to past regimes built on totalitarianism, authoritarianism, or even fascism. Our so-called ‘leaders’ have been referred to on many an occasion as dictators, and rightly so; their actions have justified the dirty title.

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