The utter shambles that is the NBN [1] is symptomatic of the Australian government's and hence the Australian peoples' attitudes to technology and online privacy. Most voters would say "if you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to hide". The Government is now trying to consolidate your healthcare record into a central database (ensure that you specifically opt out of this before November), and apparently have been using this data to target sex workers according to people I know in the industry, despite it being legal.

The Australian government cannot be trusted with your personal data. This is a government that seems to take civil liberties as an inconvenience rather than a right. Scott Morrison (the current PM, for those not keeping up) just today said that Victoria need a "police force that's a force", which is a blatant dogwhistle for "let's target minorities and disadvantaged communities". Meanwhile, the NSW police force seems to think there's absolutely nothing wrong with deploying drug dogs at train stations in Sydney's western suburbs like a bunch of fascists.

People keep voting for these politicians that support these policies. It's disgusting.

[1] For those non-Australians, the National Broadband Network is a mostly failed attempt for the Australian government to roll out high speed internet nationwide.