I think you have a strange view of freedom in Australia.
We'd have to be one of the more free countries around.
Yep, there are some laws that you would see as draconian, but are you offended because they actually impact you, or are they just something you don't like for "reasons"? Many places have laws and conventions that are different, it's about how you live with them.
We have crappy and corrupt politicians.
We have criminals and we have gangs. we are not perfect.
The way we treat our first nations people is frankly shameful.
Unemployed are in a in a hard shake, with benefits being far too low to both live and search for a job without family assistance.
We also have a country where you can walk down most streets without concern for your safety.
Most places in the city you lock your doors but can get away with not setting an alarm.
My current work at home office is on our back deck, and I'm happy to leave my computers out here for a few hours if I need to go out.
Most places outside the cities you don't bother locking your doors.
If you break down on a country road, your biggest fear is that somebody won't turn up to help you, not that they will come and rob you.
Most of us don't know of anybody who has been killed by violence. I know one, she was shot by her boy friend when I was about 8 years old, way before the current gun laws were enacted.
Most of the population understand that we need to work together for the common good, be it responding to natural disasters or putting on a bloody mask to help stop the spread of covid. In a disaster your neighbour will come and check that you are ok.
If I want to have my say about something, as long as I'm not stupid or violent, there are many forum.
I've walked all over the big (lol) cities in the country and never felt threatened or been accosted. This would be different if I were female, but I believe that is a problem world over.
I still believe that the police are there to help and look after me, and have no fear about talking to them. Of course I'm white middle class male and my experience is not that of other groups, however police violence is still rare enough that it creates an outcry.
Overall, the only place I would prefer to live than Australia would be New Zealand, and then I'd have to put up with the cold weather.