I just returned to Australia after 12 months in Europe. I came back for family reasons but can’t wait to leave again. It is unbelievable how many people are totally brainwashed! They refuse to believe the facts I saw, as opposed to the government narrative! When I try to tell them they have been lied to they trot out what they saw on tv and wont believe it was not true!
True for many, but it depends upon the area.
For instance, southwest and western Sydney are known for their "non-compliance" to NSW govt "health orders".
Interestingly, those areas have much higher populations of immigrants, and therefore are less likely to look upon any govt as their "saviour".
Example: There was an incident where the NSW Police intimidated a function centre near the city to cancel an anti-covid lockdown "Freedom Ball", despite the fact that the function centre had other functions within days of the "Function Ball". So, the organisers moved the event further west; the function centre owner was intimidated by the NSW Gestapo (whoops, Police), and told them to piss off; the event went ahead. (I am not certain of his ethnic background, but it certainly was not anglo-saxon.)
The NSW thugs (I mean Police) also concentrated their covid lockdown forces in western Sydney because of the higher non-compliance there.
In Tassie, there are probably fewer immigrants, so probably a lot higher rate of blind obedience to govt, regardless of whether or not its mandates are reasonable.
(PS: I respected the NSW Police Force. After their behaviour related to covid lockdowns, I no longer do, and consider them the aggressors until proven otherwise. Their behaviour when Nigel Farange was scheduled to speak in Sydney was unconscionable. They engaged in intimidation, threats and blackmail in order to extract a payment of thousands of dollars from the venue.)