UNFOLDING CATASTROPHE IBD

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'Combining meticulous research with thoughtful personal reflection, this is a devastating indictment of AustraliaâÇÖs response to the Covid pandemic.' Steve Waterson, The Australian.á'Well researched, courageous and revealing of the truth. One of AustraliaâÇÖs most important books this century. A must read. Unfolding Catastrophe couldnâÇÖt be more timely, coming at a pivotal point in our nationâÇÖs history.' Guy Campbell, GP.áUnfolding Catastrophe: Australia aims to dismember the political, administrative and social derangement which has overtaken Australia since the early days of 2020.áááAustraliaâÇÖs democracy has proved virus thin. There has never been a more politicised and thereby more disastrously mismanaged disease. Eighteen months on from the countryâÇÖs first COVID death Australia is almost unrecognisable.áThe Australian government ignored all the cautionary tales emanating from some of the worldâÇÖs leading tertiary institutions, all warning that lockdowns were a dangerous social experiment which would do more harm than good. The result has been an authoritarian derangement, with military on the streets, unprecedented levels of highly aggressive policing, a dramatic loss of liberties, thousands marching in the streets and uber surveillance at a level previously unimaginable.ááGovernment overreach has destroyed all the nationâÇÖs traditional freedoms, from barbeques in the backyard to going to the beach. By mid-2021 half the population were enduring what amounted to house arrest under some of the most extreme lockdown measures seen anywhere in the world. State borders opened and shut on a single case, tens of thousands of businesses had been destroyed, and the national debt quadrupled. All the while AustraliaâÇÖs Big End of Town grew vastly richer.ááUnfolding Catastrophe: Australia tells the story of the nation through the eyes of a retired reporter, switching from street scenes to reportage while incorporating the work of some of the countryâÇÖs leading journalists and academics.áAs one of AustraliaâÇÖs most experienced general news reporters, having worked on two of the countryâÇÖs leading newspapers The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald for a quarter of a century, John Stapleton is uniquely placed to tell this story. His experience in publishing a wide range of hard hitting material sceptical of AustraliaâÇÖs COVID response in his publication A Sense of Place Magazine forms the backbone of Unfolding Catastrophe: Australia.