Australia is on a steady road to becoming a totalitarian nation, a police state.
police state
1. a totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens' activities.
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Definitions of totalitarian state. noun. a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures. synonyms: totalitation regime.
Of course, this is just my opinion.
