skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@andyjennings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andyjennings</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@georgegalanis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgegalanis</span></a></span> <br>It is the extent of the mistrust I think.</p><p>Governments are far from perfect and recognising there have been serious problems in their functioning in areas such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgedCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgedCare</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoboDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoboDebt</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstitutionalisedAbuseOfChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstitutionalisedAbuseOfChildren</span></a>, pandemic preparations and spying on East Timor, is very different to saying there is deliberate plotting to make <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> into a totalitarian state.</p><p>Dutton seems to be trying to create copies of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolPrincipal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolPrincipal</span></a> and wife who killed cops.</p>