Episode 002 What's happening in Australia with Senator Alex Antic - The Open Forum Podcast

Alex Antic is a Senator from South Australia representing the Liberal party, with a background in law practising for almost two decades, he brings that energy into the senate floor to push for openness and transparency being one of the members senate to push for normality to be restored and freedoms to be given back to the people of Australia. Join us as we talk about the situation down under as well as Senator Antic's run in with a quarantine facility and his views on where we're headed if something isn't done to shake up the current status quo. As always, links in the description for some of the topics we covered where relevant!

00.15 Intro
04.12 Alex's brush with the quarantine hotel & how quarantine works
11.15 FOIA request for rationale behind health advice/requirements
14.40 Quarantine facilities, Howard Springs
15.15 detention facility/Hayley Hodgson story
20.00 Are the Australian government trying to hold onto power with new facilities?
22.35 Coercion, rewards for getting vaccinated
26.15 restrictions on leaving home in the northern territories, "being up to date"
28.00 Quarantine App - with tracking & biometric data
30.15 Warrantless checks coming into your home.
31.20 Australian government agreements on how many vials of vaccine were purchased versus population of Australia
35.50 Biderman's chart of coercion
37.30 Trivial demands of the populous
40.00 fact checkers are opinions, trusted news initiative
40.45 Media coverage or lack there of with protests & beyond
44.30 Issue with career politicians
50.00 How is the current picture in Oz?
52.45 What are the constituents saying?
55.45 Crisis of the day management? Where should we be looking next!

Info on the South Australia "Home Quarantine SA" app (As per SA gov website)
https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/450035/20210824-Home-Quarantine-SA-user-FAQs.pdf

Australia vaccine purchasing volume agreements
https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/about-rollout/vaccine-agreements

Hayley Hodgson story on Unherd
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/12/04/australian_woman_police_came_to_my_door_and_took_me_to_covid_quarantine_camp_told_me_you_have_no_choice.html#!
Rebuttal from NT Health Spokesperson
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/nt-hits-back-at-womans-viral-interview-about-howard-springs-internment-camp/news-story/43a56e8b349fef236d9fd79c3ee8a15c