{"product_id":"unfolding-catastrophe-australia-9780645039436","title":"Unfolding Catastrophe: Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Combining meticulous research with thoughtful personal reflection, this is a devastating indictment of Australia's response to the Covid pandemic.\" Steve Waterson, The Australian. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well researched, courageous and revealing of the truth. One of Australia's most important books this century. A must read. Unfolding Catastrophe couldn't be more timely, coming at a pivotal point in our nation's history.\" Guy Campbell, GP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding Catastrophe: Australia aims to dismember the political, administrative and social derangement which has overtaken Australia since the early days of 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia's democracy has proved virus thin. There has never been a more politicised and thereby more disastrously mismanaged disease. Eighteen months on from the country's first COVID death Australia is almost unrecognisable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Australian government ignored all the cautionary tales emanating from some of the world's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernment overreach has destroyed all the nation's 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 Australia's Big End of Town grew vastly richer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding 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 country's leading journalists and academics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one of Australia's most experienced general news reporters, having worked on two of the country's 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 Australia's COVID response in his publication A Sense of Place Magazine forms the backbone of Unfolding Catastrophe: Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sense of Place Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645039436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"John Stapleton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942029406389,"sku":"9780645039436","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e31c8bae-6618-43bd-bc67-c60d76aa1384.jpg?v=1630995459","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unfolding-catastrophe-australia-9780645039436","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}