Five-Eye member state Australia has just solidified its reputation as the most draconian place on the planet by ordering citizens not to speak to one another. But is it really the virus that it fears, or is it something else? You’d have to see it to believe it but, even then, it’s hard to fathom. After reporting an infinitesimal rise in new Covid cases in New South Wales – 78 to be precise,... 

A senior health official in Australia has ordered grandparents not to “go anywhere near your grandkids” as the country doubles down on its ‘zero COVID’ policy. Chief Health Officer (CHO) Jeannette Young made the statement after the delta variant spread to four schools in the state of Queensland. “If you’re a grandparent of one of these kids, one of these households, and you haven’t been...