Australians Should Vote for Freedom at the Next Election: Economist

The Australian ensign flag is flown in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on April 1, 2022. Rebecca Zhu/The Epoch Times

Preserving individual freedoms should be a major consideration for Australians set to go to the polls in May at the next federal election, according to an economist.

Gigi Foster, professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), said the four main political parties in Australia—Liberal, National, Labor, and Greens—had not acknowledged the problems of deploying harsh restrictions over the past two years to contain COVID-19, resulting in the curtailing of many rights.