5 Levels of Compliance: FOI Reveals Citizens Profiled by Government During COVID-19

‘I’m worried that they’ll do it for other things too,” Libertarian Party MP David Limbrick said.

Australians protesting against government-mandated health restrictions, increasing powers, and the Pandemic Bill in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 6, 2021. Armstrong Lazenby

A state MP is warning that the profiling of citizens could happen again in the future, after revelations the former Andrews Labor government segmented Victorians into five different categories based on their willingness to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.

The state’s capital, Melbourne, experienced the most lockdowns of any city in the Western world during COVID-19, spending 262 total days under heavy restrictions.