Why Did I Go To Canberra? February 2022
A massive protest rally took place at Canberra on the 12th February 2022. The day before the rally I was talking to a neighbor over the fence, and he asked me what I was doing on the weekend. When I told him I was going to Canberra to attend the protest, he laughed and asked, “What on earth for?” Fair question, and one that I struggled to form a coherent answer to. In my own mind, I knew why, but expressing why proved difficult. So, in this page of scribble, I will attempt to work out exactly why. You know that sinking feeling that you get in your gut, a feeling of dread, fear and anxiety? You might get it when a highway patrol car flashes and turns to follow you to a stop. Or when you accidentally send an email to the wrong recipient. Or maybe when you get home and your wife has “that look” in her eye - you’ve done something wrong. You know the feeling. Two years ago, I got that feeling when a news broadcast announced that, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a state gove...