Thread by @k_mahlburg

They locked us down, tore us apart, and said it was "for our good."

This weekend, I’m voting with the economy in mind — and for life, faith, family, and freedom.

But most of all, I’m voting for accountability for the COVID years.

Never let them forget what they did to us. 🧵

👩‍🍼 Pregnant mum arrested: Zoe Buhler was cuffed in her Ballarat home for posting an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook.

🏢 Public housing tower prisoners: 3,000 Melbourne residents locked inside under police guard without warning.

🚓 Police brutality at protests: Tear gas, rubber bullets, and mass arrests at anti-lockdown rallies in Melbourne.

🚸 Children in solitary confinement: Queensland detained kids alone in watch houses to "enforce" COVID rules.

❤️‍🩹 Elderly couple torn apart: Muriel and Robert were separated for months by cruel hospital visitor bans.

🕊️ Mother gives birth to stillborn baby alone: Hospital rules barred support during the worst moment of her life.

🛌 Dying loved ones abandoned: Families banned from saying goodbye in hospitals and aged care homes.

🛝 Playgrounds padlocked: Melbourne closed parks, cutting kids off from safe outdoor play.

🗺️ 5km travel limits: Melbourne residents trapped inside tiny "zones," fined for breaching invisible lines.

🌒 Curfews imposed: Melbourne faced months-long 8pm–5am curfews with no clear evidence they worked.

🏨 Forced hotel quarantines: Travelers detained, charged thousands, even when COVID-negative.

🛖 Howard Springs detention: Australians locked in remote camps — even without positive tests.

🚧 Random police checkpoints: Melburnians interrogated for daring to travel more than 5km from home.

🛩️ Police surveillance drones: Melbourne deployed drones to catch people breaking lockdown rules.

🚪 Police raids on homes: Private gatherings targeted by armed police, sometimes without warrants.

🏃‍♂️ Fined for exercise: Aussies fined for walking, cycling, or fishing "too far" from home.

😷 Mask fines despite exemptions: Vulnerable people fined despite legitimate medical reasons.

📱 Mandatory QR check-ins: Personal data harvested just to enter shops or churches.

✝️ Churches closed, pubs open: Religious services banned, while shopping centres stayed open.

⚰️ Bans on funerals and weddings: Grieving families barred from burying their dead together.

✈️ Stranded overseas, abandoned: Tens of thousands of Australians locked out of their own country.

🇮🇳 India travel ban: Citizens returning from India faced jail for trying to come home.

💉 Workers sacked over mandates: No jab, no job — a cruel blow to thousands.

👷‍♂️ Construction workers tear-gassed: Tradies protesting mandates met with riot squads and tear gas.

🚨 Domestic violence surges: Lockdowns trapped women with their abusers — and help was often out of reach.

♿ Disability support failures: Disabled Australians left stranded in unsafe quarantine conditions.

📚 School closures hurt the poor: Disadvantaged kids lost crucial months of education and support.

🏛️ Community centres shut down: Critical services for the vulnerable closed when needed most.

🏖️ Beach bans and playground bans: Open-air recreation criminalised, despite low transmission risk.

⚖️ Emergency powers abused: Governments ruled by decree, dodging proper scrutiny for two years.

🏛️ Parliament cancelled: Federal sittings suspended — democracy put on ice during critical moments.

🕵️ National Cabinet secrecy: COVID policies crafted behind closed doors, with no transparency.

🏛️ Judicial oversight sidelined: COVID rules escaped proper legal challenge for months, even years.

📜 No national human rights charter: Australia’s weak protections allowed these abuses to flourish unchecked.

🖤 Aboriginal community lockdowns: Remote Indigenous communities were locked down without local consent or consultation.

🏚️ Eviction bans causing housing chaos: Tenants trapped in unsafe homes, unable to relocate during moratoriums.

Anything I forgot? Add it below 👇

Read the case I've made for why we need a Covid Royal Commission: dailydeclaration.org.au/2024/04/03/roy…