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Many anti-lockdown protesters believe the government is illegitimate. Their legal arguments don't stand up

  • Written by Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
Many anti-lockdown protesters believe the government is illegitimate. Their legal arguments don't stand upJAMES ROSS/AAP

Lockdown has been particularly hard in Victoria and some dissent against restrictions is to be expected.

While it might be easy to dismiss the anti-lockdown protesters by calling them selfish or deluded, we should not lose sight of just how far beyond our normal expectations of civic responsibility the last six months have taken us.

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