What you guys have to realise is that as a culture Australians are fairly sheltered and sadly many are historically ignorant.
Australia does not have the benefit of having had wise and caring founding fathers who created a protective constitution - we were a prison colony for petty criminals *often the desperate starving poor -crimes like stealing bread would get you sent here as a prisoner*, so our heritage started under brutal subjugation.
And for those who came here as free men, we simply fell under the law of the British Empire - when oppressed we never fought for and won our freedom (we did have one famous rebellion, but it was crushed). We were used as cannon fodder in World War I by our British masters, such was their view of us.
But as a whole, life for the average Aussie is good, so we are compliant. BUT the Australian people are waking up, and see the Australian govt as being led by false people with bad intentions. WE are hurting financially. Our elderly and frail cannot in many cases afford to feed themselves properly- some die in summer from heat because they cannot afford to run their electricity. I believe change is coming in this nation, and people will try to create it - BUT if the govt tries to crush us, we have NO WAY OF DEFENDING ourselves, as YOU DID. We have no equivalent dignity such as is granted in the US constitution.