The threat of theocracy seems to be dwindling a bit in recent weeks. The new Rottweiller Pontiff seems to be more bark than bite, and in Australia we are still waiting to hear any major peeps out of Family First and their supporters.
On that basis I have reduced the level of the Early Warning System down to code YELLOW. If the situation remains status quo for the next couple of months I'll consider a further drop to sleepy GREEN.
More pertinent these days than the threat of theocracy is the rising threat of an Orwellian police state. While Australia is not yet going to be dragged down to the level of the UK's "shoot first" xenophobia, the fact that we are debating a national ID card with fingerprint, DNA or facial feature security systems is one that raises far more questions about rights versus security.
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