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Alligator was surprised, and depressed, to meet the other day a young Melbourne arty-type person who had never heard of

The company behind Bunnings, K-Mart, Officew-, well, everything, has some views on no-retail lockdown – spoiler alert: against. The meeja is happy to share. Why? Because their celebrated corporate health is wholly dependent on consumer capitalism going full-tilt forever.

As the leading left articles in the Australian media this week make clear, the Morrison government is using the pandemic as a pretext for things they couldnt otherwise get away with, and as cover for things they were doing anyway.

by Leon Gillingham, Alligator exclusive What must be borne in mind again and again and again when considering the Morrison