‘We Have Seen the Fading of Democracy Across the World’: Australian MP Warns

Demonstrators launch fireworks at police officers during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain, on March 21, 2021. Peter Cziborra/Reuters

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce issued a warning in Parliament last week for Australia to rally its power in order to withstand what he lamented was the “fading of democracy” around the world.

“We have seen the rise of China and, unfortunately, it is run by a regime, not a democracy,” he said on Wednesday while debating the annual Appropriation Bill to fund government services.