convicts and warders

"In one of his early Australian tours, [actor and humorist] Peter Ustinov was asked by a reporter, 'Are you worried about being in the land of the convicts?'  He replied, 'I'm more worried about being in the land of the warders.'  This neatly describes the political divide in Australia, ever since European settlement [...]," wrote Australian politician, Barry Jones.[1]  I was reminded of this when I was confronted by a video of Julian Hill MP ALP opining in some vaguely official capacity on a need for Australia to censor X.com, in order to protect Australians from stuff the government thought should upset us. Then a whole slew of strutting politicians joined in, including Prime Minister Albanese, who personalised his attack on the owner of X.com, Elon Musk, calling him arrogant and out of touch with the public.  You would have thought Albanese was describing himself.