The government is using discretionary powers based on opinion not law, without any measure, boundaries or accountability. The means justifies the ends even though the means is unjust, corrupt, unlawful or an abuse of power.
When governments have an agenda they remove any measures. boundaries or qualification in legislation. A persons breach of the the legislation that i is entirely based on discretion and opinion of the police, minister or public servant is over stepping political power. This makes it difficult if not impossible to defend in court because there are no boundaries. The definition of a crime or act is taken to be discretionary which effectively takes over the role of legislature and law.
Its fundamental that judiciary legislature executive are independent this is why its unconstitutional to remove Djokovic. The reason the three arms of government are independent is to prevent a conflict of interest and abuse of power. Anything less is corruption. Dictatorships have no levels of government Australia is using legislation and discretion to remove levels of government by giving public servants extreme powers
Long term effects. This will have a long term effect by conditioning the population that everyone's opinions have to meet the government standard or you will need to be re educated, charged or rejected. Sounds a bit like the final solution of ww2.
A mob mentality that publicly castigates people without evidence, procedure or facts.