Fox Corp's Lachlan Murdoch slams Big Tech censorship, COVID lockdowns in speech touting Australian 'identity'

The Fox Corporation CEO gave an impassioned speech defending Australian freedom at the Institute of Public Affairs.

"Back then, Australia was world renowned for brilliantly navigating the COVID pandemic, relatively free of infection, lockdowns, and the envy of the world. Through rigorous quarantines we kept our society open, healthy, and free, while overseas infections skyrocketed and whole cities were shut down … Well, one year later here we are. Our way of life has faced some serious challenges. For a long time, for many of us, it changed," Murdoch said. 

Murdoch touted Australia's "identity," first by pointing to its constitution as "a melding of the Westminster system and the American federation, the best of the old world and of the new" and quoted his father, Fox Corporation Chairman and News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who touted the country's "steeliness."