Dan seems to me to be a closet sadist and a megalomaniac. He seems to me to be getting pleasure out of the infliction of pain. That is the only construction I can put on the emotionless kabuki. we get every morning along with the constant micro management of everything.
What is particularly repellant is his deliberate and nasty use of the epidemic to advance his personal prejudices:
Hunting, firearm and ammunition sales were banned.
Golf banned, but Bicycling and walking allowed.
No access to holiday homes. No camping, no caravanning.
Boating banned - you still aren’t even allowed to sit in your boat on a mooring or in a marina!
Flying banned in greater Melbourne.
....And of course no protests, unless it’s for BLM.