I’ve stayed out of this whole saga until now, mostly because I couldn’t find my tin foil hat. But after knocking one up with some kitchen foil and a bit of fencing wire, I’m ready to join the conversation.
Is it just me, or is anyone else noticing a few odd historical coincidences?
Let’s compare Ned Kelly in the weeks after Stringybark Creek with Dezi Freeman right now:
Both shot 3 cops, Ned shot 3 cops. Dezi

shot 3,.
Both claimed they were being harassed by police.
Police serving Warrants (which they both insisted were unjustified) kicked everything off.
Both disappeared into bushland and not just any bushland. Same region, within about 50 km.
Both were skilled bushmen.
Family and supporters were arrested or raided
Both were publicly anti-police.
Both were publicly anti-government
The public both slowing started to support the outlaws.
Both have Local Sympathy and Ideological Support
And of course, it all happened in north-east Victoria. Because where else?
It’s starting to feel less like current events and more like someone hit the replay button on colonial history.
Then throw in a homemade shotgun allegedly capable of dropping multiple armed officers, reports that police requested CIRT backup and were turned down because of sovereign citizen rallies in Melbourne,
and Michael Jones conveniently releasing the perfect YouTube video right in the middle of it all.
Honestly, if you pitched this as a movie script, you’d get told to tone it down. “Too far-fetched,” they’d say. “Real life isn’t that tidy.”
But here we are. Victoria, 2025.