Aussie Freedom Takes A Step Back

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1points Posted 1093 days, 4 hours ago by Rich

Lets hope this type of farcical "Big Brother" control doesn't head west in a hurry.

Southbank, one of Melbourne's biggest tourist areas, has band the use of cameras in the centre.

The Age sums up the situation nicely with a satellite photo of the area that can be found by anyone with Internet access on Google Earth.

Cory Doctorow, a well known author and outspoken civil liberty advocate, makes a mockery of it on the weblog Boing Boing.

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1points sengmah August 1st, 2006 at 11:39 am

It surprises me that Southbank management has been quite firm in the face of ridicule and opposition levelled against their policy. I suppose this may well become a test case for street photography.

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1points Bronwen August 1st, 2006 at 12:29 pm

What is the reason behind this? Is it security or a privacy issue?

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0points Rich August 1st, 2006 at 9:52 pm

Terrorism according to this article at the Herald Sun.

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1points Maquli May 30th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

If political action alone, or of itself, were the key to the solution of our problem, we would have solved that problem long ago. We proceed on a solider and more permanent program which includes political action, but without letting political action get out of perspective
Maquli

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