Mobile speed cameras are back

April 3, 2010 by admin

(SMH) The state government has bowed to pressure from police and road safety experts and reintroduced mobile speed cameras as part of a $170 million effort to reduce the road toll. [..] These cameras can be covertly operated by civilian contractors working from unmarked cars parked by the side of the road. [..] It is understood they will not be operated by police but by the RTA or civilian contractors. read more

Everyone seems to overlook the fact that law enforcement is being done by people that are not police officers. It's like a bad dream where Australia is renamed Kmart and everyone and everything in the store either belongs to the company or are governed by the rules of the same unelected corporation. There is nothing in the Australian Constitution about giving corporations lawful power over we the flesh and blood people.