Comments on: Australia Acquires High Technology, Considers Supervillainy, Elects To Become Mrs. Grundy Instead http://www.popehat.com/2009/09/23/australia-acquires-high-technology-considers-supervillainy-elects-to-become-mrs-grundy-instead/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Australia: satellite data to spy out pool-safety scofflaws http://www.popehat.com/2009/09/23/australia-acquires-high-technology-considers-supervillainy-elects-to-become-mrs-grundy-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-45322 Australia: satellite data to spy out pool-safety scofflaws Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:12:44 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=6243#comment-45322 [...] Authorities in Queensland, Australia, intend to use spy-satellite photos to catch homeowners not in compliance with strict new safety rules on swimming pools, which include the mandatory clearing of trees near pool fences so that determined children cannot climb their way over. [Courier-Mail] More: Popehat. [...] [...] Authorities in Queensland, Australia, intend to use spy-satellite photos to catch homeowners not in compliance with strict new safety rules on swimming pools, which include the mandatory clearing of trees near pool fences so that determined children cannot climb their way over. [Courier-Mail] More: Popehat. [...]

]]> By: Bruce http://www.popehat.com/2009/09/23/australia-acquires-high-technology-considers-supervillainy-elects-to-become-mrs-grundy-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-45058 Bruce Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:05:19 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=6243#comment-45058 I think all our local councils are in the pocket of 'Big Safety'. Playground equipment can go from safe to unsafe in between 6 monthly inspections with no change to either playground or regulations. I had many a furious argument with inspectors when I was treasurer of our kindergarten. This is no longer surprising, it is the Australian way. If something 'bad' happens (and a child drowning is a definitively bad thing) then we we must do something so this never happens again, wrap a layer of bureaucracy around it and charge the users for cost of administering it. The current political climate will see this increasing. Nanny Bracks is my state Premier and Kevin Rudd hasn't seen a problem too small for government intervention to fix. I think all our local councils are in the pocket of 'Big Safety'.

Playground equipment can go from safe to unsafe in between 6 monthly inspections with no change to either playground or regulations. I had many a furious argument with inspectors when I was treasurer of our kindergarten.

This is no longer surprising, it is the Australian way. If something 'bad' happens (and a child drowning is a definitively bad thing) then we we must do something so this never happens again, wrap a layer of bureaucracy around it and charge the users for cost of administering it.

The current political climate will see this increasing. Nanny Bracks is my state Premier and Kevin Rudd hasn't seen a problem too small for government intervention to fix.

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