Jees, they need to form a "People's Standing Consultative Committee for Snapshot Authorisation" where we can obtain authorisation certificates to take a snapshot.
On 3/11/07, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This appeared in the Australian publication of the Sunday Telegraph 11 Mar
2007
Quote:
TACKLING CAMERA PERVERTS
Beaches and other public areas could become camera-free zones with a
national working committee meeting next month to consider new
legislation.
Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock said uniform laws were needed to
protect women and children at beaches, on public transport and at
sporting events.
He said unauthorised photography was "clearly a problem" and the new
laws could result in a maximum two-year jail sentence.
The reforms follow several recent well-published reports of so-called
"up-skirting".
At the Australian Open in January, three men were charged in separate
incidents for using small hidden cameras to secretly film up women's
skirts.
A man was also caught in January taking photographs up women's shirts
on Melbourne trams.
The Standing Committee of Attorney-Generals, made up of all State
attorney-generals, released a discussion paper on the need for new
laws to control unauthorised photography.
Surf Lifesaving Australia was among those who made a submission. It is
paricularly concerned at protecting its 40,000 young members.
"We have a duty of care to protect our members," Sean O'Connell , of
Surf Lifesaving Australia, said.
"There is no way of regulating how photos of children are used.
"We just want some clarity and consistency in the legislation."
Coogee beach was hit by a spate of voyeures who used their mobile
phone cameras to take photographs of female sunbathers, some of them
topless.
A 25-year-old labourer became the first man convicted of using his
phone for offensive purposes in December 2004 and was fined $500.
Some men have been spotted using digital cameras to snap topless
beachgoers.
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I think I mentioned some time back my fear that mobile phones would have a
serious impact on photography
k
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Alex Georgiadis
