Tasmania’s Capital Expands Surveillance With 330 ‘Eyes on the Ground’

Published on September 20, 2024

Tasmanian police will now have access to 330 cameras installed around Hobart after forming a collaboration with the local government. The City of Hobart has recently invested $1.8 million (US$1.2 million) in upgrading and extending its CCTV network, in a move Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds says will serve as an insurance policy in case of offending on the capital’s streets. In audio from a Sept. 19 media conference supplied to The Epoch Times, Reynolds said the partnership with police would give them “real-time” access to footage, which she called “important and strategic.” Reynolds responded to questions about privacy issues by saying CCTV is a common practice in public areas and that people are not being purposely monitored....

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