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Zagorath@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zone · 1 year ago

‘Something doesn’t add up’: the small Queensland town united in its fight against speed camera fines

www.theguardian.com

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‘Something doesn’t add up’: the small Queensland town united in its fight against speed camera fines

www.theguardian.com

Zagorath@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zone · 1 year ago
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‘Flabbergasted’ residents of Malanda considering class action after town of 811 households received $282,000 in fines from single mobile camera
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    If we were motivated to… undermine the profitability of these privately operated state revenue raisers, how closely are they surveilled?

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      Are they privately operated? I was under the impression QPS operated them.

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      The entities mentioned in this article are TMR and QPS, and neither of them are privately operated.

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        Fair enough - my mistake.

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