Camera coverage streets ahead
MELBURNIANS are being subjected to unprecedented surveillance, with pedestrians in the CBD snapped by at least two security cameras every minute.
As new research names Australia among the most watched societies in the Western world, a Sunday Herald Sun tally found Melbourne’s eight most central city blocks contain no fewer than 95 cameras—with almost 350 more spread across the city centre.
Popular restaurant and shopping strips in Carlton, Prahran, South Melbourne and Richmond also have dozens of cameras watching public footpaths.
An average of two cameras per minute were spotted during a walk through the inner city this week.