Australian Border Force and Victoria Police conducting random Visa checks on the streets

[benchwarmer5]

heck YEH MELBOURNE!! haha

That was awesome

 

[Maggie5]

heck YEH MELBOURNE!! haha

That was awesome

We are the best city in the world, thought I would have to carry my passport around on the week-end.

 

[Tsongkie]

Operation Servitude, erm... I mean Fortitude Press Conference cancelled citing protesters.

http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2015/08/28/border-force-targeting-people-suspected-being-brown

 

[cats2rise]

Is it because its trending negatively on social media the reason for its cancellation?! Seems to be the way at the moment.

Social media trend good = continue
Social media trend bad = stop.

So knee-jerk its not funny.

 

[Norwood1878]

If we ever become a republic, we need to enshrine in a new constitution laws similar to the US regarding search and seizures and stoping people just going about their day to day business not having been suspected of a crime or it'll be "papers please" down the track. We also need a Bill of Rights.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Is it because its trending negatively on social media the reason for its cancellation?! Seems to be the way at the moment.

Social media trend good = continue
Social media trend bad = stop.

So knee-jerk its not funny.

They should have realised that is was a incredibly bad idea in the first place they shouldn't have needed social media to point it out to them.

 

[grumpythecat]

I think they must of tried this because of the concerns that there are people illegally entering and working in this country.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I just got out of a movie to find Melbourne for the ****ing WIN

 

[Norwood1878]

I think they must of tried this because of the concerns that there are people illegally entering and working in this country.

They claimed they weren't profiling or gonna randomly stop people, so how exactly was this gonna work in your estimation?

 

[pazza]

Democracy wins.

 

[grumpythecat]

They claimed they weren't profiling or gonna randomly stop people, so how exactly was this gonna work in your estimation?

They are just doing random visa and car checks because there are a lot of people who are working and living illegally in the country.

 

[cats2rise]

I think they must of tried this because of the concerns that there are people illegally entering and working in this country.

This has always, and will always continue to happen on a very small scale compared to the far, far majority of countries.

 

[cats2rise]

They are just doing random visa and car checks because there are a lot of people who are working and living illegally in the country.

A lot? What do you mean 'a lot'?

 

[pazza]

This episode has gone straight to the Gaffe thread...fast becoming a rather large pool room.

 

[grumpythecat]

If you head over to china you must have a visa to enter the country.

 

[Docker Clint]

Close your eyes, it cant happen here

 

[grumpythecat]

A lot? What do you mean 'a lot'?

There is possibly about 1,000 people in jobs right now and in housing right now that shouldn't be in the country.

 

[Norwood1878]

They are just doing random visa and car checks because there are a lot of people who are working and living illegally in the country.

Yes, which is highly disturbing given that they said they wouldn't randomly target or profile people.

"The original announcement quoted ABF regional commander for Victoria and Tasmania Don Smith as saying officers would be positioned at various locations around the city and would speak "with any individual we cross paths with".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-28/operation-fortitude-cancelled/6733008

 

[cats2rise]

There is possibly about 1,000 people in jobs right now and in housing right now that shouldn't be in the country.

How do we sleep safe and sound at night?

 

[sproketman]

How bad is this government? Called off in a few hours.

 

[Elroo]

Press conference cancelled, Chris Uhlmann calls it a debacle.

Another "Captains Call" gone wrong?

 

[ManWithNoName]

So next time some old **** tries to bitch that Twitter and hashtags can't achieve anything, yeah.

 

[grumpythecat]

How bad is this government? Called off in a few hours.

Not that bad to be totally fair.
Surely you don't want acts of terrorism happening here.

How do we sleep safe and sound at night?

Hence why these checks were happening.
https://www.facebook.com/victoriapolice/posts/941373445934792

They have stopped for the weekend possibly because they went about it in a harsh manner.

 

[MaddAdam]

Lol at Andrews statement just now.

He's basically saying he rolled Abbott.

With good reason.

 

[MaddAdam]

So next time some old **** tries to bitch that Twitter and hashtags can't achieve anything, yeah.

I'd say it was the protests on the ground that really did it.