[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Geoff Ramadan]

The system has the potential to charge by volume, but I don't know of anyone 
using it this way in Australia, nor did I see any reference of this in the article.

Geoffrey Ramadan

Chris Maltby wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 08:23:19AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>> As I guessed when I posted the article, it sounds like a (I'm guessing) 
>> right wing council (Ryde) not communicating with its ratepayers, and a 
>> left wing government (NSW) trying to make political mileage.
> 
> Well, no one would call Ryde council left wing, but neither would anyone
> other than Vic put the same tag on the NSW government. Both are dominated
> by the ALP Right machine.
> 
> The issue is potentially a green one though - tracking rubbish volume
> enables the option of charging based on waste generated, putting a
> price incentive on the consumer to avoid high-waste packaging and
> increase re-use and recycling. There are issue with whether this kind
> of charge falls in accordance with capacity to pay or modify behaviour
> though. The reality in Ryde is anyone's guess.
> 
> My guess is that Watkins thinks he can beat up this issue to make
> political capital.
> 
> Chris