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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Protesters against South Australian council’s ‘Big Brother’ tech invoke Liberal Alex Antic’s video

Alex Antic
Alex Antic says he has no links to Noscag; the group’s flyer calling for action on smart cities includes a QR code to a viral video made by the Liberal senator. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The South Australian Liberal senator Alex Antic says he has “nothing to do” with a group that has distributed flyers with his image to promote a protest against a local council’s use of “Big Brother technology” to create an “open-air prison”.

The No Smart Cities Action Group (Noscag) is encouraging people to show up to a Salisbury council meeting next week to oppose the use of smart city technology, which is used for purposes such as notifying council workers when bins need to be emptied or toilets cleaned.

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