Increased aviation security at Australian airports

[Pushka]

I remember somewhere that " playing cards " have a substance that can set off an explosive alert? Can anybody confirm .

Like as in US dollar notes. As a cutter? Sounds plausible.

 

[JessicaTam]

Like as in US dollar notes. As a cutter? Sounds plausible.

I think they were rolled up into straws.

 

[Pushka]

I think they were rolled up into straws.

Yeah. But the credit cards do the 'chopping'.

 

[JessicaTam]

Yeah. But the credit cards do the 'chopping'.

I was just working on the 'US dollar notes' reference. Neither here nor there.

I would complain quite soundly if I was one of multiple people tested at once.

 

[Pushka]

I was just working on the 'US dollar notes' reference. Neither here nor there.

I would complain quite soundly if I was one of multiple people tested at once.

Well, the thing is you just want to go to the QP. And not raise suspicion. Fear factor and all that I guess.

 

[blackcat20]

Some hand creams etc can also set off a positive result.

 

[QF WP]

I was ion scanned on Saturday in the new BNE QC security area. I've always wondered what the hell I would say if I was tested positive, but thankfully never been a problem. I get tested more going through VA security as they have 3 testers in the security area and the one dedicated to the Premium line, I just have to look at them and they choose me. Still, I think it is a small price (in time) to ensure that anybody who had an agenda that doesn't match mine would be stopped.

 

[docjames]

I've tested positive three times in six months. Grr.

What is the process when you test positive?

 

[Hvr]

What is the process when you test positive?

Something negative I'm sure.

 

[GDSman]

HBA very slow this morning - 1 x-ray closed

 

[GDSman]

And I set the walk through off for the first time in 10 yrs at HBA....no change to my usual travel gear....

 

[Simo]

I am glad they caught the offenders before it made it to a airport and onto a aeroplane. Unfortunately we are now having to have a increased level of security around airports and I am guessing other modes of transport will eventually have to upgrade security

 

[Strategic Aviation]

I am guessing other modes of transport will eventually have to upgrade security

Like aviation security, that will be reactive rather than proactive - and require a catalyst of a certain scale.

Aviation security remained lax despite major incidents in the 1970s and 1980s.

 

[Melburnian1]

I am glad they caught the offenders before it made it to a airport and onto a aeroplane. Unfortunately we are now having to have a increased level of security around airports and I am guessing other modes of transport will eventually have to upgrade security

It's impractical for many modes of surface transport, particularly those transporting large numbers of passengers such as suburban and country rail, bus, trams, light rail and ferries.

It would also fail to attack the core problem. Many of us know what that is but it isn't politically correct to say it. Andrew Bolt and some other columnists sure know.

 

[BacchusMarsh]

It's impractical for many modes of surface transport, particularly those transporting large numbers of passengers such as suburban and country rail, bus, trams, light rail and ferries.

It would also fail to attack the core problem. Many of us know what that is but it isn't politically correct to say it. Andrew Bolt and some other columnists sure know.

To quote David Wroe from the SMH:

"ASIO head Duncan Lewis says it until he's blue in the face. His predecessor David Irvine was just as staunch.
Australia's Muslim communities are the best ally our security agencies have in their fight against violent Islamist extremism. Alienating them only severs a vital conduit of intelligence and potentially breeds more angry, isolated people vulnerable to corrupted views."

Of course, I can't know the extent to which this addresses your claim, because you haven't offered anything more than innuendo.

The final sentence of the article also seems apt here:

"pointless, stupid and even dangerous division at a time when Australia needs anything but."

 

[large]

Went through security at ADL at 07:00 on Wednesday, no busier than usual.

 

[RooFlyer]

The increased security that got imposed a few weeks back has been largely removed, saved for some extra explosives swabs.

 

[marki]

that's better .......