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

Mayor says she is concerned for safety of staff, but senator says he knows nothing of the group, which used his video warning of climate lockdown'

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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.