In the public interest.
I reflect on this article and my first thought is the removal of police by technology and marketing to state they have more time for policing when police stations are being closed. I was told by Police in Warburton the reason for less police was a drop in crime rates. The media shows images of more crime (hardship) and now in this article more time to solve crimes. What is true when policing becomes a business? Not the regular police’s fault, it is the responsibility of those who sold off our police and placed a business model around a public service that should be paid for by public taxation. Does this work in the public interest or does it cause more anger and hostility towards the institution of policing?
This is the ABN and the reason fines go up. It has nothing to do with costs it is about profit maximisation not using fines as deterrents. It adds to hardship. People become extremely stressed and they get sick. That is what toxicity does to people disguised as Government Efficiency.
| Entity name: | POLICE DEPARTMENT (VIC) |
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| ABN status: | Active from 01 Nov 1999 |
| Entity type: | State Government Entity |
| Goods & Services Tax (GST): | Registered from 01 Jul 2000 |
| Main business location: | VIC 3008 |
| From 1 November 2025, ABN Lookup will not display trading names and will only display registered business names. For more information, click help. | |
| Trading name | From |
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| VICTORIA POLICE | 28 Mar 2000 |
The digital ID using a drivers licence is to convert natural person to a corporate entity so the Policing corporation can trade. I do not consent to digital ID. I do not consent to privatisation of the police.
I consent to more police under a official government constitution and empowered by the crown (common law). The privatisation of police means they are no longer government but private sector actors which confuses the public.
The police find themselves on the front line here with an increasingly hostile public who can’t afford to be used as a ATM revenue raising vehicles under the guise of infringements. People will become more and more impoverished as there are speed limits on hills (going down) and in obscure places. I remember in Canberra I used to drive a lot during the day, I never sped, yet I had so many fines as limits changed from 40, 50, 60, 70 and you couldn’t keep up with it.
How much are fines? Ranging from $197 to $390 and weekly rents between $500 and $750. How much would you have to earn to cover rent, food ($200), petrol ($70), children ($50) and other costs? So they send them via text so the police avoid the public anger and hurt. This is structural violence as greed now is in the equation not public safety which is the original purpose. Does this make driving unaffordable and pave the way for autonomous vehicles as part of the dystopia? Another key question is for those who don’t pay fines experiencing police coming onto their property and asset stripping them. This then turns police into standover men involved in casing places to establish their assets. Does this make Fines Victoria, who are private sector, engaged in legalised crime using unpaid fines as the reason.
https://online.fines.vic.gov.au/Infringement-fines/Enforcement-Warrant
Does Mr Steendam care about the real public outcomes, their mental health, illness, family violence, suicide and crime to survive that will likely result? Even if you can’t connect to the human costs are you able to see the links and adverse effects of structural violence escalating violence. Fines are a form of structural violence that causes pain and hardship in the structure of governance. The business model does not work.
Is this what Paul Keating meant when he called Australia a Banana Republic. The real underlying reality behind all of this is foreign investor lead strategies in this country privatising our government, exposing the government to stakeholders (monied interests) who have disproportionate influence over leaders. Our country is being deindustrialised, online means that products and services are purchased outside of Australia (no buy Australia campaign) and the collapsing of our economy forcing the middle class to become pauperised so they lose independence and become more compliant to actors who are shape changing our country? Is that the real reason behind rising prices on every level? The police may contemplate this?
Victoria Police launch new ‘ePIN infringement system’ to fine drivers within minutes
Victorian motorists are set to receive fines within minutes, as police unveil a new ‘ePIN’ digital system capable of issuing on-the-spot infringements to drivers.
Photo: DNG
Another block in the digital dystopia.
NEW INFRINGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
Millions of drivers will need to be on alert after Victorian authorities unveil a new upgrade that allows them to hand out electronic, on-the-spot infringement notices.
The new technology allows police to issue infringements via email or text message through an app on their mobile phone, which also provides information about a driver’s history, penalty amounts, demerit points and due dates.
When stopped by an officer, a driver will be asked to provide their email address or phone number to receive the electronic penalty infringement notice (ePIN) immediately.
It means drivers will have their fine before they’ve even reached their destination.
Victoria Police typically issues about 350,000 roadside paper infringements every year. The technology is expected to be rolled out across the force by June.
Yes, that link is an archived page on the (legendary) Wayback Machine. Victoria Police already deleted their press announcement page after just hours. But Wayback always remembers.
“The ePINs application simplifies the process for our police and members of the community, making it quicker and easier to issue and receive infringement notices,” Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Wendy Steendam said.
“Reducing the time required for police to complete paper-based administration means we can dedicate more time to policing and community safety.”
The digital on-the-spot fines were trialled by the State Highway Patrol from early February until Monday, during which 5,143 ePINs were issued. Drivers will still be given 28 days to either pay or object to the infringement.
Paper infringements will still be mailed out if a driver does not want to provide an email or phone number, or they don’t possess them, or if the officer suspects they are lying. Police Minister Anthony Carbines warned those who are caught bending the truth will be caught.
“It’s actually an offence for anyone to provide false information to police,” he told reporters.
“They’ll use their body-worn cameras when they’re having an engagement with the member of the public. If misinformation is given, then it will obviously bounce back, and it will then be issued to the residential address that we have associated with their licence.”
How lovely..
Reminds me of the advancement of train ticketing powers over the past few years, especially in QLD.
10-15 years ago, if you were caught without a ticket, the ‘authorised officer’ would ask for your name. They would then ring a number and cross-reference your name and address with their database. If your details were there, you got a fine. If not, you got a warning. So, if you really needed to catch the train and got caught, you could just make a name and address up and hope that it wasn’t in the system. They couldn’t ask for your ID at this point.
Today, these same officers have been given police-like powers under legislative amendments that now allow them to pull you off said train, demand your ID, and issue on-the-spot $300 fines without warning. Even if you had a legitimate reason – say, the Go Card reader failed to read and you didn’t notice – you were told ‘challenge it’. All of this monitoring is also linked to QLD Rail’s sophisticated surveillance network that can disperse officers at will.
Now roadside drivers can share in a similar experience, with fines issued on-the-spot without time to blink.
The automobile has always been a symbol of freedom, and with increasing rules and regulations at every turn on the roads these days — powered by ‘smart city’ surveillance — authorities continue their assault on this liberty.
This is despite the fact the continued digitisation of society is open to massive vulnerabilities.
THE DIGITAL PRISON
This move by Victoria Police move comes roughly one year after the state urged its more than four million road users to download a digital version of their driver’s licence.
The state responsible for the world’s longest lockdown began their mobile driver’s license trial in Ballarat, before introducing a statewide roll-out in 2024.
Users must provide a PIN or biometric authentication to access the digital license.
“With Victoria now introducing digital licences and a lot of traditional paperwork now digital, introducing electronic infringements is a natural and timely progression for the force,” Steendam added.
Indeed, a ‘natural progression’ of the digital license agenda is unfolding with on-the-spot fines, and Victoria is not alone in this push, either. Soon other states may follow this path.
Queensland became the first state to begin progressively replacing millions laminated drivers’ licenses with smartcards over a decade ago, with other states following them.
In 2020, it was revealed that over 50,000 motorists had their sensitive information exposed through an unsecure cloud storage site that was ran by Amazon, highlighting the dangers of such a digital transition.
Yet, despite this, the agenda pushes forward even further.
Underneath the surface, the digital license move is a key step in Australia’s move towards digital identification systems, including plans to make identities and individuals more monitored, observable and ‘accountable’.
What we are witnessing is just more technocratic movements by the elitists. Like much of the advanced technology that has been rolled out in recent years, it makes a state-driven enforcement quick, effective, all-knowing, and in your face. As close and as ‘efficient’ as it comes, until you become merged with the digital prison itself.
This is their vision, at least. Technology used as a weapon to further enforce a Brave New World Order.
Victorians, how are we feeling about this new push?
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