Nerd and Normal | How Technology Is Being Used To Keep Us Safe
Manage episode 521817081 series 3692610
This week Gareth and Matthew look into the use of technology police and other emergency services use to help keep us safe.
They are joined by David Elliott who has served in NSW parliament as Minister for Transport, Minister for Veterans, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Counter Terrorism, Minister for Corrections and Minister for Emergency Services between 2015 and 2023.
Sources for the articles shown.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/12/asio-accuses-chinese-hackers-of-seeking-access-to-australias-criticial-infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/11/is-london-in-the-grip-of-a-wave-its-not-so-simple
https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/ministerial-media-releases/further-$268.2-million-responding-to-nsw-bushfire-inquiry-recommendations
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-lockdown-on-drone-use-around-prisons-515532
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/01/dutch-netherlands-police-birds-unauthorized-drones
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-17/khayat-brothers-jailed-over-failed-etihad-plane-bomb-plot/11805518
https://statescoop.com/new-gun-detection-system-uses-wi-fi-to-sense-concealed-weapons/
Matthew also looks into the issue mobile phone coverage and the safety and life threatening issues that have arisen since the 3G mobile phone shut down in November 2024
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