New South Wales drivers are destroying speed and phone detection cameras after a big increase in fines for traffic offences.
9News obtained material that shows the attacks, including hammers being smashed into them, being set on fire, sprayed with graffiti and punctured tyres. Official reports show attacks on the operators of mobile speed camera vehicles as well.
New South Wales Police Minister David Elliot says "That is just a childish, childish act." The decision to increase enforcement of speed and phone cameras so dramatically has been controversial with the public.