[GingisK]

I never meant to imply the Aussies were sensible about this. The front lines folks working airports are never very bright, regardless of country.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And any scheme invented by a bureaucrat is going to have numerous holes in it.

I forget where it was but in one nation that was trying to keep a pathogen out you had to splosh through a cleansing solution. Did not keep out what you might have had on your clothes but cleaning off the shoes at least showed that someone was thinking.