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It is very important to know who owns / controls the images recorded by those cameras. They could end up in the hands of paedophiles or used to work out what the hours when a home is unoccupied.
Victorian Case Law: I googled “Victorian case law security camera VCAT” and navigated through to the following case:
Mote V Eydlish VCAT REFERENCE: OC172/2010
To find the above case, I typed “surveillance camera” in the search box in the top right of the screen.
To find other past VCAT decisions, go to
AustLib Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) 1998-
I live in NSW. Our Owners Corp successfully applied to remove surveillance cameras which were installed without permission of the Owners Corporation. NSW also has a Surveillance Devices Act which forbids unauthorised recording of other people’s activities.