Comment by grumpy-de-sre

Particularly the Australian border security industrial complex.

Ostensibly a great idea to protect Australian agri-business (don't kind yourself it's not about the environment). But in practice hasn't been particularly effective in achieving its stated goals [1][2][3].

Extremely effective at bullying autistic kids interested in chemistry though. There's a lot of stories.

1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-26/white-spot-prawn-dise...

2. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/...

3. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-03/black-market-tobacco-...