Back in July 2006, Mrs Flies and I made our annual pilgrimmage to OZ. On the way home, she was selected for a secondary backpack search at SYD. We were way early for the flight, so there was nobody else to "randomly" pick.

The Aussie screener gave my wife an 8x11 (actually A4) laminated sheet of paper which was two things:

1. An Aussie-equivalent of a Privacy Act disclosure; and,

2. A written consent agreement. (She had to verbally agree to have her backpack searched and could have refused with the penalty of not being allowed into airside.)

It was really refreshing to find a government that cared about the rights of their citizens and visitors. Wow -- for a fleeting moment, I thought the Aussies has adopted the US Constitution.