There is an "urgent" need for security surveillance systems at two large ports in southern Victoria, Australia.

Telstra, who looking for new revenue streams that they can deliver over the new National Broadband Network are set to move into home security and automation.

Emerging a few years back as logical successors to closed circuit television (CCTV) and tape-based cameras, IP cameras have since become more cost effective, capable of producing ever higher resolution images and in some instances, can serve as platforms for applications.

A mayor from an Australian town has called for a security surveillance system to be installed, alongside a raft of other safety measures.

IMS Research, in its latest report "The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment - 2010 Edition" suggested that by 2014, over 50% of the network camera shipped will be HD or megapixel resolution.

Car parks at Brisbane train stations should be locked and accessed with Go Cards in a bid to improve security, a public transport lobby group has suggested in the wake of a violent attack on two young commuters.

Leeds Community Safety CCTV provides and operates one of the largest CCTV camera networks in the country with a network of over 385 cameras, covering 240 square miles, helping to make Leeds city a safer place. Leeds Community Safety CCTV was the subject of the ‘CCTV Cities' programme on Channel 5 in 2008.

It's one of the biggest issues in the election campaign. While Australia spends millions of dollars to stop the flow of asylum seeker boats, its efforts are constantly undermined by criminals and corrupt military and government officials. These operators have worked in secret... until now.

IMS Research’s ‘World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment Report 2010’ has placed Hikvision in the No. 1 position as a supplier of DVR products worldwide. Hikvision has also been ranked No. 5 in the CCTV & video surveillance equipment category in the world, a significant jump from last year’s ninth position.

But the debate, based around the proposition ''Better more cameras than more crime'', centred not so much on the principles of privacy as it did on whether or not CCTV cameras worked in reducing crime.