"Summer of Glove" posters have been springing up
around Sydney's CBD. They feature an image, depicting NSW
Premier Gladys Berejiklian pulling on some latex gloves in
preparation, it would seem, for a rather invasive strip search
she's about to conduct.
Below the Liberal leader's image, reads the line "Strip
searches across Sydney", which is a fairly accurate summing up
of what's been happening in this city of late. Indeed,
throughout the state, strip searches have become routine, even
though they're supposed to be a measure of last resort.
Produced by art collective Wowser Nation, the posters
also feature the government's waratah logo behind bars, with
authority attributed to the "NSW Police State". And this
sums up how many who've been searched, stripped, sniffed, and
locked out perceive the direction this state is taking.
