r/australia • u/Shamapow • 1d ago
no politics Do we want Amazon delivery drones over our backyards?
I spotted a campaign from an Aussie YouTuber I follow (Brent Pearson, his channel is about adventure bike riding & videography). His campaign is about Amazon pushing to start commercial drone deliveries in Australia.
Thought it was worth bringing up here, hopefully without breaking any sub rules.
My main concern? Losing quiet skies over my back garden.
He's actually a drone pilot and uses Amazon himself, but he is not ok with what is already happening in the US and highlighted worrisome facts:
- Noise: Apparently, during drop-offs, the drones hit around 82 dB (like a freight train passing right near your fence).
- Frequency: In places in the US where this is live, neighbours see a drone buzz past every 3 to 5 minutes all day long.
The main reason he's pushing this now is that once this gets approved, nearby residents basically get zero say on flight paths over their homes.
If you care about this, check his page to read what he put together and see if you want to sign: search "No Delivery Drones Brent Pearson" or "nodeliverydrones".
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u/ChromiumPants 1d ago
Imo CASA will tell amazon to fly a kite in their warehouse. (With the proper permissions of course)
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u/techb00mer 1d ago
What altitude do they typically fly at? I ask because Iām under a flight path for Sydney airport, so is a considerable amount of Sydney. Fat chance CASA will allow it, which is good.
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u/Avia_NZ 1d ago
Less than 400ft. You canāt fly above that legally without very specific permissions and licenses
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u/turtleltrut 1d ago
120m*
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u/heff1499 1d ago
In aviation its all still feet and knots afaik
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u/DarkNo7318 23h ago
Except for horizontal separation from clouds (vertical still in feet).
Make that make sense.
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u/CoderAU 1d ago
you underestimate how much bribing power amazon has
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u/pandifer 1d ago
One hopes. I bought a small drone, before I read the CASA limits and realised I could never fly it where I wanted to. Shoulda resold, but no, its been rotting ina box somewhere.. silly me.
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u/PristineMountain1644 1d ago
CASA is one of the most drone-friendly regulators globally, they have a well established framework for drone delivery operations. Googleās Wing have been doing commercial ops here since 2019, but closed down earlier this year to focus on their US expansion
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u/GlorpedUpDragStrip 1d ago
There was a drone delivery company operating in Logan for a while a few years ago. A house nearby me would get deliveries every other day.
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u/Bob_Spud 1d ago
There's no gaurantee they will be Amazon drones. Once its acceptable for one company then others will follow including your neighbours.
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u/giatu_prs 6h ago
But I've got nothing to hide!
shits with toilet door open and wanks in the backyard
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u/fae-gold 1d ago
Just need to wait for the local wedgetails to attack them. Best anti drone air force we have.
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u/looking-out 1d ago
This sounds horrible. I just looked up some videos of the noise they make and jhc no thanks. Let alone listening to every dog in the neighbourhood bark it's head off at the unsettling noise or things flying around them.Ā There's nothing on Amazon so critical that it can't wait for the postie.Ā
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u/Glass_Ad_7129 1d ago
I've always been tempted to try using a drone to knock out another, like ive seen done in Ukraine.
I'm sure drone pirating will be a thing, free loot boxs.
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u/cheersdrive420 1d ago
Do you want to start a roller blading, japanese hip hop listening, spray painting, drone pirate gang?
Iām in Sydney.
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u/EmbraceThePing 1d ago
Can I bring a skateboard instead of roller blades? I'll be there with my slingshot and eye patch :D
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u/cheersdrive420 1d ago
Iāll allow it! Welcome to the gang. Numbers are growing fast.
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u/Cheesus_H_Mice 1d ago
I'm in if i can listen to outlaw country as well
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u/cheersdrive420 1d ago
Replace your back roller blade brakes with spurs and you got a deal. Welcome to the gang!
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u/Glass_Ad_7129 23h ago
Just wait till, "Drone Crime, do the time" campaigns, after a spike of drones being consumed for copper/parts.
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u/milesjameson 1d ago edited 1d ago
No. Fuck those things. Iāll repeat what Iāve said before: there should be a rule that if you manage to bring one down, you get to keep whatever itās carrying.
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u/Superg0id 1d ago
Yessssss.
Time to get a gun licence for "recreational hunting".
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u/Avia_NZ 1d ago
Sadly drones are considered aircraft, so itās super illegal to do it. But, buck a roll of toilet paper over it and itāll work a treat ;)
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u/statusconference 1d ago
I can just imagine it now.
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u/giacintam 1d ago
Genuinely if I threw a rock at these things, would I get in trouble?
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u/HelloGizmo 1d ago
Iām wondering if throwing a toilet paper roll is more effective?
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u/opajamashimasuuu 1d ago
Just wait til we get the ones that fire back. Thatāll be a laugh!Ā
Or the ones thatĀ release the dogs, or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you? Well, go ahead! Do your worst!
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u/aussiekev 1d ago
Yes. Under Australian law, interfering with an aircraft or its crew is governed primarily by Section 24 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and related regulations enforced by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).
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u/Delamoor 1d ago
Without searching, then I wonder what the rules rw for those aircraft travelling a few metres above a residential area?
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u/giacintam 22h ago
Is it considered aircraft? Also is there not privacy/consent laws that cover this sort of stuff? Genuinely curious
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u/unripenedfruit 1d ago
FYI 82db is definitely not a freight train passing next to your fence
82db is the noise of street traffic
I'm not saying the drones aren't loud, just if they are as you've described they'd be much louder than 82db
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u/Disastrous-Name9251 1d ago
Had Wing delivery over my place for a while.
Was quite nice getting coffees and egg and bacon rolls delivered during Covid. Can definitely see the utility especially for things like getting meds out to people.
Was not nice having an endless stream of drones from 9am especially after coming off night shifts. The dogs lost their mind. Had no idea what drones were wing, what were real estate, what were just your average person, what had cameras, what could see into my backyard.
Was an absolute nightmare trying to get any engagement with the powers that be. Felt like huge regulatory gaps. The only thing that ever happened was an inquiry into drone noise. Not drones. Just drone noise.
Then the drones stopped. I missed the coffees, but was glad
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u/Calamityclams 1d ago
I don't see our aviation standards changing for these things any time soon
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u/PristineMountain1644 1d ago
They donāt need to. CASA has a well established framework for drone delivery operations already. Googleās Wing drone program have been operating in Australia since 2019 and have completed hundreds of thousands of commercial deliveries, mainly on behalf of DoorDash, in Logan, Ipswich, Ringwood and Canberra
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u/hiddeninfullview 1d ago
Then thereās also the loss of jobs for people delivering and more data tracking. Surely the drones would be recording while in operation, so even less privacy
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u/anpanman100 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't think deliveries to houses exist anymore. All parcels just get delivered to the nearest post office or distribution centre now. The only jobs at risk are the people who send the "sorry we missed you" SMS messages.
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u/FrewdWoad 22h ago
Fill out the Australia Post online complaints form. 3 minutes.
This happened to me twice, in my last two houses. Each time I just filled out the form: address, date, "they left a slip without knocking, even though I was home". That's it.
Each time it NEVER HAPPENED AT THAT ADDRESS EVER AGAIN. All packages make it to my door now.
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u/AccordingWarning9534 1d ago
Fuck no.
Our neighbours house went up for sale and they used a drone to film shots for the advertisement. That thing only went on for 10 minutes but it so disruptive. The noise also triggered by dog, like it irritated him terribly. It irritated me too. The noise is too unnatural and we shouldn't be exposed to it regularly
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u/IllMoney69 1d ago
Iām not trying to sound like a tough guy but I seriously will do what I can to take those things out if they start buzzing around where I live.
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u/Lngdnzi 1d ago
I reckon we invest in kamikaze drones
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u/QLDZDR 23h ago
I reckon we invest in Amazon logo stickers for our recreational drones
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u/Cold_Calendar_1598 1d ago
So we are going to have constant buzzing from overhead drones. Like Palestine and Lebanon
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u/GreenLeechofReddit 1d ago
For years I've been begging people to stop ordering stuff from Amazon. Again, please stop ordering stuff from Amazon.Ā
Don't let Bezos hoard anymore of your money and now, grant him extra surveillance powers.
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u/PAPO1990 1d ago
I avoid it when I can, but sometimes no one else has what you need at a reasonable price, or that will be delivered when you need it.
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u/Borguschain 1d ago
I agree, my kid is studying music for the hsc, breaks a string, the local music shop isn't open until Monday. Can have that string delivered Saturday, practice continues.
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u/PAPO1990 1d ago
I mean strings shouldn't be breaking TOO often, but when I played guitar more often I always kept at LEAST one spare set of strings around. never ended up needing them, so I STILL have a spare set of strings in my music cupboard.
But aside from that, your point still stands.
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u/DelicateRuin 12h ago
It doesn't help that Australia Post is so unbelievably shit. I decided to get mask filters off a small eBay seller rather than amazon and they sat in some sorting facility for 3 weeks. Won't be doing that again.
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u/clarky2481 1d ago
People use amazon because the service is fantastic, review are reliable and products are competitively priced. Why would i buy something with longer delivery times, worse customer service and at higher prices just cause bezos bad?
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u/a_lot_of_faffin 1d ago edited 1d ago
Because you can hold two opposing thoughts in your head at the same time. I use Amazon because itās convenient and sometimes itās the best solution when you have little time, kids, or a budget. But I donāt like supporting a company that exploits their workers, that unethically decimates competition with their Basics brand, that influences politics and media, and abuses peopleās privacy. Iāll avoid Amazon when I can and I hope to stop using them completely as my lifestyle changes, but I also recognise my own hypocrisy in using them while Iām against them as a company.
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u/dirtyburgers85 1d ago
Itās so easy not to use it. Jesus, itās not like abstaining from food.
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u/my_chinchilla 1d ago
the service is fantastic, review are reliable and products are competitively priced
Must be some other "Amazon" I'm unaware of...
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u/clarky2481 1d ago
Aus post takes weeks and more often than not just leaves a slip in the mailbox without even knocking. Amazon delivers things next day more often than not and the couriers are better than Aus post ones. In Brisbane and major cities anyways the service on Amazon is exponentially better.
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u/ImAFutureGuitarHero 1d ago
Amazon is fast in Sydney as well, but they also rarely ever knock, they usually just plant the package on the doorstep and leave. The only time in recent memory that they knocked was when it was raining a few days ago, and even then by the time I got to the door they were walking away and had sat the package on the step (getting rained on)
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u/These-Equal-6849 1d ago
"reviews are reliable" LOL most of them are obviously fake from click farms.
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u/OriginalCause 1d ago
Definitely agree. It's easy to be performative online.
When I moved to Australia I generally had to wait 7 to 10 days at minimum for any package to be delivered. Often longer if it was interstate.
I still had to call up most stores to find out what the prices of bigger ticket items were because they were so worried about other stores undercutting them. Comparative shopping was extremely difficult because of it.
When I needed to return something, I had to argue with floor staff even if I was fully covered under Australian consumer law - and sometimes still lost.
For many products - even standard, normal stuff - it was often cheaper for me to order them from the other side of the world and pay international shipping than it was to pay local prices + local shipping, and sometimes they'd even arrive quicker.
Australia was so far behind most of the rest of the world when it comes to online shopping (and shopping in general) as little as 15 years ago. Amazon is the company who came in and disrupted what was a stale, outdated system that was punishing consumers.
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u/iknowaruffok 1d ago
Cockies lose their shit when they see a drone. So add to the noise of drones, distressed flocks of cockies screaming their heads off everytime a pointless item someone ordered of Amazon flies through their airspace.
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u/gooder_name 19h ago
100% chance they sell drone camera subscriptions to law enforcement for mass surveillance. Youāll have cops delivering packages next door to their exes so they can log in and spy on them.
Automatic license plate readers associating you with locations and selling that information not just to ad agencies but government and corporate types wanting to get an early insight on workers unionising. Palantir logging it all so it can see if and where employees are associating, whether theyāre meeting with union reps.
Theyāll say itās for convenient package delivery and to reduce road use by delivery drivers, but the amount of packages Amazon delivers could never be economical with drones. It will be sold as making neighbourhoods safe so they can track kids who go missing.
It is entirely for mass surveillance, itās what Iād be doing if I was a fucked corporate shithead wanting to suckle at the teat of fascism.
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u/TheYellowFringe 1d ago
No.
It's simple to abuse the technology and accidents will undoubtedly happen.
Especially with orders or deliveries that could/need to be quick.
Imagine a drone crashing through your roof or smashing through a window because of an error or malfunction.
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u/DelicateRuin 12h ago
It's already happened. We most likely won't avoid them all-together. There should be a daily limit or something. They generate a shitload less c02 so that's something to consider.
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u/tectonic-shit 4h ago
Imagine an aircraft crashing through your roof or smashing through a window because of an error or malfunction. Did CASA ban aircrafts from flying over densely populated areas? No.
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u/keystoneux 1d ago
No. At any point I see one of those fuckers flying over my property I will use everything at my disposal to permanently remove it from the air. Law be damned
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u/missingN0pe 1d ago
Post video plz
I want to see "bogan tries to fight off delivery drone with a rake at 48metres, gives up and goes inside" on youtube
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u/_nocebo_ 1d ago
I imagine they have pretty good camera, recording and GPS technology installed for exactly these scenarios. I'm also guessing that shooting down a drone would likely end up a criminal offence...
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u/Shadowlance23 1d ago
Pretty sure I could build an optical interceptor with some poly pipe, a Raspberry Pi and a can of AXE Body Sprayā¢ļø
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u/angrysunbird 1d ago
Theyāre basically technological piƱatas right? Hit them out comes presents?
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u/ShoganAye 1d ago
Oh hell no. All the doggies will hate it too ..not to mention disturbance to wildlife
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u/Hurlanis 1d ago
YES! And i want my streets filled with Deliveroo robots! Omg and the Roads?!?!? can we get some robo taxis too!!!! oh my god and can you PLEASE replace my cashier with a robot as well oh fucking please. In fact can you please saw off my fucking cock and replace it with a tiny shrimp robot?
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u/evilspyboy 1d ago
I have spent more than a year building something that also manages this for local councils as there is a very long reason why some of this has to be at that level, it is also not 'just delivery drones' although a lot of people in positions of power think it is just one thing.
So far I have only met with one councils tech leadership and afterwards got flobbed off with nonsense when they were supposed to come back with questions.
The system does a lot more than just this particular future proofing and there is parts that relate to addressing a number of specific grants for councils to have things in place for emergencies and to be a bit more blunt, help your house not burn down.
The feedback was as a whole from that council - 'we don't think that is our responsibility'.
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u/Particular_River5567 5h ago
I ordered 3 completely unlrelated things off amazon last monday morning. They arrived by 7pm. Thats fast enough for me.
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u/serumnegative 1d ago
That would violate the laws we already have about drone operations.
Consult the air services website.
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u/serumnegative 1d ago
Sorry I meant CASA not Airservices
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u/PotentiallyHeavy 1d ago
Those regulations are just for recreational drones. Can't be letting people have fun while there's money to be made selling access to the sky
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u/serumnegative 1d ago
āIf you fly your drone for work (commercially), extra rules applyā
_Extra_ rules
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u/ol-gormsby 1d ago
They won't get permission to fly over private property, but they *might* get permission to fly along streets and drop their stuff off right at the property boundary, or fling it off from outside the property boundary, i.e. chuck it into your yard from the footpath.
I have neighbours who I like and respect, but some of them would shoot these things down (rural property with farmers for neighbours).
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u/keystoneux 1d ago
We had a google initiative in Logan, Qld where drones flew paths over private properties. Most fucking annoying thing ever. I don't know if it's still happening but Jesus Christ, visiting my mother and seeing these asshole devices fly over multiple times a day and the insect-on-crack nose it made was infuriating. Not to mention the sense of privacy violation every time one flew over
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u/mrmratt 1d ago edited 1d ago
I lived in a Wing delivery area in Canberra for years.
They flew directly over houses (including mine) , like any other aircraft. Residents don't own the airspace.
The drones would only lower deliveries directly onto the driveway within the property line. I couldn't even try the service, because my garage backed directly onto the public laneway.
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u/ol-gormsby 1d ago
You don't own the airspace but there are rules about who can enter it.
Private aircraft aren't allowed below 300 feet (IIRC) in general, emergency vehicles excepted of course. There might be other exceptions, and drones must remain in sight of the operator.
Again, that might all be changing. But me and my neighbours would be more than a little upset if they were given permission to fly overhead. We live here to get away from such intrusions.
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u/mrmratt 1d ago
there are rules about who can enter it
Of course. They're regulated by CASA. That framework is at least 8 years old. Drones are permitted, as evidenced by the commercial operation of exactly that, in residential areas, over the course of 5 years.
might be changing
It already changed. We had drone deliveries in Canberra 2018 to 2023. Well out of visual range of the operator. Below 300ft.
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u/capngump 1d ago
The big corporations donate enough money to make sure they will not be subject to the same rules regular small scale operators have to abide by
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u/Cont4x 1d ago
1000ft over built up areas (cities) and 500ft every where else. This only applies to aircraft and may differ for drones
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u/Maldevinine 1d ago
General drone rules are not above 400ft, within sight of operator, not within 3 nautical miles of airstrips, and not in a way that may cause harm to the public.
That last one is deliberately vague and multiple drone operators have tried to get CASA to make it more explicit. But they won't change it, because it's their freebie to hit anybody who does something they don't like with charges.
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u/TheRealTimTam 1d ago
Its 100 percent legal to fly over private property any drone pilot can do it as the airspace is not private property. And shooting them down is a much higher offense than you would think as it comes under the same law as attacking planes ( im sure a judge would see reason and give you the lower end of the jail time but still)
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u/Mysterious-Yak1693 14h ago
the previous Australian trials flew point to point, over everything. Only requirement was a safe landing space on the front of the property, away from trees.
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u/PAPO1990 1d ago
if they can make them less noisy, I'd actually love to have my deliveries right in my yard instead of to my door.
There ARE ways to make them a little quieter with research into things like toroidal propellers, among other things. But there would need to be some amount of regulation around it, other than limits on noise, possibly also limits on how many can be in a given area.
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u/PloppyTheSpaceship 1d ago
Interested to see how they fare in areas with eagles - those things will take out a drone given half a chance (source - part of job involves flying drones, had numerous scrapes with eagles)
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u/quick_dry 1d ago
it'll eventually happen,I think these test programmes are going to be pushing for effectively acquiring airspace at a certain level AGL.
I wouldn't so much mind them having a strict airspace to operate in - we're below 400feet AGL, they can have 400-500 - or pony up the extra requirements to operate in the 500+ manned airspace.
Either way, they should be required to have sufficient visual sense-and-avoid if they're working autonomously BVLOS. Helicopters are especially bad at dipping down wherever they want.
Sadly we don't have the footpath/cycleway spaces for them to do last mile delivery with those little autonomous eskis.
I'm commercially licensed to operate drones, but I'd rather not have the constant buzzing of drones overhead in quiet/suburban areas.
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u/metametapraxis 1d ago
We donāt need autonomous delivery at all. It is incredibly wasteful versus normal daily delivery. Humanity is just insane at this point.
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u/schminch 1d ago
Autonomous eskis! Can sense when your tin is at 10% capacity and promptly delivers your next brew at the bbq.
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u/Excellent_Orange6346 1d ago
Isn't that the nearest child's job?
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u/schminch 1d ago
The AI job replacements affect us all, even the children. Theyāll have to go back to the coal mines.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Pie5889 1d ago
Yeah a defeatist attitude just leads to political apathy and then we get the worst case scenario. Sign petitions, be vocal about not wanting drone deliveries. You can push back against these things.
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u/quick_dry 1d ago
Itās not as simple as drones v no drones.
Itās all ādependsā. - Google wing or Amazon octocopters that sound like flying chainsaws over the suburbs at 300 ft? No
Quiet (large rotor? Toroidal?) at 450-500ft? ok
Bulk unmanned cargo at commercial flight level? Hell yeah
Large rpas BVLOS transit in general aviation airspace? yes, probs quieter than a Cessna
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u/Infamous-Umpire-2923 1d ago
As someone who is sick and tired of delivery drivers treating instructions as optional I am completely in favour of this.
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u/ath0rus 1d ago
My dad said he wanted to shoot it down, I said the fine ain't worth it.
Though if it's looking into your private property and you didn't give it permission to (aka a neighbour ordered something and you didn't and it's looking in your yard) report a date and time and ideally a gps location (lat long) or address of where the drone was spotted. Report that to casa
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u/No_Seat8357 1d ago
I really do want to see some carnage when the get attacked by the magpie army every September.
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u/Odd_Ice9183 1d ago
Only for Important medical supplies or similar. Not for groceries or random Amazon junk.
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u/CelebrationFit8548 1d ago
It is so 'situational' that 'blanket statements' could become self-sabotaging.
I currently live on an island that has a vehicle ferry (~60mins) or passenger ferry (~30mins) to the mainland and drone deliveries could be meaningful out here but I agree the 'disruption' to the peace and quiet of 'island life' would be very concerning and remove one of the most pleasant aspects of living here.
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u/xietbrix 1d ago
If it means I get my shit safely and on time then I don't mind the tradeoff.
I can see it being a problem for people living in densely populated suburbs though so maybe there should be some regulation around where this is suitable and where it isn't.
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u/Baaastet 1d ago edited 1d ago
It will remove the jobs for the couriers = more unemployment.
It will not save us money - we'll still pay for delivery, we might even pay more.
Noise - I have yet to encounter a drone that doesn't sound like an annoying loud angry insect. It could come from different directions, it's intermittent and irritating. You'll be sitting there and all of the sudden the concentration is broken, at first you can't figure out what it is, then you realise it's the angry whiny buzz that gets louder and louder. I hadn't realised how bad it was until I was on holiday in a beautiful city in South America. We'd sit on the main square watching the sunset when the buzzing would start. It was unpleasant and irritating. And these were not industrial drones. Imagine living next to someone who have constant deliveries...
Upset dogs - I've read that it makes many dogs bark like crazy. So even more noise and upset owners.
Privacy issues - where will the recordings be stored? As they approach delivery, they will see into gardens and windows.
... and this will help the stalkers who are using this tech to hunt their victims be less detectable. They now can hear and report a drone (even if they can't prove it's the stalker). But with drones being everywhere, a stalker won't stand out. And I speak as someone who had a sibling (not in Australia) who stalked like this, hunted.
Why is this something we want? But because Bezos will bribe those who could reject this - it won't matter what we think...
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u/Quotation1468 1d ago
If you want to be helpful, write to your local member. If you want to do nothing, complain on social media.
https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Contacting_Senators_and_Members
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u/hanxu98121 1d ago
Yes, I would support it. I think I would support it, as long as it can deliver my packages to me faster and without damage.
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u/turtleltrut 1d ago
We have drone food deliveries in my area and I've heard them twice in 2 years as they delivered to the house across from my. It wasn't that loud but I suppose if it was more frequent it could get annoying. At present they can only hold a very small amount of weight so I assume it wouldn't be that frequent for a while. Guess it's something we probably can't stop though, it'll be here eventually.
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u/mantidmarvel 1d ago
Just start saying the drones are full of copper, it'll sort itself out
(In all seriousness, be sure to contact your local representative about concerns)
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u/NeinJuanJuan 1d ago
Whether we get them or not, I'd want permits and regulations set up so that local Australian small businesses can also use drones to allow for fair competition and a level playing field.
Local merchants and courier companies (who actually pay tax in Australia) should be afforded the same efficiencies.Ā
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u/Drongo17 19h ago
I do not want this. They scare the hell out of the birds, and my feathered neighbours are one of the great pleasures of life.
I think I will look for that petition and sign it.Ā
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u/Proud_Nefariousness5 18h ago
With autonomous vehicles now not far away drones wonāt be economically viable.
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u/Mysterious-Yak1693 14h ago
the trials were done in Australia, Canberra and a few other places. just sandwiches, coffee, cakes etc..
These look a little bigger. They're not actually that noisy, but you could see it become annoying when there are hundreds of these things flying around.
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u/RareGuidance312 13h ago
If it's like a chute or otherwise safe or perhaps max 300-400grams with a mini parachute I can see it being okay.
I don't want a BBQ delivered like this though
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u/tectonic-shit 4h ago
Quiet skies? Man, where do you live? Iām moving to your place!
I live 10 km from Moorabbin Airport. I have those farting machines flying over me day and night. Literally, every 2-5 minutes, thereās another motorcycle flying over my head. I donāt mind drones though. Iād send Bezos my last dollar if he could make those satanic creatures fly higher and leave the airspace closer to the ground to the drones...
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u/No-Stick-1190 4h ago
I think there come a point where there is so many drones flying around that they will start crashing into each other. I know they have built in systems to avoid this and they are designed for stationary objects. I doubt they will perform so well when 2 drones are heading towards each other at maxium speed.
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u/Draviddavid 1h ago
I doubt this will be an issue for many years, but when it happens it will be global news.
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u/Temporary-Comfort307 1d ago
No. I lived near an area with Door Dash drones and hated it. That horrible buzzing sound makes being outside unpleasant when they are around, it's like having constant swarms of insects. If these drones are bigger it would be even worse.