Originally Posted by
ChrisVJ
I don't have a dog in the race but:
What were the alternatives?
Question no one has offered an answer to here. What would have happened if a baby had been discovered in a bathroom at Sydney Airport next to aircraft departing for Doha with mainly Arab passengers? (Or given the world's taboos about offending Muslims, Australian passengers.)
It would NOT involve doing an intrusive exam of EVERY WOMAN. Western justice has the notion of reasonable suspicion before detaining someone, let alone doing this- simply being female is not reasonable grounds.