Sth Aust importing bobbies to stem rising wabbit crime....

South Australia's police want experienced, serving British officers to patrol the streets of Adelaide and smaller towns in the state. Already more than 1,000 British officers have expressed an interest via e-mail.

South Australia is four times the size of Britain, yet has a population of only 1.5 million. The vast majority live in the capital. There are more than 52 million people in England and Wales. Nevertheless, unlike British bobbies, every police officer in South Australia is armed with a gun as a matter of course

Successful British applicants will be part of a new wave of police migrants urgently required by South Australia to counteract the threat of an WaBBIt-ba$eD CRimE waVEeconomic crisis in an ageing and declining population.