One man's rubbish...

It is common in Western Australia for anyone with something they want to get rid of that someone might find useful – an old bike, a bed-frame or whatever – to put that item on the road verge for collection by anyone who might want it. It emerges that picking up any such unwanted discarded items might be stealing.

The arrest of a Melbourne man, who says he took a vacuum cleaner from a hard rubbish collection, has raised questions about the legality of scavenging abandoned goods.

Surely police have better things to do with their time.