Recording is not evidence. Provenance is.
Body-worn cameras and the software that governs the footage. Worn by mining crews, linesmen, emergency-department security, drivers and retail staff. Configured to the law of whichever state it's standing in.
01The argument
A file on a card proves nothing.
What survives scrutiny is provenance — who captured it, who touched it, what was disclosed, and under whose law it was lawful to capture at all. The audit trail is the product. The camera is just where it starts.
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CaptureWho captured it.
Operator, device, time, place and a cryptographic seal — bound to the footage at the moment of capture, not added afterwards.
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CustodyWho touched it.
Every upload, view, export and redaction is written to a ledger the footage cannot be separated from. Nothing is altered without a record. Nothing is deleted without one either.
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DisclosureWhat was disclosed.
Who received it, which version, on what basis, approved by whom. Publication is a separate offence in every Australian jurisdiction, so the system treats every export as a legal act.
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JurisdictionUnder whose law.
Consent, notice and what counts as private differ by state. The device knows which regime it is working under and behaves accordingly — before the first frame is written.
02Who wears it
The category was invented for police. Almost nobody who wears one is a police officer.
Ours are worn by people whose word gets doubted — on haul roads, up poles, at triage desks, on doorsteps and at the counter. Nobody here is chasing anyone. They're trying to get through a shift and have it believed.
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Mining crews Surface · oil & gas · hard rock
A haul road at four in the morning and a near miss nobody agrees about.
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Linesmen Distribution · transmission
A live conductor, a property owner at the gate, and a decision made in a hurry.
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ED security Emergency departments
Two a.m., eleven hours in, and a family that has had enough.
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Drivers Freight · delivery · transit
A drop that is not going well, on a doorstep the dashcam can't see.
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Retail staff Front of house
A refund that has turned, with the shop full.
Everyone working in the field deserves evidence on their side.
03Eight regimes
Australia is eight legal regimes, not one.
The same recording can be lawful in Mount Isa and an offence in Kalgoorlie.
Surveillance law is written by the states and territories, and it differs in every one — who has to consent, what counts as private, what notice a workplace owes. Publication is a separate offence in all eight. Products built for American police have no concept of any of this. Every TENVA device carries all eight profiles and runs the one for where it's standing.
Map of Australia showing the eight jurisdictions. The active jurisdiction is highlighted as you read each profile.
- Device
- T2-00931
- Profile
- — —/08
- Statute
- Awaiting location
- Audio
- —
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Profile WA-9801 / 08
Western Australia
- Statute
- Surveillance Devices Act 1998 (WA)
- Scope
- Listening · optical · tracking
- Audio
- All-party consent, with statutory exceptions
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on · audio gated
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Profile NT-0702 / 08
Northern Territory
- Statute
- Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NT)
- Scope
- Listening · optical · tracking · data
- Audio
- All-party consent, with statutory exceptions
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on · audio gated
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Profile QLD-7103 / 08
Queensland
- Statute
- Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 (Qld)
- Scope
- Listening devices
- Audio
- A party may record, within statutory limits
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on
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Profile SA-1604 / 08
South Australia
- Statute
- Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA)
- Scope
- Listening · optical · tracking · data
- Audio
- All-party consent, with statutory exceptions
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on · audio gated
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Profile NSW-0705 / 08
New South Wales
- Statute
- Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW)
- Scope
- Listening · optical · tracking · data
- Audio
- All-party consent, with statutory exceptions
- Workplace
- Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 (NSW) — notice to employees
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on · audio gated · notice on file
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Profile ACT-9206 / 08
Australian Capital Territory
- Statute
- Listening Devices Act 1992 (ACT)
- Scope
- Listening devices
- Audio
- All-party consent, with statutory exceptions
- Workplace
- Workplace Privacy Act 2011 (ACT) — notice to employees
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on · audio gated · notice on file
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Profile VIC-9907 / 08
Victoria
- Statute
- Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (Vic)
- Scope
- Listening · optical · tracking · data
- Audio
- A party may record, within statutory limits
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on
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Profile TAS-9108 / 08
Tasmania
- Statute
- Listening Devices Act 1991 (Tas)
- Scope
- Listening devices
- Audio
- All-party consent, with statutory exceptions
- Publication
- Separate offence — export locked to a recorded lawful basis
- Device
- Front-screen ID on · consent notice on · audio gated
Set by where it works, not where it was sold.
Profiles summarise the obligations we configure for. They are not legal advice, and they are reviewed against current legislation at every firmware release.
04Hardware
Transparency made physical.
The T2 has two screens. The rear one is for the wearer. The front one faces the person being recorded and tells them who is wearing it and that it's on — consent you can point to. Axon Body 4 and Motorola VB400 have no screen at all.
DRG T2-GA-01Rev ANot to scaleRenders to follow
- Two screens
- Wearer ID shown to the subject
- Eight jurisdiction profiles
- Certified for surface, oil & gas and hard rock
| TENVA T2 | Axon Body 4 | Motorola VB400 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screens | Two | None | None |
| Wearer ID shown to the person recorded | Yes | — | — |
| Australian state-law profiles | Eight | — | — |
| Corporate home | Australia | United States | United States |
Competitor details from published specifications.
05Custody
Every touch, on the record.
Footage is sealed with a hash the instant it's captured and never exists unsigned. From there, every upload, view, export, redaction and disclosure is appended to a ledger the footage can't be separated from. When it's challenged — and it will be — the record answers, not the operator's memory.
Example record. Identifiers illustrative.
06Company
Australian entity. Australian data.
TENVA is Australian-owned and operated. Footage stays in Australia, under Australian law, answerable to Australian courts. Every competitor in this category is US-, UK- or Chinese-owned — and where your evidence lives is a legal question before it's a technical one.
- Entity
- TENVA Pty Ltd · Australia
- Ownership
- Australian
- Data residency
- Australia only
- Governing law
- Australian
- Certified for
- Surface · oil & gas · hard rock
PROVE IT.
Everyone working in the field deserves evidence on their side.
Received. A person will reply.