South Australian council forced to dispel ‘bizarre’ claims of Elon Musk using mind-control chips

Spread of ‘rightwing conspiracies’ about Salisbury’s smart infrastructure scheme prompts councillors to pass extraordinary motionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA South Australian council has been forced to reassure its residents that Elon Musk is not attaching mind-control microchips to their brains, and that it is not installing killer 5G towers.Salisbury city council has been targeted by people spreading a range of false claims about its smart infrastructure program, which uses a range of technologies to, for example, let council workers know when bins are full or tell residents if there is parking available.“Council has not and will not [install] smart technology ‘on behalf of powerful globalist bankers that have infiltrated all councils’.”“Council has not and will not … ‘rollout any agenda to create a new One World Government as part of the Great Reset’.”“Council has not and will not