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Australia is not a police state, so no policemen should be able to interfere with a citizen unless they have a belief that person has committed a criminal offence.
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Based on that comment, you are saying that the police should sit back and watch until a criminal commits an offence and THEN take action, rather than proactively seeking to stop a crime before hand.
The whole idea of the patrols, and the asking of ID and questions is a common form of proactive policing. More often than not people are legitimate in their actions and whereabouts but there comes a time when this is not the case and the police catch a crook.
As a society we always seem to complain the police never do enough, then when they do something constructive we tear them down. Can't have your cake and eat it too if you want to feel safe and protected.