I’ve seen them in the city Coles, but my suburban Coles doesn’t have them. I assume they install them as a deterrent for shoplifting. Which I guess says that not enough people in my area are shoplifting to justify these things.

I hate cameras watching my face and the overhead one that can’t handle me doing something unexpected like trying to scan 4 milk cartons at once a lot more than these gates. I’ve also never seen them actually close though. My attitude might change if they closed on me.