Well, it's pretty obvious, the media has them worked up to be savage man eating monsters. The government deemed them too dangerous and banned them from the country. Of course, that's wrong, and anyone who believes pit bulls are more capable of attacking people than great danes or chihauhau's or any other breed of dog are fools.
And because of this, there is a possibility of having issues with owning our current dogs *sigh* Staffies across Australia are being accused of being pit bulls and being euthanized without any reason, and also many people believe bull terriers are actually pit bulls. It's ridiculous.