Crank the Croc
I WAS one of the fools who fell for the Peter Costello line of having an extra kid for your country.
What a scam.
There they were throwing thousands of dollars at naive young parents like me and somehow we missed the fine print that this extra child would cost you hundreds of thousands out of your own pocket, not to mention your sanity. This new generation is much wiser and are being spooked into Fort Knox levels of contraception.
Apparently things are so dire that Australia is going to dip below replacement levels soon and will rely on migration to ‘bump’ up the population. Wow.
Not that couples care about such mundane things – being able to go on holidays and keep a clean house is an alluring little drug. We’re not alone – everyone everywhere seems as selfish and self-absorbed as us. We could follow Hungary’s lead – women don’t pay income tax if they have four or more kids. Let’s drink to that.
GET ON BOARD
Seeing Prince Harry riding a surfboard last week really got me thinking. Whatever happened to the wave parks promised for the hinterland?
At one stage last year the council reckoned the Sunshine Coast could become the wave park capital of Australia.
Since then one proposal has gone up in smoke and another hasn’t even turned a sod. Maybe having, oh, like, the Pacific Ocean down the road is kind of a problem for would-be developers.
VOTE NO
Went to vote last week.
Found out if you live in Glass House Mountains you have to drive to Caboolture to pre-poll for the seat of Glass House. Not happening. Yes, I accept you can get stabbed in the face minding your own business at GHM, but I’ll take my chances rather than catch the train to Caboolture.
