Month: May 2013

Fat Tax Costs Before It’s Law

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Fat Tax Costs Before It’s Law




How much fat would a fat tax tax if a fat tax could tax fat? That’s the half a million dollar question – and you’re paying to find out. The public health tsars of the Australian National Preventative Health Agency are at it again, this time trying to solve the country’s most pressing crisis: cheap, delicious food. Public-spirited as they are, ANPHA thinks we should share the burden of cheap food equitably – and what better way, they think, than with the across-the-board hike in the cost of living? Better…




Lollipop man Bernie Robertson banned from high-fiving kids

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Lollipop man Bernie Robertson banned from high-fiving kids




Lollipop man Bernie Robertson banned from high-fiving kids at Mount Annan Public School: A LOLLIPOP man has been banned from giving high-fives to children as they cross the road because it’s “too dangerous”, according to the health and safety police. Bernie Robertson – who has stopped traffic to keep young pupils safe outside Mount Annan Public School in Sydney’s southwest for 13 years – has been cautioned after a review of guidelines by Roads and Maritime Services. If you’re looking for more budget cuts, might I suggest these bureaucrats are…




UK Dumps Plain Packaging: Australia Must Follow Suit

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UK Dumps Plain Packaging: Australia Must Follow Suit




The Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance & MyChoice Australia today welcomed news that the British government has unceremoniously dumped all proposed tobacco plain packaging legislation. The Sun newspaper today reported that British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered plain packaging to be pulled from next week’s Queen’s Speech, with a Whitehall source saying plain packaging has “nothing to do with the government’s key purpose”. Over half a million British residents wrote to the government saying they objected to the policy being implemented.  “The British Government has admitted what we have known all…