Census collector lacked sense

I was confronted today for the first time by a very authoritarian and threatening ABS censor collector. It was amazing how my honest answer that I hadn’t received a census form in the mail led to quite a severe escalation in his behaviour, including threats of a fine and a visit by “somebody else”. Maybe he hadn’t had the best of days because he had already broken the door bell button – which was jammed in the on position when I answered the door. The button was pushed through the enclosure.   I was further put off by the fact that I asked severalContinue reading

Naura: Shangri La land of entitlement

Nauru is an island made up of bird poo which neighbouring nations such as Australia and New Zealand have found reason to exploit for trace elements missing in the soil in those countries to enable agricultural development with scant regard to the sociological consequences that followed for the native inhabitants. The reality now is that the we have a native population that has a sense of entitlement to income without effort and a corrupted government that has sacked the judiciary, has no rule of law, and can gaol anyone who dare criticise anything that takes place there, including the mis-treatmentContinue reading