08-24-2022, 06:36 PM
Has Australia gone mad? Family giving out free veggies and grandpa who built a stunning rose garden are both ordered to destroy them because of ‘safety’
A family giving out free fruit and veggies and a great-grandfather who built a beautiful rose garden have both been ordered to destroy them because of ‘safety’.
In the latest signs of bureaucracy gone mad, two councils on opposite sides of the country – in Brisbane and Perth – have made orders to kill off what most would see as a public good.
In the Brisbane suburb of Wellington Point, the Ashwell family was told to tear up their veggie patch, which had been providing free produce to their neighbours.
And on the other side of the country, in Perth’s Golden Bay suburb, 92-year-old Trevor Coster’s flowers have been ordered to be uprooted by next week after just a single complaint.
Read more: Has Australia gone mad? Family giving out free veggies and grandpa who built a stunning rose garden are both ordered to destroy them because of ‘safety’
A family giving out free fruit and veggies and a great-grandfather who built a beautiful rose garden have both been ordered to destroy them because of ‘safety’.
In the latest signs of bureaucracy gone mad, two councils on opposite sides of the country – in Brisbane and Perth – have made orders to kill off what most would see as a public good.
In the Brisbane suburb of Wellington Point, the Ashwell family was told to tear up their veggie patch, which had been providing free produce to their neighbours.
And on the other side of the country, in Perth’s Golden Bay suburb, 92-year-old Trevor Coster’s flowers have been ordered to be uprooted by next week after just a single complaint.
Read more: Has Australia gone mad? Family giving out free veggies and grandpa who built a stunning rose garden are both ordered to destroy them because of ‘safety’