Quintin Jardine's blog

The Australian prime minister has come up with an interesting idea, she’s announced a tax, to be levied over the next twelve months, to help pay for the devastating damage caused by this year’s massive floods. As I read it, Julie Gillard’s already shaky popularity has taken a hit lately.  If that’s so this will either rehabilitate her or bury her. I get the principle, butI’m not so sure about the practice. It seems that people who have suffered from the calamity will not pay. How will they know who’s who? Help please, Aussie visitors. (Yes Fred, that includes you too, although I appreciate that you may be in mourning. I heard a {non-PC} story about a little boy who wants to be adopted by the Hibs football team. You’ll understand why.)