Ben Small (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The fun police in this country have gone too far. As taxpayers, we're now employing some 106,000 people here in Canberra to hold clipboards and red pens and stop people doing things, building things or employing people. It's enough people to fill the MCG on Grand Final day, and they create no value whatsoever. They shuffle paper from one desk to another. They no doubt hold a lot of meetings and spend a lot of time and money travelling to conferences all the over the shop, but they don't create prosperity for our country. They don't empower the next generation of entrepreneurs to become the next Kerry Packer. In my view, they do not know more about your life, your family or your business than you do. So why the hell are we allowing them so much control? Last time I checked, Aussies hate being told what to do, yet we're all paying for more fun police than ever before.

They have now dreamed up a proposal to lower the default speed limit on Australian roads to 70 kays per hour, stating

… roads may have sealed surfaces, but may be in poor condition, or lacking the road features that would enable safe travel at high speeds.

Here's an idea: how about you just fix our roads? You have until 10 November to have your say on this madness, and I urge every Australian to jump online and do so, because in regional Australia we deserve better.

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