Speaking of wasting Government money

[*crikey*mate*]

I just collected a package from the post office from the Australian Government (that's what it said on the envelope) It was addressed to my OH - it had all this informational stuff in it about bowel cancer.

Yeah, yeah, keeping people informed etc - but the postage alone must have been $3 plus the cost of whatever was in the package (it was A4 and chockers and I reckon must have only made the 20mm thick rule by a cat's whisker) and the wage of the person who had to correlate it all and pack it.

But it was specifically addressed to him, so there is a system somewhere deciding who gets these packages.

My OH has no history of cancer, so why they picked him out I have no idea.

Wonder how many other people got these and how much this drained the coffers.

Sure, keep people informed etc, but I reckon I could think of a few less expensive ways to do it.

[freddie*rooster]

prevention is better than cure ? I have had the drink but had to take it for 4 days before so you are lucky, lost weight and my cheeks caved in. Unlike you I was all clear so hope you remain healthy.

Yes but which cheeks?;-)

[cherry*135]

A parent would have to drop into the school office everyday (not just the school grounds or in the classroom or waiting outside it for child) if you expect the school to hold mail for you to pick up, instead of them posting it.

As someone who used to work in a school office, heaps of parents wanting to drop in the office everyday to see if there was any mail for them would be a waste of my time... the less interruptions the better.

[the_great_she_elephant]

prevention is better than cure ? I have had the drink but had to take it for 4 days before so you are lucky, lost weight and my cheeks caved in. Unlike you I was all clear so hope you remain healthy.

Ye Gods, Newstart, you have my sympathy - that must have been a nightmare - I struggle to cope with doing it for one day. Surely they didn't make you go without food all that time.

[newstart2380]

Ye Gods, Newstart, you have my sympathy - that must have been a nightmare - I struggle to cope with doing it for one day. Surely they didn't make you go without food all that time.

yes no solid food, just this horrible murky looking water and black tea. I could pee thru the eye of a needle after 4 days.

[*crikey*mate*]

when we first moved to the area near their school, our propert backed onto the school property (divided by an acre of our land and 4 acres of the school land which served as the cross country track as they are not alowwed to remove the trees and develop it) so in theory the kids could jump over the back fence. However it was quicker and easier for them to just walk around the block, 700 metres from our driveway to the school gate.

People would give them rides if it rained or if they saw them walking as they drove by.

We've moved now - they still walk (as long as more than one of them is going - they are not allowed to walk alone), but it is a little bit further but people still do give them lifts if they see them walking or if it is raining.

It is a bit trickier this year as only two of them go to school now, so if one doesn't go to school or has an early/late start, the other one isn't allowed to walk to school on their own, even though it is a heavily populated and very busy area, especially at the times when they would be walking.

*shrugs*

[*crikey*mate*]

A parent would have to drop into the school office everyday (not just the school grounds or in the classroom or waiting outside it for child) if you expect the school to hold mail for you to pick up, instead of them posting it.

As someone who used to work in a school office, heaps of parents wanting to drop in the office everyday to see if there was any mail for them would be a waste of my time... the less interruptions the better.

The school office is the main thoroughfare for entry into the school....

500 families, 1000 students - that's about $1000, 4 times a year that was spent/wasted, sending out individual report cards.

$4000 is a LOT of fundraising.....

[just_me_karen]

Sending out test kits that will invariably save lives & painful advanced cancer treatments ... AND will save money by reducing the medical cost to government & the economy, is surely a good investment. I can think of far more wasteful ways for people to waste taxpayers' money. For example, what about the tens of thousands it costs to provide a tertiary education to people who have no intention of using the qualifications, thus no intention of ever paying back the loan... and worst of all, drop out out because they have no dedication? Not only is it wasteful, it also excludes other people from taking that place and advancing their career.

[rosieglen]

Now that IS a waste of government money,

[newstart2380]

Sending out test kits that will invariably save lives & painful advanced cancer treatments ... AND will save money by reducing the medical cost to government & the economy, is surely a good investment. I can think of far more wasteful ways for people to waste taxpayers' money. For example, what about the tens of thousands it costs to provide a tertiary education to people who have no intention of using the qualifications, thus no intention of ever paying back the loan... and worst of all, drop out out because they have no dedication? Not only is it wasteful, it also excludes other people from taking that place and advancing their career.

Absolutely agree with everything you have said, think of the millions spent because people were unaware or did not bother (because we are all bullet proof) to check. It only happens to everyone else (NOT)

I receive 6 separate rate notices from the council for a block of flats I rent out and own all of them, I have asked local council to put them all in one envelope but NO the computer won't do that, that is local government waste.

[*crikey*mate*]

I agree too, but I think I've already said that.