Kill the Bats.

"The LNP's primary industries spokesman Ray Hopper put a motion in parliament on Wednesday to better protect people and the viability of farms, saying farmers should be able to shoot flying foxes." The driver for this call " to the gun" and to do the proper aussie thing and start shooting things dead was the recent sad death of another Vet from the Hendra virus which is transmitted , or can be transmitted from bats to horses and then from horses to humans. At last count 3 people in 10 years have died from Hendra virus in Qld. Based on this logic not only would all the snakes in the fair state of Queensland be round up and shot ( on average 3 people a year die from snake bite that makes 30 dead people in 10 years), all the drivers of cars would need to be shot as well given that nearly 300 people died on the roads last year. And how would we deal with the suicide rate ( currently about 300 people a year in QLD) - SHOULD WE ROUND THEM UP AND SHOOT THEM TOO!

Don't you love living in a country where our politicians' solution to complex problem is just "shoot the bastards" !!