If only the UK did it like OZ !!!

Recently in our local free mag the Jimboomba Times....

Logan or Beaudesert council had a FULL PAGE AD naming and shaming ratepayers with arrears...

It went onto showing names, numbers, addresses and amounts... then

At bottom it said DONT PAY we will auction your property off !! with no further notice.

One guy had 30,000 acres and owed $1800 lmao


BRILLIANT !!!

Love the name of the paper!

If only we could do it like that!

Kris x

What a great thing to do, It's those sort of things that impress me with Aus

I've said for ages the shame policy is a easy way to get non-payers to tow the line, but then again some will take it as there 15 minutes of fame. Another great one is to have shoplifters pictures on shop windows saying that they are banned for being a thief.

Sums up Oz perfectly. Cut the crap, no PC, say it as it is...if only Tony Blair took the same stance Great Britain might be more 'OK Britain' thab Crap Britain

I want to be a writer for the 'Jimboomba Times'

Agreed. It's refreshing to see the good guys win for a change, unlike UK where the PC brigade take command

Only prob is though, in cases of genuine hardship. Hopefully this is taken into consideration and they aren't "shamed" for something they couldn't help

Thats my real big concern about it too. Remember The Sun publishing paedofiles pics ?

Its fine to say name and shame and if people are guilty through greed or just dont care then fine, but what about those in a bad situation through no fault of their own? How many of those ratepayers in arrears are merely some poor woman dumped on her own with kids? Or lost their job through illness or some other reason not hteir fault. You need to be careful doing things like this.

I agree, it needs to be done with care - for example, my MIL is at present in hosptal, supposed to be resting and getting better, but is instead fretting herself stupid over how she is going to pay her rates bill - and if we pay it, over how she is going to pay us back while shes laid up.
If she thought she was likely to make the papers for non-payment the worry could finish her off.

EXACTLY.

Hopefully people in these situations have been taken into consideration

Maybe Timber can enlighten us?

ALL YOU GUYS IN OZ HAVE SEEN THIS !!!

FILL WANTED !!! yer????

Well....

LOL

Was driving thru Mt Cotton last week, and some guy, presumably a IRATE builder had erected a SIGN outside some geezers driveway GATES saying.

" FILL WANTED, just dump the SHIT here, cos the bastards dont PAY !!"

I was lmffao but didnt have my camera

sURE WILL, THE RATEPAYERS WERE IN DEFECIT FOR OVER 3 YEARS

I would "Ass u me" they checked to see if the debtors were still alive !

Cheers Timber

so these people were in deficit over 3 years.......but presume the genuine hardship cases were taken ooot

In that case....as you were

BTW....dont be shittin on anyones drive cos they haven't paid you

I imagine it would take one helluva plaggy bag after one of urs T

Indeed.....I think his customers had better be wary if he pulls up outside and hollers "TIMBER"

PMSL.....