Sorry, but HANDS UP if you’ve ever accidentally left the bins out for more than a day or two.
So that would be all of us? *looks around* Yep, all of us. Including the liars who say they take their bins in bang on time the morning after bin night. I see you, you smug assholes. You’ve done it at least once.
Well, say a prayer for our mates in Queensland, because some 20 councils are giving themselves the power to hit lazy bin people a $2,523 fine if they don’t take their bins in within 24 hours.
Similar laws at a State Government level have existed, but since the period of time was defined at “otherwise reasonably appropriate before and after collection”, they were never actually enforced.
And now that those laws are expiring, twenty councils have gone ahead and made their own local law, reports the Daily Mercury.
Councils are lining up to say they won’t actually be enforcing the law – only doing so if residents complain – but that’s not exactly a comforting thought, when local councils are disorganised at the best of times. Also, at a fundamental level, most neighbours are absolute assholes when it comes to shared spaces anyway, so putting the onus on cranky residents not to complain is a bit much.
The new rules will come into effect by July 1. Better start remembering when, exactly, bin night is.
