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The additional strain & cost to the economy through the health system and lost productivity seems to be on an upward trajectory.

With so many resources and reports to battle obesity, we have now become the heaviest nation, passing the USA.

With binge drinking on an all time high & alcohol related violence at disturbingly high levels, any initiatives to reduce consumption is extremely positive.

Traditional style alcoholic beverages of beer, wine & bottled spirits weren’t as attractive to the palette of younger drinkers as sweet carbonated soft drinks with alcohol.

When the national age pension was established in 1909, the average life expectancy for males was 56; for females, 60. Only around 4 per cent of Australians were 65 or over. By 2047, Treasury projects this figure will rise to around 25 per cent.
Without appropriate policy reform, the increase in life expectancy, decreasing birth rates and Australia’s ageing “baby boomers” will impact the economy. A comprehensive policy package is required to alleviate future fiscal pressures and ensure that all Australians enjoy an adequate standard of living in retirement.

With modern medicine, better sanitation, health care and a more sedentary life Australians a boy born in 2007 could expect to live to be 79, while a girl could expect to reach 84

Fingers crossed it passes through the Senate. With binge drinking out of control, any initiative to curb consumption is definitely a move in the right direction.

I can’t quite understand how 100,000′s of people trampling on lawns in a world heritage site is ok yet a group of 10 people undertaking commercial group exercise is considered damaging to the park lawns and not allowed.
I can understand the arguments in times of drought that the parks may be stressed and lawns become baron but surely these restrictions should apply to all parks?