Squeers, I appreciate your frustration VERY much indeed.

It is a crying shame that subjects such as this don’t attract a whole lot of attention on a forum like OLO, while vastly less important things get discussed ad-nauseum.

It is much more of a crying shame that this sort of thing doesn't generate great concern in the general community and at the state and federal political levels.

I was utterly dismayed that there was just about nothing by way of policies espoused from either major party, or the Greens, to do with the really big sustainability and population issues in the lead-up to the recent federal election or in the extraordinary post-election carry-on.

Yep, we’ve really lost our way badly. And it is BOUND to end in a great deal of pain.