desember 30, 2004

Have a baby for Australia

A recent survey showed 54% of Aussies don't actually want a larger population. Maybe our treasurer realised he needed to back off when he recently toned down the "have a baby for Australia" message and instead urged people to work past the retirement age.

It's lucky for him that he did. For if I hear Peter Costello, our prime minister, or any other man tell me one more time to breed for my country I think I'll throw something at them.

For you see at the moment, I'm heavy, puffy, hot, bothered and suffering chronic heartburn. I am doing my patriotic duty. I'm eight months pregnant in a time of year it's rather hard to keep one's cool.

While I'm healthy, happy and tremendously excited about the upcoming birth of my second child, every time I hear a male leader urge me to have three I scream: You do it!
- Letter: Australia's baby bust, Sarah MacDonald, BBC-vefnum
Agust skrifađi 30.12.04 23:10

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