Council takes on little kids on the block

There are so many rules for all facets of life in Australia. For the most part, it is a good thing to ensure we can all live peacefully with each other. Sometimes the rules are just lacking in common sense. But who is to blame?

Today, the Brisbane City Council is in the news for making the decision to pull down a treehouse built by kids on council property. They claim that the platform is 4 metres above ground and is overlooking a neighbouring property.

But the real issue here is that being on public land, this is a huge liability for the Council. We can all blame over-regulation, however we are all partly to blame.

We have become such a litiguous society, always looking for someone to blame, that insurance has become a major line item for annual budgets. All entities from multinationals, hospitals, councils and even neighbours with a shared driveway, now have to pay excessive premiums just to mitigate the risk of being sued.

As touching as it sounds that families on this particular street were brought together by the treehouse, the reality is that this risk is a potential headache for years to come (up to 20 years based on current statute of limitation).

It is sad that our world has changed in a single generation. Read the article on http://www.bit.ly/9MI7US