Smoking Police Overkill At Gold Coast SuperGP
October 30th 2009 10:40
An F1-11 Dumps And Burns Jet Fuel
The Roulettes were doing fly-bys trailing smoke, helicopters were landing and taking off in the middle of the track precinct, and the F1-11s were doing ‘dump and burns,’ which means dumping fuel and burning it.
Burning Rubber At The SuperGP
Over four days the racing cars burnt thousands of litres of high octane fuel, producing tones of noxious gas, while novelty vehicles burnt rubber until the crowd disappeared in a pall of smoke.
In spite of all this excessive consumption of non renewable resources, smokers were singled out for burning a bit of dried vegetation. Tobacco is a legal drug, yet smokers were displaced to designated areas.
Corralled beside the footpaths, without shade in some areas, smokers were not allowed to eat, drink or sit, and could not see the track. Environmental Health officers could issue $200 on the spot fines to anyone smoking outside these tiny fenced areas.
Racing cars and burnouts on public roads, low flying aircraft, consumption of liquor in public places and public nudity were all permitted. What is normally illegal is allowed yet smoking outdoors is outlawed.
Meanwhile Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and key ministers, including Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Kate Jones, are gearing up for next weeks Queensland Climate Summit.
Co-organised by The Climate Group and the Queensland Government, the summit is designed to discuss the emerging low carbon economy.
The incongruity did not escape Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke.
Where Was Climate Change And Sustainability Minister Kate Jones?
If Queensland Health were serious about health they would object to the event being held on public streets in the first place, and if the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability was serious about sustainability, she would object too.
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