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Roll up, roll up for the 2020 Nanny State Awards – bigger and brassier than ever
It’s never been difficult to find worthy contenders for the highly coveted Nanny State awards. But this year took nanny-stating to ludicrous levels
The Centre for Independent Studies created the Nannies — as we like to call them — to highlight the government’s most ludicrous, farcical, and ridiculous attempts to mind your business.
Previous nominees included a national education program designed to teach people how to climb a ladder. (For those of you who are curious, the recommended method is one step at a time while wearing a helmet).
Also nominated for a Nanny in past years were the Bunbury City Council for its attempt to ban mermaids from its swimming pools, and the New South WWales police for trying to stop…
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