Whatever happened to responsibility? | The Spectator Australia

In 2009, I became aware, via media reports, of the death of David Iredale, a perfectly fit and healthy 17 year old who had died of thirst while on a bushwalk in the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney. 

Despite being on or close to a well-known walking track and making contact with emergency services by mobile phone on seven separate occasions, David died and his body was not being found for eight days. 

For a tragic event such as this to occur virtually within shouting distance of 5 million people in this modern age was hard to fathom. 

The Coroner’s Inquest was critical of much that occurred, both during and after David’s calls for help. Reading about this young man’s death, and overcome with a feeling of…