Sorry, what does dob mean? It’s basically Aussie slang meaning “to inform on someone” and a dobber is a person who dobs. Ok so now that we’ve got that out of the way I’d like to tell you about our beloved Water Minister Michael Wright. Due to the current drought we’re having Mr. Wright set up a new policy starting January the first. From jan. 1st, no Aussie is SA is allowed to water their gardens (level 3 restrictions) from Monday to Friday. On Saturday even numbered houses can water their garden from 5am to 8 am and 8pm to 10pm. All odd numbered houses water their gardens during the same time period. So important are these restrictions that Mr. Wright asked everyone to dob in any neighbour that disobey these rules. This isn’t an unusual request as the Government have used such policies before, such as dob in a dole cheat or even dob in firebugs etc. It all backfired when Mr. Wright broke his own rule and was caught out by his neighbour David Smith, who dutifully dobbed him in to the Authorities.
Ah, there’s the rub, as dobbing in is considered un-Australian, or so some say. Premier Mike Rann says; “I would of thought that, if it happened to me, one of my neighbours…. comes over, taps on the door and says, ‘hey Mike…. I guess you fell asleep, you better turn it off or it might be embarrassing’”. Yeah right, that’s only because Mr. Wright is one of your ministers. I bet you’d sing a different tune if it was a Liberal Polly. Unfortunately poor David is copping all the flack because of his unAustralian.
Personally I feel these politicians should not be making the rules unless they’re willing to abide by them. As for it being un-Australian…..you tell me.