The occasional RiotACT correspondent and local government Minister, John Hargreaves, has astounded the Assembly with his intellect over the years.
In today’s Canberra Times he is debating the University of NSW geneticist Professor Des Cooper, over the efficacy of oral contraceptives being administered to female kangaoos in an effort to deal with the large populations trapped in urban nature reserves.
While the Minister and Professor may argue at their leisure over which form of contraception is most effective I’d like to note that contraception might reduce kangaroo numbers in years to come, but does absolutely nothing in the here and now.
We can only hope the next person to die in a collision with a kangaroo doesn’t hit a contracepted one which could have been culled.