Yesterday Julia Gillard unveiled a ‘cash for clunkers’ scheme where people would receive a $2000 rebate for upgrading their car from a pre-1995 model to a more fuel efficient new car. While that’s a start …

If I were elected to office…

… I’d go further and institute a ‘cash from clunkheads’ scheme, where any clunkhead who thinks that it is a good idea to own and drive gas-guzzling 4WD’s around suburban and city streets would have to pay a $2000 cash fine each year.

Reducing 4WD’s on our streets. What a good idea! Vote 1. Me.

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