Staking claim to a patch of sand with your beach cabana might be the most Australian thing of all | Anna Spargo-Ryan
Anthony Albanese should know if there’s one thing we’re famous for, it’s politely asking before taking something as our own
Anthony Albanese is up in arms over some absolutely un-Australian behaviour he’s seen on a Facebook group. People, he’s discovered, own beach cabanas.
This is not a problem in itself but, according to reports made by the News Corp papers, brightly coloured bits of tarp are being hammered into the God-given sand and then – get this – no one even sits there. They just leave again. Sometimes they’re actually saving a bit of beach for later on. Allegedly.
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