Aussie, Aussie...Aussie?

Currently Listening to; Robbie Williams - "Better Man"

Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, what have we here? An Australian Taliban fighter? First there was John Walker. Now there is the 'Bin Laden' Aussie. Well, no one can say that Australia isn't standing "shoulder to shoulder" with the US on this issue now.

Chatting with my dad after dinner over some (cheap) mango, he told me that one of his patients is a BAT employee, and they worked out this afternoon that BAT in Australia alone manufactures 140 millions cigarette sticks..a day. A DAY!!! BAT only holds 60% of the national market too. That's right, no exporting going on here. Can you believe it? Think about it. Say there's 20 sticks a pack, that's 7 million packs a day. If each pack retails for say $7-8 dollars, and the government takes say, just under half? That's around $3 for every pack, which makes say, $20 million plus in tax revenue a day.

What does that mean? Well, if you're Nauru...you're laughing. Keep those asylum seekers coming!