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‘Everyone owns the beach’: Australian PM throws shade in cabana debate

www.theguardian.com ‘Everyone owns the beach’: Australian PM throws shade in cabana debate

Anthony Albanese says using shade structures to reserve space is ‘not on’ as local mayor urges beachgoers ‘to be kind and considerate’

The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has weighed in on a drama unfolding on the country’s beaches, declaring that beachgoers who use portable cabanas to claim a patch of sand are going against the nation’s spirit of equality.

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For the people who will surely be commenting before reading the article:
It's not about using cabanas on the beach, it's about setting up a cabana early in the morning when it's cooler and fucking off until mid-day when it's hot.
- People do this in Florida. Don't care. There's so much beach, you can setup out of site of another human, even in peak summer season.
  
  I've not been to Florida, so I can only speak to the Australian side of things. Beaches here are patrolled by surf lifesavers and the safest parts to swim are marked by flags. These areas are the most popular and therefore limited space-wise. There's nothing stopping anybody going elsewhere to pitch their cobana, but unless you're a strong experienced swimmer, you generally want to be going in near those flags.
  
  Seems like it's a much bigger problem in Australia if the PM has to address it lol
  I haven't been to Florida in 20 years and I've never been to Australia so I can't confirm either way
  
  Yeah in the east coast US this is standard beach assholery.

Understandable. It’s rude behavior. The problem will be enforcing rules against it. On a super crowded beach, who's going to monitor and check every cabana for current occupancy? Even if someone was willing to pay someone to do it, it wouldn’t be worth the fights with drunken assholes.

That AI generated or y'all only got a dozen patterns of products in the upsidedown? I think I could get lost and under the wrong tent quite easily
- It's Amazon. Search for "cabana" and you'll see the ones in the picture at the top of the results. The black and white one is first for me

It’s ok to claim part of the beach with your cabana as long as you acknowledge the previous owners of the beach.

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