When, for example, some local councils are taking away gas operated outdoor heaters from cafes etc and suggesting the proprietors utilise blankets for patrons instead, then you have a real problem! A vote of 8 to 10 in favour of getting cafes to issue blankets for patrons is a vote for these small business operators to go under. Local council stupidity aside, why isn't some skillful law firm out to sue these so called representative government agencies. I'm sure there is plenty of money in the till seeing as though they have chipped away at the middle class for quite some time now.
Just remember that councils work for us, or are meant to, and any decision to adversely affect the real backbone to Australia's economy (small business and not mining) should be met with tough counteractive measures to keep these agencies from creating extra work for themselves while small business goes under. Hold them accountable for their damaging decisions. This might get others to reexamine their position with this counter-productive carbon tax and any adverse effect it will (definitely) have on the economy.
At the end of the day councils should not interfere too much in private industry, and if any other government agency wants to side with this local 'mob'
then how are you going to get all that funding you need and deserve if the middle class and small business goes under?
And the next time we all go off to vote, in state and federal elections, maybe we should realise this isn't a popularity contest like in Big Brother or Australian Idol. I bet this country would still run efficiently for a few months if we had no government at all but were still protected by law enforcement agencies etc.