New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has weighed in on a fierce debate over the use of portable gazebos on Australia’s best beaches.
Beach huts and their much-needed shade have become increasingly popular on Australian beaches, but A debate has broken out online about using cabins to reserve places on the coast.
Australians have shared images of empty gazebos on the beach as other beachgoers are forced to fight over the few remaining spots of sand.
Some have criticized the act as “un-Australian”, while others have applauded its ingenuity.
At a news conference Thursday, Minns laid out some ground rules for cabin use.
“You can’t like, put a nail in the ground and claim the land as yours with the cabin, like Richard Nixon did with the moon,” he said.
‘It doesn’t work that way. You can’t just pick up a cabin and claim it.
Minns then revealed his “rules.”
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has weighed in on the hot debate over the use of beach huts.
Beach huts and their much-needed shade have become increasingly popular on Australian beaches.
“You have to have one of your stupid friends agree to go there early in the day and have a rotation process.”
Mr Minns even commented on the designated cottage watchman’s choice of reading material.
“You can have one person, one person is enough, and they can be sleeping, hungover, or reading a trash novel.”
“They can even use the beach, you can go swimming, but you have to be on the beach,” Mr Minns said.
Mr Minns’ comments have been applauded on social media.
“This is the most beautiful and unexpected crossover ever,” wrote one Instagram user.
“Together we can stop the spread (of coolcabanas),” wrote another.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Mr Minns for comment.
An online debate has broken out about using cabins to reserve places on the coast
Minns is just the latest politician to speak out about cabin use.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has also dipped his toe into the cottage waters.
During an appearance on Today, Albanese said the practice “doesn’t work” and goes against the country’s egalitarian spirit.
“One of the best things about Australia, unlike other parts of the world, where you go and have to pay to go to the beach, here everyone owns the beach,” he said.
‘It’s a place where all Australians are equal. And that’s really a violation of that principle, to think that you can reserve a small place as just yours.’