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By Situation Theatre 18/6/2020
Lady-highways. Genius.
Building on his highway upgrade solution to the problem of women giving birth on the side of the road outside Canberra, as well as the runaway success of the Bic for Her campaign, the PM has announced the “Highways For Her” scheme as a way out of the nation’s recession.
The Prime Minister shows a complete lack of understanding of the risk to Yass Valley mothers and babies. The only thing this Government will deliver is babies on the side of the Barton Highway. 🤰🤷♀️ #auspol pic.twitter.com/qGFYYriuiz
— Alicia Payne MP (@AliciaPayneMP) June 17, 2020
The Morrison Government will now spend the spare $60 billion from the JobKeeper oopsie on highways just for ladies. The new roads will forgo the rugged sturdiness of the man highways for a softer and suppler design.
Instead of the dull tones of the rational grey male highway, the new more emotional female-only highways will be a more attractive pink but will still cost 13.9% less than the average male highway.
The new project will stand in for any new hospital, school, childcare, or climate spending, or anything else which could actually meaningfully help women.