Australian prime minister says practice of reserving spots on beach is 'not on' Australia's prime minister has said it is "not on" to use portable cabanas to reserve spots on the country's beaches.
"One of the great things about Australia, unlike some parts of the world, [where] you go and you've got to pay to go to the beach, here, everyone owns the beach," he said during an interview on breakfast TV show Today.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the practice was a "breach" of the principle that "every Australian is equal" on the beach.
But debate has raged after photos on social media showed empty cabanas on beaches after people set them up early in the morning to reserve spaces for later in the day.
Some called the act "un-Australian", while others celebrated the ingenuity and argued in favour of the important shade they offer in a country with the highest skin cancer rates in the world.
