Got home from work this afternoon and found this (PDF) government propaganda information booklet in the post box. You know it’s an information booklet because the contents page says so.

But before we read a single word of information or guidance to parents about drugs we have to scan through a page containing lots of information about the Man Of Steel behind the Drugs Policy Of Steel.

Not to mention lots of information about just how Tough On Drugs™ the Howard government has been.

The next fifteen-or-so pages is a bunch of generic drug info that looks like its been lifted straight from Wikipedia and whacked together in Publisher with some Getty images of needles and white powder.

Then on page 18 comes the real reason for the booklet.

The next four pages are nothing more than coalition campaigning with bold declarations about government spending and initiatives over the life of the coalition government.

Everyone knows that governments-of-the-day use taxpayer money for partisan advertising but reading shite like this, and thinking about how much taxpayer coin was spent producing and posting it, makes my blood boil. And of course, the fact this shows up on my doorstep less than two months before an election is a total coincidence.