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Old Thu Aug 29, 2013, 06:26 PM
Chirley Chirley is offline
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Yeah, our population was in decline so they pay people to have babies. Problem is it encourages the kind of people who shouldn't have children.

I think they are/have reduced or are getting rid of it but now they are going to pay 6months on full pay for maternity leave. At least only women who work and contribute to taxes will get paid. There is an ad on TV at the moment which rings true. A woman on $150,000 a year will get paid $75,000 to have a baby. Some country we live in huh? Registered Nurses here earn about $80,000 base rate with shift and weekend penalties on top, so $150,000 is not an uncommon wage. I'm not sure but I think the minimum hourly rate is around $15 - $16 for working in places like MacDonalds after school etc.

I DO like that Australia has a welfare system that supports those who need it but it is abused by certain elements in society who just won't do anything to help themselves.
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