Australians get $1000 for Christmas

mummytofour

beecher wrote: »

I'd be angry if I was a low earning single person who gained nothing while middle earning people with children received a bonus. A lot of single people are sick of hearing the phrase 'hard working families' as it seems to imply that people with children work harder than those without children.

There were a lot of comments on the online Australian press stating anger at this perceived discrimination.

I am sorry you feel this way. But in all honesty it is very hard being a family. Looking after and caring for children is restrictive.

A single person only has themselves to care for and their time is their own. A single person does not need to arrange and pay for childcare to enable them to work or do overtime to earn to support themselves. Being a parent is a full-time job, there is no annual leave or paid holiday, when a parent gets home from their paid job there is the second shift. Not kicking back and watching tv in PEACE.

Kids are the next generation and as a society it is our responsibility to make sure we can provide the best possible start for them. Further more the kids of today are the doctors and care assistants of tomorrow just think it will be them caring for you when you are old and frail so lets hope they grow up with COMPASSION!

Zelie

adr0ck wrote: »

i don't think you do......your not in Australia are you?

You get first prize for missing the point.

Generali

adr0ck wrote: »

its $1000 per family - on average works out at $250 per child approx £100

Nope. It's $1000 per child. My sister in law is getting $3000.
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/individuals/bonus_payments.htm#families

How much is the payment?

The payment is $1,000 for each eligible child in full time care.
For shared care arrangements, the normal rules that apply to the sharing of Family Tax Benefit will apply to this payment. If you share care of a child, and you have at least 35% of care, the one-off payment will be divided in the same proportions as your Family Tax Benefit.

mr.broderick

Generali wrote: »

The payout is $1k per child for poorer/middle income families (complex calculation but basically you have to qualify for one of 3 types of payment), $1050 for a single pensioner/war widow and $1400 for a pensioner couple.

The exhortation is to spend the cash, preferably on Australian goods or services. The fear is that in rural places it'll be spent by wife beating alcoholics on booze. Largely that's yet to be realised except in Broome.

Australia has a small budget surplus but won't for much longer. There is no net Government debt although there is gross debt of 15% of GDP.

Frankly, better to give it people than to give it to banks.

You gonna be taking in some of the rugby league gen?

Generali

mr.broderick wrote: »

You gonna be taking in some of the rugby league gen?

Well NSW is a League area so I guess so. TBH I prefer union but that's probably just because that's what I've played.

I've got tickets for the test, one of the one-dayers and the Twenty20.

I've been discovering the cycle tracks round here. They're brilliant.

sabretoothtigger

http://www.xe.com/ shows 1000 AUD to be 455GBP or 706 USD

I swear a few years back it was more like 1 pound to 4 Australian dollar

Generali

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

http://www.xe.com/ shows 1000 AUD to be 455GBP or 706 USD

I swear a few years back it was more like 1 pound to 4 Australian dollar

For the past 10 years the AUD/GBP rate has been between about 2:1 and 3:1.