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We put ours in care one afternoon a week about when she turned 3, just so we could actually DO stuff without having her get into everything. Now she's in 3 afternoons a week so we can work. She absolutely loves it, and we get an awful lot done when she's not around. I'm still waiting for the...

This is where you have childcare as a tax rebate against *both* members of the couple not just the mother, too easy :p We delayed putting one of ours in care because we thought we couldn't afford it, turns out it costs $1 an hour after rebates. Couldn't believe it. Signed up for more. Eh...

Oh yes, the news blogs were full of people complaining that they still have to pay their private school fees, mortgage etc and have no money left at all at the end of the fortnight :rolleyes: They only brought in that $150k limit fairly recently, but the $4k limit at the other end of the...

As I said in my post, he wasn't working until recently. Which implies he is working now. My entire point is that you get this particular welfare component on up to $150k if you are a single earner and you don't get it at all if you are a couple and one member of the couple earns more than...

He wasn't working until recently and we were getting $20. Someone on just under $150k gets $180. *that* is why I care. Why do they cut you off from $4k *if you are a couple* instead of picking some slightly higher figure, like, say, the couple rate of the dole? Why does a family earning $150k...

Some part B might be only 10c. Until our last income estimate we still got $20 or so a fortnight, now we get nothing. "Payments are reduced by 20 cents for each dollar of income earned over $4,891." He makes quite a bit more than that so we get diddly squat. Its entirely assessed on his...

Part B is stupid. We don't get it because my partner earns over $4000, which is where it starts to cut down. But if I earnt $120k and he earnt $0, or if I had no partner at all, we'd get the full amount. I have absolutely no idea why they peg it to the lower earner with such a low threshold...

Large family benefit *starts* at 3 children. I have three and I get it, which is utterly stupid as the third one is by far the cheapest of the lot. Vasectomies are *free* in the public health system with a concession card. My partner has never held down a 'proper' job. Was constantly getting...