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RE I understand where you are coming from and for the record I would love to see some kind of income splitting available to couples. A long time ago there was no part B. Daddy went to work and at tax time he got a nice refund in the form of a dependant spouse rebate about 1600 bucks. Then...

Part B came about specifically to support the partner not working. So if he is making more than 24k why do you care about losing less than 5 k- you are 19k better off, that is hardly being penalised.

RE you need to check into it a bit better. If your youngest is under 5 you can still get some part B until your partner earns over 24000. and if you were both on unemployment with 3 kids you would get 1510 per fortnight (no rent assistance in that either) - you would get more if one of your kids...