Coincidentally, during the times of this study, Australia had implemented a «Baby Bonus Maternity Payment» with the hopes of increasing the country's fertility rates. (teachermagazine.com.au)
A national daycare program would have a far greater effect on the economy than income - splitting or another baby bonus ever could. (canadianbusiness.com)
Meanwhile, in Australia, as summer temperatures hovered near 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) and murderous flames converted forests into carbon dioxide, a new book entitled Overloading Australia: How Governments and Media Dither and Deny on Population issued an unusual ecological battle cry: ignore all admonitions to conserve the country's increasingly scarce water supplies until the government eliminates «baby bonuses» in the tax code and clamps down on immigration. (scientificamerican.com)