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Take an axe to profligate child care and parental leave programmes : Comments
By Brendan O'Reilly, published 10/6/2014Besides costing taxpayers an enormous amount of money, these programmes are highly regressive and discriminate against families who look after their own children.
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What I am totally against is subsidised care for unemployed women. How many of the public are aware that single mothers on parenting pension get two subsidised days of care a week? Why? When so many working women cannot find child care for their children, we have places going to single mothers so they can pursue their personal interests. I know quite a few that spend those days playing the pokies. Others use the time for day long shopping sprees at local shopping centres, including lunch with friends.
I find find the whole practise abhorrent and it is one budget cut the government needs to seriously look at.