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Abbott offers $200 to newlyweds for Counselling ?
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/federal-government-offers-newlyweds-200-voucher-to-attend-marriage-coounselling/story-fnihsrf2-1226808063646
They apparently want to kick off this generous use of public money with a trial of 100,000 couples to be given $200 to pay for professional counselling.
That adds up to $20 million.
$200 will be lucky to pay for one or maybe two sessions with a marriage counsellor, so I can't see how this will really help anyone, unless they can afford to pay for more sessions themselves.
I doubt this $200 would make one iota of difference for anyone's relationship at all.
Do they pay it back if they break up anyway?
Will we even know if the $200 will be used for relationship counselling, given that counsellors are not allowed to reveal any client session details?
I don't know about anyone else, but I think this scheme (along with the too generous paid parental leave scheme) is a colossal waste of money.
Should this $20 million be used elsewhere, such as areas in spending that have been cut by this government eg The National Disability scheme?