coalition to scrap schoolkids bonus, page-14

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    makattack

    You posted;
    "He's not cutting it from education. ..."

    That's just plain wrong!

    Tony Abbot has just announced that he will scrap the payment of $1.3b to families receiving that payment to assist with their kids' education.

    http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/abbott-flags-axing-of-student-bonus-20130131-2dmgx.html

    Only the lower income parents receive the schoolkids bonus. It's been a factor in encouraging their kids at risk of dropping out of school to continue with their education and partially explains why retention and participation rates are relatively high in our schools.

    Abbott's ideological cloke has already been discarded and his war against mainstream Australians already contrasts with Julia Gillard's attempt to rein in rorts for the most priviliged.
 
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