There is always a need to compare apples to apples.
Costello Baby Bonus was designed to get Australians to populate not stimulate the economy. The baby bonus hit the mark as we have had a mini baby boom the last few years. Once the baby is born the desired result has been acheived what happens post that is irrelevant.
As to issuing vouchers it adds so much more cost to administrating the systsem that only a portion of the intended package would reach the end recipient. Although great in principle vouchers are simply uneconomical.
