means test on baby bonus

The idea of a baby bonus was to encourage population growth.
Confining a bonus to lower social economic group has the potential to further stretch the imbalance of family sizes between the groups.
Why not go the other way and give the bonus to homes that have earnings earned from working a job (for example) between $45 and 85g a year.
Reward and encourage the middle class for their contribution to country and their commitment to pay their own way. When having a child the middle class often stand to loose the most as the women may temporarily leave a job.
This latest suggestion if implemented only stands reinforce the welfare mentality and add future pressure on public welfare drain.
It wasn't that long ago Rudd was expecting tax payers to pay the bill for the care of his child only to back flip when it was pointed out the hypocrisy of such a perk when he is so well off.