"Then we were shown the policy.
Whatever trust we had been willing to invest in the government was instantly blown out of the water when the minister, Scott Morrison, announced that women could only have the childcare if they gave up significant family benefit payments.
To be precise, the $3.5 billion so-called Jobs for Families childcare package, which on the face of it seemed a rational policy that dealt realistically with many of the shortfalls of the current system, had to "be funded by the savings measures for Family Tax Benefits announced in last year's Budget".
These savings measures have been calculated by the Parliamentary Budget Office to be worth $9.4 billion over the next four years."
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/th...raging-women-in-the-workforce-20150612-ghlpop
He really rubs it into the women. Was it on Mother's day that he announced he was dropping his iron clad promise of his rolled gold PPL that he took to TWO elections?
I think Julia was right, he is a misogynist, although he will never admit it.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
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