[MrsLexiK]

Just reading this, their are a lot of people on EB who are anti BB and the like. Do you see the school bonus as the same thing? Surely it has to be seen this way if one bonus or handout is.

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political...0131-2dmgx.html

[JustBeige]

I actually like the BB. the way it is now. Having it in small portions is much better than a lump sum and I do think the 'average' family can do with help. I do think its way too much though.

The school bonus is just that. If I remember correctly it was touted as a way of helping out people in this hard economic time. So unless TA's lot is going to make everything cheaper and more affordable for the 'average' family, then I think making statements like this has just lost him the vote.

People dont like getting money taken off them.

with the Opposition Leader including the decision in a set speech against the advice of a senior staffer

says it all really.

This post has been edited by JustBeige: 31/01/2013, 03:41 PM

[Sinister Bonnet]

I'm more appalled by the double dissolution idea if he is blocked from blocking the carbon tax.

[Lausii]

So if it had stayed the ETR would he have scrapped that too? Or just because its now a bonus he is going to scrap it? Well I hope he doesn't get in. This is a huge help with back to school costs.

[epg]

But at the same time he seems to be pushing on with his very generous maternity leave scheme.

*I mean very generous to those already on high incomes.

[erindiv]

Why can't such bonuses go directly to the schools, and the schools provide more materials, etc?

[bakesgirls]

It really doesn't bother me. This year was the first year I have recieved anything, and that was only because being on unpaid maternity leave lowered our household income. I found it a rather plesant surprise when it arrived in my account, but I wasn't relying on it to purchase school uniforms or books.

Either way, I still wont be voting for him or his party.

[MrsLexiK]

I actually like the BB. the way it is now. Having it in small portions is much better than a lump sum and I do think the 'average' family can do with help. I do think its way too much though.

The school bonus is just that. If I remember correctly it was touted as a way of helping out people in this hard economic time. So unless TA's lot is going to make everything cheaper and more affordable for the 'average' family, then I think making statements like this has just lost him the vote.

People dont like getting money taken off them.

Totally agree which is why I think he was perhapes advised against scrapping it. It is also why I think the BB will stay inplace with the amount that it is. But the SB is a bonus when your kids start school the BB a bonus when you have a baby.

So if it had stayed the ETR would he have scrapped that too? Or just because its now a bonus he is going to scrap it? Well I hope he doesn't get in. This is a huge help with back to school costs.

As is the BB to people who are not eligable for PPL.

But at the same time he seems to be pushing on with his very generous maternity leave scheme.

*I mean very generous to those already on high incomes.

The thing that I like the most about TA's maternity leave is the difference in time you can have off or how long the money is designed to last you for. 6 weeks to me is a huge difference, I am in the lucky position of being able to have the PPL last me for up to 18 months before we have to start looking at cutting back or me getting a part time job but I understand I am in the minority there.

[JustBeige]

Bonuses are not necessarily intended to be ongoing.

Yes you are right. however this and the BB have been 'sold' to the public as an ongoing payment by the current government.

TA's government is going to 'take it away'.

Wont be a vote winning policy - not for mainstream Australia.

Why can't such bonuses go directly to the schools, and the schools provide more materials, etc?

because its not just for the schools use. It also can help pay for uniforms (which not every school supplies); shoes; underwear/socks; other misc. items that arent purchased or sold at the school.

*not saying that state schools dont deserve a larger portion of investment, but that is another argument/thread*

[MrsLexiK]

Why can't such bonuses go directly to the schools, and the schools provide more materials, etc?

that would actually be a good idea!