Australian Government Backflip on Carer Payment

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Smelena
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08 Mar 2008, 5:39 pm

Good News,

The Australian Government announced they were abolishing a Carer Bonus Payment last week.

After much community outrage, the government has backflipped and will be keeping the payment.

:cheers:

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08 Mar 2008, 6:26 pm

and that is?

sorry...career maybe? I'm not from Oz, not sure what it is, that's all



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08 Mar 2008, 6:28 pm

Can you post a source?

Edit: This is all I can find:

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 10,00.html


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09 Mar 2008, 7:56 pm

I don't remember voting to abolish carers allowance.