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July 1, 2004

Baby bonus refused

A young woman, today denied the Howard Government’s $3000 maternity payment, has labeled the governments changes to the system as “ridiculous.”

As a result of recent calls for adjustments to the system, social workers have already been give the power to change the $3000 baby bonus lump sum into a fortnightly payment if mothers are judged (under new guidelines) to be “vulnerable.”

However, a further amendment, known as the “human genetic code only” amendment has left Mrs Johnstone (pictured with twins Simon and Taylor) $3000 worse off and, she says “disenchanted with the current goverment.”