“ ‘Stop paying the well-off to breed’ ”, Herald-Sun, 14/3. The Government is to keep paying the baby bonus, unfortunately. I sent a letter to the Herald-Sun; don’t know if it will be published [it wasn’t]:
The Government’s hypocrisy in continuing the extravagant baby bonus (“Stop paying the well-off to breed”, 14/3) in the same week it considered cutting bonus payments to vulnerable carers and pensioners is dismaying. In an already-overpopulated world, paying people to reproduce is irresponsible and the scheme should be scrapped.
