Thread: baby bonus

Hi Guys,

While agreeing with what has been said here, I grabbed at the bonus with both arms.

The bonus funded our private health insurance for some time. I called it "Pando's heath care equalization scheme" just so I didn't feel like a complete scum bag taking money that I didn't really earn.

At least I didn't blow it on a new tele..........

Originally Posted by cucinadio

Unfortunately Guys its a classic case of "i didn't get it my day" syndrom....people always protest to the so called hand outs , but forget to remind themselves of the fact that if it were them receiving it ..there values would be somewhat comprimised......i didn't see or hear for that matter, too many people hand back that that they didn't agree with

just my thoughts ...........

again all the best mate too you and the missus .....

cheers

Nothing to do with whether I got it in my day or not. How do you know if I even have kids ?

It's simply bad policy - I can quote you plenty of examples, many of which are a little too close to home.

Not saying that all people who receive it should not be entitled to some form of assistance - just that there are waaaay too many out there who are simply having kids to get the money - particularly back when it was paid in a lump sum. Don't agree with people having children for the wrong reasons - and this type of "bonus" simply provides the wrong reason.

Interesting that the baby bonus is about the same as a round of IVF.

thanks for your kind words guys,

my wife is due in early march, im in the navy, on sea going allowance etc, puts me on around $85k per year, so i just wasnt sure if my situation would make it harder, but now thats been clarified thanks.

also, how much would my wife be getting from centrelink (family payments) after the baby bonus has been paid out? (same circumstances, one baby, spouse (me) working, roughly the same wage)

sorry about all of these questions

just crunching the numbers at the moment while trying to get our foot in the door in the sydney residential market lol

Originally Posted by eddie_V8i

thanks for your kind words guys,

my wife is due in early march, im in the navy, on sea going allowance etc, puts me on around $85k per year, so i just wasnt sure if my situation would make it harder, but now thats been clarified thanks.

also, how much would my wife be getting from centrelink (family payments) after the baby bonus has been paid out? (same circumstances, one baby, spouse (me) working, roughly the same wage)

sorry about all of these questions

just crunching the numbers at the moment while trying to get our foot in the door in the sydney residential market lol

mate the baby bonus is over and above the family payment ....we have two under 10 and we receive just about 470 pf ....take a look here Changes to Family Assistance payments might help ...

cheers

Originally Posted by BMKal

Nothing to do with whether I got it in my day or not. How do you know if I even have kids ?

It's simply bad policy - I can quote you plenty of examples, many of which are a little too close to home.

Not saying that all people who receive it should not be entitled to some form of assistance - just that there are waaaay too many out there who are simply having kids to get the money - particularly back when it was paid in a lump sum. Don't agree with people having children for the wrong reasons - and this type of "bonus" simply provides the wrong reason.

sorry mate .... I'm glad we could facilitate a clarification on your position ...no harm..

cheers

Mate you need to ring centrelink. They will tell you exactly. If you don't find out what you need... ring again or go into a branch.

As to the house thing.. I'll try to bite my tongue. Let me say though that big gains on assets are when you buy in when the price is low. Have a look at the graph below and you'll see we are somewhere that we've never been before. Do you need a roof over your head or a house?

Congrats on the baby news.

We have a 6 month old but haven't claimed the bonus yet. Need to do it soon I think 12 months is the limit on the claim.

We tried a few times but between their website claim form and the phone help we received it just made me want to go into their office and bash their heads together

In other words we'll have to go into the Centrelink office and get them to do it for us.