Here we go again. It's not looking good for SSJoe's budget Mark2. It hasn't even been released yet and already he's offended a large swath of the Australian community; namely mums using the existing Paid Parental Leave scheme (PPL).
We never had anything like that when my daughter was born, but apparently the way it works is that you have to take advantage of both an employer PPL (if you're lucky enough to have one) and the current gov one to make up the 6 months off work that you're supposed to have. Now SSJoe has labeled this practice "double dipping" and will deny said mums the gov portion of the PPL.
Not only is this a huge financial lose for about 80,000 mums who currently use the scheme in said way, but it's a massive slap in the face for mums; the insinuation is that they're sucking off the welfare teat ("double dipping") in an evil insidious plot to line their pockets and destroy SSJoe's budget bottom line. By the tone of the email that came this morning to my inbox, mums are full on in a post natal rage against the gov now.
Well done SSJoe, you've done it again..... You can sign the mums rage petition here if you so desire:) Also a long mum rant there about SSJoe.
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