联邦政府同意从2011年开始向家庭年收入小于150,000澳元的新生儿母亲提供产假津贴,每周544澳元,共18周 (细则更新:没有上班的妈妈还是拿５０００的BONUS。上班的妈妈拿１８周的$544的带薪产假，同时雇主必须为其交纳养老金,但不再拿那个5000,同时不再拿TAX FAMILIY B)
The federal government will commit to paid parental leave from January 2011 for those earning less that $150,000 a year, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
Mr Swan, who will hand down his second budget on Tuesday, said the scheme will pay the federal minimum wage for 18 weeks and will be funded by the government, not business.
"This is a very significant reform," Mr Swan told the Nine Network.
"The scheme must be introduced in a measured and responsible way, particularly taking into account a global recession."
He said the early years of a child's life are important for prospects in later life, while the quality of family life is impacted by the quality of work life.
"We have got to get that balance between work and family right, and paid parental leave is an essential reform," he said.
"We are one of only two countries in the western world that doesn't have paid parental leave."
Mr Swan says the leave will be paid for 18 weeks at the federal minimum wage of about $544 per week.
"This will be of particular benefit to low and middle-income families, low and middle income mums, who've been left out in the cold for so long," he said.
"Nothing could be more important to a prosperous economy, but also a healthy society, than a measure like this."
However, the independent senator Nick Xenophon says Australia cannot afford to further delay the introduction of paid parental leave.
Senator Xenophon told Sky News the scheme was long overdue, and should be introduced despite its effect on an already difficult budget.
"I think it's a question of can we afford not to do it right now," he said.
"When you consider the social benefit in giving mums paid maternity leave, I think ... it's a good thing to do right now, irrespective of the fact that things are relatively tough."
While he was pleased that there was now a start date for the reform, Senator Xenophon said he may push for it to be brought forward.
"January 2011 - it's a good start, but let's see whether it can be pushed forward a little," he said.
Senator Xenophon said he also remained concerned that single parents could miss out on planned pension increases.
"It doesn't make sense to me for the government to be giving long overdue increases to senior citizens in terms of pensions, but that sole parents, single mums in particular, will miss out," he said.
"Last time I checked, they still have to pay just as much as everybody else at the checkout for the basic essentials of life and I think there's an anomaly there."
Meanwhile, the opposition says announcing a federal paid parental leave scheme so far in advance may stop employers introducing their own measures in the interim.
"My fear about this being stretched out to 2011 is that the employers that want to continue, or do implement maternity schemes, will just simply pull up stumps," treasury spokesman Joe Hockey told ABC Television.
"Because now they know that the Rudd government with taxpayers money is going to step into the breach, they don't need to do anything."
He said BHP announced a "very generous" scheme last week.
"Who is going to pay for this at the end of the day? This says everything about their budget," he said.
"On the one hand they're handing out cheques for $900 ... and on the other hand they are saying it is going to be a tough budget.
"On the one hand they say we have got to have sustainable budgets into the future, now they are putting promises on the never-never.
[ 本帖最后由 ozdoctor 于 2009-5-11 19:42 编辑 ]
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TOO LATE
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忍这不生
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刚生好,晕
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今年7月要生第2个了.来不及了
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真好 熬也熬到2011年去生 哈哈
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请问这个津贴.母亲一定要打税上班吗??还是在家也可以拿的?>?
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这个津贴是发放给夫妻两总收入低于15万的家庭,所以不管母亲上不上班都可以拿
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也不知道这个到底通过没，已经确定要执行了还是DRAFT的阶段。
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夫妻15万，那么生孩子的母亲请假在家一年，没有收入的话，也就是说如果丈夫收入低于15万一年就可以了？还是按照前面一年的纳税收入来算呢？
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好消息。不过和我没关系了。
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可以再生一个，呵呵
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肯定暴多人生孩子
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如果本身的工作可以拿生孩津贴，这个政策之后能不能再拿这个，同时拿两个。
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如果是象LS说的，那就很爽了，baby bonus可以拿5000，然后这个津贴可以拿将近1万，公司政策还能拿的话，生个孩子有3-4万呢！
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ding!
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这只是budget，能不能通过立法还不一定呢。
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哇 那么爽啊 可惜啊 生早了
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kao,中东人还不乘机多生？
愚蠢的政府
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中东妈妈们更加笑不动了。
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按照以前的说法，应该是在工作的母亲才有这个18周的带薪产假，未工作的母亲还是拿baby bonus
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等！！！
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544也不算什么带薪产假了，很多女性每周挣的比这个多。要是原来福利好的公司,付真正的带薪产假，因为这个政策而取消的话，倒是不划算了
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如果超过15万的家庭,既没有5000的那个奖金, 也没有这个每一周的补贴,
如果是14.99万的收入呢,是不是就天壤之别了??
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我的理解是有那个544就没有baby bonus了
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刚好11年再生第二个
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正解, 中东妈妈没什么好笑的
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生得太早了！
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a???好像没看见这条
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好像看新闻版说只是在职的妈妈才有这个１８周补贴啊，不工作的妈妈没有的吧？
那在职的妈妈生孩子就能领５０００＋１００００？没有工作的只能领５０００？
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