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Paid Maternity Leave
In an historic move, the federal government will commit to paid parental leave from January 2011 for those earning less than $150,000 a year. Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan announced the scheme yesterday (Mother's Day) as part of Tuesday's federal budget. It is believed the Government has already drafted legislation for the full 18-week paid ma...
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Babble Wrap: Wayne Swan Slashes Private Health Rebate
Wayne swan slashes private health rebate Kevin Rudd will strip $1.9 billion from the pockets of middle- and high-income earners by slashing their taxpayer-funded 30 per cent private health insurance rebates in Tuesday's budget. The Australian Dokic's dad jailed over ambassador threat Tennis prodigy Jelena Dokic's estranged father Damir has bee...
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Investment Advice From Kids
The sixth graders at Ariel Community Academy on Chicago's South Side have been watching the financial crisis more closely than most of their peers. That's because they have been managing their own real-life investment portfolio since they were 6. The school, founded by the money management firm Ariel Investments, starts kids off with $US20,000 in f...
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Should Schools Teach Kids Fiscal Responsibility?
It's no stretch to say there are plenty of parents out there who haven't the faintest grasp on how to fix their screwed up credit ratings or get their car back from the repo man. So why should they be the ones teaching kids to handle their finances? The US states of Indiana and Kansas are now considering laws that would make personal finance a r...
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Does A Baby Fit Your Budget?
When making the decision to have kids, how much of it was financial? And how much of it was based on the state of your relationship, your housing situation, your career,and that loudly ticking biological clock? Or simply on emotion — something in you just knew that now was the time? I can't imagine that too many people make it solely a financi...
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Cutting Back for Kids’ Sake
What with the economy tanking and all, Christmas shopping is a different ballgame this year than maybe it has been in the past. After all, we've all done the "one for me, one for you" thing when shopping, or found something when we're out shopping for others that is just too good a deal to pass up. (The words "too good a deal to pass up" are...
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Discuss: Will You Cut Personal Spending to Buy Your Kids Toys?
The New York Times has an interesting article that tracks the trend of mothers going without designer jeans so their children can have designer toys. Obviously, mums have always been ones to sacrifice for their families, and while the idea behind the article is sound, it still rings a bit shallow to me. If one really can't afford all the...
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15 Money-Saving Tips
As every paper and website you've read this month has no doubt reminded you, times are tough. We wish we had a get-rich-quick scheme that would pay off your entire mortgage — but failing that, here's a list of easy substitutions that will help your family save a buck here and there. There's even a silver lining: many of these money-saving sub...
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