Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation
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Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation is a book by Australia
n politician Wayne Swan
published in 2005. Swan has been Federal Treasurer since November 2007.
were made known to the public. It was alleged that restriction of access to family benefits for upper-middle income earners, less than half of whom have any children to provide for, was unjust given the loss of the "baby bonus", worth $5,000 per infant, was not applied in equal measure to those who didn't run a household.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician Wayne Swan
Wayne Swan
Wayne Maxwell Swan is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and then re elected in 1998 till today , representing the Division of Lilley, QLD...
published in 2005. Swan has been Federal Treasurer since November 2007.
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Swan's concerns were criticised when his government payment reforms2008 Australian federal budget
The 2008 to 2009 budget was released on 13 May 2008, with a particular emphasis on family welfare and capital investment funds, the Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan selling it to the House of Representatives as "a A$55 billion Working Families Support Package" that "strengthens...
were made known to the public. It was alleged that restriction of access to family benefits for upper-middle income earners, less than half of whom have any children to provide for, was unjust given the loss of the "baby bonus", worth $5,000 per infant, was not applied in equal measure to those who didn't run a household.