FED:New parents winners in 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2010
FED:New parents winners in 2011

Parents of newborns will be the big winners from Saturday under the federal government's
paid parental scheme.

For the first time .. almost 150 thousand families will be eligible for 18 weeks' paid
leave at the national minimum wage of 570-dollars.

Those eligible must have worked at least 330 hours .. or more than a day a week ..

in 10 of 13 months before the expected date of birth.

Also from Saturday .. international travelling Australians will be slugged extra for
new and renewed passports.

And .. more than 900 thousand people on carer or disability support pensions, Austudy,
ABSTUDY and youth allowances will receive a modest boost to their payments.

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