Id say it if it was a man too! In fact i dont think that there is enough emphasis on families at all!!! There is no push for strong family values anymore, no support for them.
An i just dont like julia gillard at all. Sorry if I offended N2L!! Late night tired rant gettin my back up! Haha.
I think we're extremely lucky to live in a country that pays families ANYTHING to assist with the cost of raising children. We're PAID to have babies in Australia...FTB is paid to most families in Australia with children. We have a public health and education system. We have a welfare system that will support you if you become unemployed, or disabled. We have public transport in major cities and regional centres. John Howard overhauled the FTB system to provide an incentive for families to have a stay at home parent (FTB B). Pretty strong promotion of traditional family values if you ask me. Denying marriage equality for everyone, pretty strong promotion of 'strong' family values. Not MY family values, but traditional, heteronormative family values.