What will you be doing with the government's $1000 per child christmas bonus?

[Lolli]

Hmmm... I'm paying off the rest of dh's Xmas pressie and not sure what i will do with other $800. It will probably just get spread out over Xmas- travel, bills, etc. Juts be nice not to have scrimp on everything and live like we used to, pre-baby, for a month or so
I'm with Niliac on this one- it's a big picture thing. And this is the only time in my life I won't feel guilty about spending $1000 instead of saving it!!

[Lolli]

rego tip.. We used to have it due in january so we opted to pay it for 6 mnths which took us to August then we went back to yearly..

Good idea Nic but we don't have that option in NSW, it's a full year or nothing

[Lulu]

I haven't had glasses for 18 months, so a pair of them will be nice although it will on the bottom of the priority list.

1/4 of rates payment
clearing the last of my cc that is killing me in interest
clothes for the kids
new school uniform for DD1
VCE books
rego for one of my cars to be sold early next year
Xmas pressies

Sorry KRudd, I'm loving you for the $$$ but its a matter of survival for my little family right now....

[Pandora]

If we got it I's be spending it on new tyres for my car ($500+) and christmas presents for DS and DH.

[christy]

mmm... we are using ours for Matilda's Occupational Therapy she desperately needs prior to starting school. That is unless they give her a diagnosis, than the goverment will help pay for early intervention, but in the meantime... OT appointments and swimming lessons for Matilda. Jovie's will be divided into our savings & the girls savings for the future.

[Junglemum]

Big bed for DD. Chrissy present for DH, we weren't doing pressies for each other this year, but now we are.

[danniellabella]

Pay off a credit card.

[dust]

hubby is talking a big plasma tv (so we can hand back our rental tv and save $10 a week)
and i want a new couch! (so the rest will go towards that) it will be nice to have more than just a 2 seater to sit on here... i'm sure our DD will appreciate not having to sit on her lil kiddy couch that she is quickly outgrowing....

[BeautifulMadness]

Mines going towards a big boy bed for my son and picking up his booster seat. the rest on bills.

[Jewel]

Ours is going to a new hot water system thingo.
The rest will be put in our savings or something like that.

[~Jo~]

Half on bills and half on Christmas here...makes life a lot less stressful thats for sure!

Jo

[maz]

As we are getting a fair bit due to being on a career's allowance...most of its going in the bank for future medical costs.

We are splurging though....we're going to buy a new window for Vyolett's bedroom cause her old one is unsafe oh and dame rego and rate!

[Lulu]

I've changed my mind, I don't need glasses, I'm doing lines with Mazzie instead he he he!

[maz]

Lulu

[[M]umma[M]ia]

not getting it missed out by 8 days

[Liz]

Not getting ours until we do next years tax. So no idea what it will go on then!

I think if they wanted the money to be spent, they should have just given it to 16 yr olds. Giving it to families is a bit silly, coz majority will be sensible and pay off debts.. not spend it! Altho.. i guess the psychology of having extra money is still there, so the possibility is that with debts that bit more paid off, people will still buy something for themselves somewhere along the line.

I don't understand why they discriminated with families needing to be eligible.. just hand out some money to everyone and get them to spend it!

[Phteven]

I don't understand why they discriminated with families needing to be eligible.. just hand out some money to everyone and get them to spend it!

LOL discrimination is not letting people join a Golf Club because of their race or refusing to hire someone because of their gender.

Whilst I don't agree with the methods of distributing this particular handout I don't think that refusing handouts to our wealthier citizens counts as discrimination....
Why on earth should my taxes subsidise paying a bonus to the likes of the Packers or Hewitts?

[saslia]

Credit cards...that I used to buy everything for christmas, car rego, school stuff (uniforms, fees, books etc) and save a bit.