'Realistically there is going to be very little difference between the two payments once everything is taken into account.
The differences will be that the maternity leave payments will count as income for every purpose so you will pay tax on them and they will be counted when calculating all the Centrelink benefits like FTB Parts A and B. The Baby Bonus (or Maternity allowance or whatever it is called these days) doesn't get counted towads any of these things.
It is really just a nice way for Uncle Kev to make some headlines and feel good without actually costing the governtment any real money.
Last edited by Muppity; January 18th, 2010 at 03:34 PM.
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