FAMILY: Is Australia facing a new baby boom?*

Dr Kerrie Allen examines what makes women choose to have or not to have children.Australian women are having more babies, according to recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. More than 133,000 were born in the six months to September last year – the biggest six-month total in the past 14 years.This increase has resulted in around 255,000 births over the past year, the largest 12-month total in nine years.The Federal Government denies that its $3,000 baby bonus, established on July 1 l…

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