Treasurer Wayne Swan plans to use his mini-budget to cut the baby bonus in order to help put the federal budget back in surplus.
The planned cuts will exacerbate the government’s discrimination against families receiving the baby bonus compared to those receiving paid parental leave.
The Treasurer proposes cutting the baby bonus from $5,400 to $5,000. It has been indexed to inflation, but he now proposes suspending indexation for three years.
Meanwhile, the government’…
