Single parenting payment cutoff to be lifted from eight to 14, reversing Gillard government policy
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6BHMT)
From September, single parents to receive extra payments until their youngest child turns 14, Anthony Albanese announces
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Single parents will now receive extra payments until their child turns 14, as the government moves to wind back a controversial Gillard-era move which pushed parents on to lower welfare rates.
The children's age cutoff for the Parenting Payment (Single) payment will be boosted from its current eight years, giving the cohort - overwhelmingly single mothers - an extra $176.90 per fortnight.
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