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Article CALLS to limit the number of children born to “poor families”

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There is a radical call this morning for Governments to encourage poor/disadvantaged families to have fewer children.

Bond University dean of medicine, Prof Peter Jones, writes in Medical Journal of Australia that too many children are being placed in care and ‘politically charged’ discussion is needed

Policies to discourage disadvantaged families from having too many children could help address the rapidly rising number of children in out-of-home care in Australia, an academic paediatrician has suggested.

In the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday, Prof Jones wrote that a range of interventions needed to be trialled and implemented to reduce out-of-home care numbers, which he saw as indicative of a failing of society, rather than “an expected consequence”.

“We need to ask politically charged questions, such as should we be developing policies that encourage disadvantaged families to have fewer children?” he wrote.

Prof Jones told Guardian Australia that capping child support benefits for up to two children could be among strategies geared at reducing the number of those in out-of-home care.

“It’s a tough call, it’s out of kilter with how our system currently works … [but] there are other countries that make these decisions in the best interest of the community,” he said.

The topic of debate on Sunrise this morning, surprisingly the commentators were in total agreeance with the need to discuss this further and make some big changes to help families.

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  • I think if benefits were capped at 2 children then there would just be a bunch of homeless babies who never asked to be born to parents with no job and no desire to work. I think a buttload of resources needs to be shoveled into breaking the welfare cycle and getting these kids educated. I think some kind of work for welfare program needs to be implimented where free daycare is offered for a mandatory 2 days work per week. It could work by having farmers and small business owners who can’t afford full wages ringing up and saying “I need 3 workers today” and these welfare recipients are sent to pick fruit or wash dishes or something for the day. The cost of the hourly rate is split between the business and the government. We have to find a way to stop the idea that work is optional.

    • This is called slave labour. Why should a business be allowed to employ anyone below the minimum wage, just give them a real job. This system would be rorted for more profits. It will not lead to long term employment or sense of accomplishment. Would you do it?

      • Also at least 10 people are already applying for each job that is available, so not everyone can be employed as yet. We need job creation, and the only way we can do this is by purchasing power keep buying Australian products. Exactly why we don’t make cars is because there were too many cheaper alternatives coming from Asia which people preferred to buy.

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