No jab, no pay law passed in parliament

The no jab, no pay law will be implemented in 2016.

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The federal government’s no-jab-no-pay laws will remove childcare benefits, rebates and the Family Tax Benefit A end-of-year supplement from parents who don’t immunise their children.

The changes start on January 1, 2016, with exemptions for medical reasons, after legislation passed the Senate on Monday.

Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm, speaking in support of the measures, said childless families should not have to subsidise the lifestyles of those who choose to have “little blighters”.

In fact, most welfare payments for parents should be abolished, said Senator Leyonhjelm.

“The government is not your parent or your spouse – get over it.”

He thanked and apologised to childless Australians.

Any parent wishing to dispute a finding that they had not vaccinated their child would have a minimum of two weeks to provide documentary evidence before payments were affected.

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20 Comments

- - aprilb1 said
  - 03 Jan 2016
    10:45 am
I think this is great, we should all be vaccinating our children

- - mom168930 said
  - 21 Dec 2015
    10:15 pm
I like this law it’s great

- - Nas01 said
  - 06 Dec 2015
    1:47 pm
Excellent news. I dnt think the majority of children should be put at risk because some parents choose not to vaccinate. If their is legitimate reason for not vaccinating then each to their own but implementing changes that would have monetary affect will encourage parents who forget or put off vaccinating to make it a priority.

- - Carolineb said
  - 02 Dec 2015
    3:54 pm
I think this is a great idea and the government should be congratulated on it. On a side note I wonder now how many new daycare centres now will pop up soon allowing the non vax kids to attend (as per the news 30/11/15). I shudder to think of this.

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Dec 2015
    8:05 pm
woah, woah, woah! so the issue is about vax but then there is basically an attack towards people who have kids? my tax and hubby’s tax, would be getting spent on heaps of things that don’t necessarily benefit me BUT my community benefits .

- - taynik46 said
  - 25 Nov 2015
    5:16 pm
ok so this is good that people who dont vaccinate get penalised for it, but what happens in regards to enrollments in schools and playgroups etc. I had to prove to my daugher’s schools that they had been immunised before they could attend. For all the children that dont get immunised do they still get accepted into schools? – sorry slightly off point but I can’t seem to find an answer.

- - mom168095 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    4:39 pm
i agree with this

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    1:02 pm
Brilliant. this is a great move!

- - mom74640 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    10:32 am
Lke hs

- - mom93821 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    7:37 am
A good piece of legislation – common sense and education win!

- - mum4107 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    6:08 am
Absolutely fantastic news. That’s the way it should be

- - mom88151 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    12:27 am
This is fantastic news. I hope the the only exception is for medical reasons ONLY. I do not believe religious and/or cultural reasons are enough to put our children at risk.

- - mom94378 said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    11:21 pm
Something to congratulate the government on. Don’t want to be political but this mob isn’t doing too bad. This is a very good piece of legislation.

- - crystalangela said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    9:06 pm
Along with so many other parents i say, about time.

- - cherz said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    8:33 pm
Well finally something done right.

- - mom90758 said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    6:17 pm
I personally agree completely with this law.

- - mom165081 said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    5:42 pm
At last this is happening – preventing preventable diseases is important.
- mom93821 replied
  
  25 Nov 2015 , 4:17 am
  It is essential as there is no need for anyone to suffer with some diseases.
- - mom81879 said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    4:32 pm
Yay! About time the government took action against parents who refuse to immunise their children. It will be interesting to see how many more children get immunised with this policy in place. It’s horrific to know parents are not only risking the lives of their children by not immunising, but the lives of so many others!

- - aprilb1 said
  - 23 Nov 2015
    4:28 pm
🙂