Catherine King

Catherine King

CATHERINE KING MP
Federal Member Ballarat
Shadow Minister Infrastructure, Transport & Regional Development

T (03) 5338 8123
Email: Catherine.King.MP@aph.gov.au

Catherine King MP
Electorate Office
5 Lydiard Street North
Ballarat, VIC 3350

Bacchus Marsh
(every Friday from 10am to 3pm)
Lerderderg Library
Geoffrey Hine Room
215 Main Street
Bacchus Marsh, VIC 3340

Open in Google Maps
  • ABOUT
  • BALLARAT
  • MEDIA
    • LOCAL MEDIA
    • NATIONAL MEDIA
  • POLICY
  • CONTACT US
Thursday, 09 January 2014 / Published in MEDIA

JANUARY SCHOOLKIDS BONUS TO BE THE LAST

This month 9,500 local families are receiving the first instalment of Labor’s SchoolKids Bonus to help them meet the cost of getting their children ready for the new school year but Tony Abbott wants this to be the last, and has introduced legislation to repeal the payment.

Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King said while parents will appreciate how helpful the Schoolkids Bonus has been they’ll be asking Tony Abbott why he wants to take it away.

“Parents work hard to meet the costs of their children’s education, ensuring they can get the best education possible, however, items such as school uniforms, shoes, textbooks, camps and excursions are expensive,” Ms King said.

“The Schoolkids Bonus helps families lighten the load with payments of $410 a year for each child in primary school, and $820 a year for each child in secondary school.

“At a time when family budgets can be tight, this is much needed relief for families as they get their children ready to go back to school.

“The parents of over 17,000 local students in primary and secondary school will be wondering why Tony Abbott wants to scrap assistance for low and middle income families struggling to meet the costs of their children’s education.

“This is another cruel cut from a government that doesn’t care about cost of living pressures for local families or our children’s education.”
 

Tagged under: 2014

What you can read next

KING DELIVERS ON BACCHUS MARSH INDOOR AQUATIC CENTRE
COALITION BANKROLLED BY BIG TOBACCO
BALLARAT PENSIONERS STILL ANGRY AT PENSION CUTS

FILTER BY TYPE:

  • MEDIA
    • LOCAL MEDIA
    • NATIONAL MEDIA

FILTER BY YEAR:

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

© Catherine King. Authorised by Catherine King, Australian Labor Party, Canberra

Noise Birds

TOP