Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

That is a very good endorsement—thank you, Treasurer! The Howard government distributes over $50,000 a minute to Australian families, particularly through Centrelink and Medicare offices. That includes $15 billion in family tax benefit, $6 billion in parenting payments, $1.6 billion in childcare benefit and, of course, the $1 billion in the baby bonus—to 250,000 newborn Australians receiving $4,000 each.

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