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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:02 AM
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Australian Government Tells Citizens To "Do IT" For Your Country
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian couples owe it to their country to have more children and should get on with the job, the nation's treasurer said on Tuesday.

"You go home and do your patriotic duty tonight," Peter Costello said when asked by a journalist if he was "the family-friendly treasurer saying get out there and procreate."

In a federal budget handed down on Tuesday, Costello promised $2,083 for every baby born after June as part of a $13.3 billion "family package" to be distributed over five years.

Costello said two youngsters per couple in the nation of 20 million just wasn't adequate.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20040511/od_nm/children_dc
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:04 AM
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1. well
I'm willing to volunteer for reassignment to Australia to help out in any way I can. I think Americans need a good PR move like this. :D
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:04 AM
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2. Damn straight!
Why should everywhere else be the only ones that's overcrowded!
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:24 AM
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3. kick for the Aussies
can I go?

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