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Old 05-13-2004, 10:59 AM   #1
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Oz, do your DUTY!!!

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D82H1JMG0.html

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Facing a falling birth rate, the Australian government has a simple message: Go forth and multiply. And they're prepared to pay new parents who take up the call.

"Come on, come on, your nation needs you," Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday, when asked about a one- off 3,000 Australian dollar (US$2,100) payment for all new mothers announced by Treasurer Peter Costello in the annual budget.

On Tuesday night, a smiling Costello urged reporters in Canberra: "You go home and do your patriotic duty tonight."

The father of three suggested that two children per couple wasn't quite enough to combat the effects of an aging population and declining birth rate in this sparsely populated nation of 20 million.

"If you can have children it's a good thing to do. You should have ... one for your husband, one for your wife, and one for your country," Costello said.
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Old 05-13-2004, 11:02 AM   #2
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

LOL, ha ha ha...well I know where I'm going for my sumemr vacation
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Old 05-13-2004, 11:37 AM   #3
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Old 05-13-2004, 11:51 AM   #4
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How much does that relate to in child support?
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Old 05-13-2004, 12:33 PM   #5
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

Truth is stranger than fiction.Australian government will pay men to have sex with Australian women.Is this an attempt to wean them off sheep?
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Old 05-13-2004, 01:02 PM   #6
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Truth is stranger than fiction.Australian government will pay men to have sex with Australian women.Is this an attempt to wean them off sheep?
Ouch!!! I'm not even Australian, and that hurts.
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Old 05-13-2004, 01:23 PM   #7
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

Damn! Shoulda moved to Australia a month ago. That would've paid off the hospital bill AND my car.
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Old 05-13-2004, 01:28 PM   #8
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nice

finally the Australians are putting their money to good use
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

I tend to agree with Naki......
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Old 05-13-2004, 02:17 PM   #10
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Old 05-13-2004, 06:23 PM   #11
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

I'm on the case Tangie. Only ridden bareback twice this year though, can't have too many Ozzies running amok.
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I'm so moving to Australia. Stupid NZ hating government!
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

Now if we could only do something about the decline of alcoholism. Go forth and do your patriotic duty!
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Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

You mean...there could be... LITTLE GRANT'S???? NOOOOOOO!!!!
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Re: Re: Oz, do your DUTY!!!

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Only ridden bareback twice this year though
So that's what you call it right after shearing?

No more wool so it's bareback......
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