stuckinblighty

or are we the only ones ?

Wendy

Mine has only just gone in - I think! (there is $2k in my account that hasn't even got a description yet and unless someone else has given us it then it's that )

stuckinblighty

Dont spend it all at once Wendy

Ive just checked and its still not in ...ho ho ho merry christmas

Wendy

Well they only have until Friday! If you don't get it tomorrow ring them and give them some crap

ABCDiamond

Me

But I think we get ours tomorrow...

bigAPE

Nothing for us. Then again I'm not expecting any.

Considering we, along with all other Australians, have obviously been grossly overtaxed I don't understand why we should not get some of it back too

dave99

Yeah I havent got anything, after all why should full time working people get something.
I mean just because we work our nuts off all the time working all day everyday, lets give it to the lazy part time or no work buggers, or give it to someone because they have popped a few kids out. They chose to have the kids, why should they get a reward for it, it simply makes no sense to me.

stuckinblighty

full of festive cheer aint we

petensue

Hope you get yours soon.We have for two out of our three children as centrelink have messed up and we have to sort it out.

ABCDiamond

Many of those getting it also work full time.

Or have disabilities.

comet555

We aren't getting anything either, husband makes too much (not complaining about that bit).

It does suck though. If they really want to boost the economy then they should also give it to people who have aren't stressed about money. By that I mean, you give the money to a lower income family they will likely pay off bills, save for a rainy day, etc. You give the money to someone who doesn't need it then you're more likely to get people who will go out and blow it on a nice big screen tv or something.

I just think maybe they set the income bar a bit too low to get the kind of spending they want. Plus, they're giving the money out a bit late. Most people will have already done a lot of their Chirstmas shopping, and I would hope that people didn't spend the money before they got it.

darrellandsarah

we ain,t getting ours.we arrived on the 15th oct so missed it by 1 day.oh well we,d only hav spent it

angiek

we missed it by 10 days

jad n rich

Read yesterday, sales of playstation, WII, etc went up 39% from last year on the day the bonus was first handed out, and has continued to soar since.

So much for the myth aussie kids are not into those things prefering to play cricket with oranges and the family wheelie bin instead

We dont get any either, not spending anyway, were doing a $10 a gift limit far more fun, and then you have to 'give' something too, we donated a mass of outgrown stuff to a guy at Minyama collecting for an orphanage in Kenya

bigAPE

I think you'll find that the local kids are still into Cricket and Footy just as much as they always have been. At least in Victoria its a religion.

I think it's the parents who are buying these, not the kids (obviously), in the hope that they will keep the family entertained on the long nights in during the coming recession