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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

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crikey.com.au
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    Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 10 May 2015

    So the attack on double-dipping essentially means the end of employer-funded childcare in Australia? http://bit.ly/1EZm1TE 

    4:31 AM - 10 May 2015
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      1. Catching up‏ @fehowarth 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane Could it be about letting employers off the hook. Putting all back taxpayer.

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      1. Mike Wayville‏ @MikeWayville 10 May 2015
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        .@BernardKeane will Govt backflip on knocking 50% of people off PPL before Tues budget speech? That would be an new record 4 incompetence.

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      1. Virtual Kat‏ @Virtualkat101 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @lenoretaylor yes and once it's gone as workplace condition rely on whim of every budget whether u get anything

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      1. myknittingwool‏ @myknittingwool 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @mon_marsh so industry did they ask for this not doubl dipping won by unions alp PPl was so new mum could eat paybills

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      1. I don't know about anybody else but I'm exhausted‏ @redstarcycles 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane couls we not adopt Joe's misleading 'double dipping' terminology? the scheme was designed to add to the total benefit

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      1. Lyne Fomiatti‏ @LyneFomiatti 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane Amazing how Coalition want to destroy any possibility that ordinary people able to have a reasonable existence.

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      1. Daily Terroir‏ @johnnybridge2 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane yep, market forces.

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      2. Margarita‏ @maggi1805 11 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @lenoretaylor I'm sorry but why would they stop the benefit if that is something they want to give to their employees?

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      3. Lenore Taylor‏Verified account @lenoretaylor 11 May 2015
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        @maggi1805 @BernardKeane suggestion was they would continue to pay, but in different ways, so it would still be additional to govt payment

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      4. Margarita‏ @maggi1805 11 May 2015
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        @lenoretaylor @BernardKeane yes, it is up to the company to do it. I have a friend that also receives a bonus when she returns

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      1. myknittingwool‏ @myknittingwool 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @mon_marsh so do the media call this double dipping, ,have u not thought through how it came about

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      1. Laggan‏ @Velvetpage 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane Living on gov't mat benefits in Canada is TOUGH. Employer top-ups were not a luxury. They helped me support my family.

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      1. Laggan‏ @Velvetpage 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane They're going from potentially $75K to $11.5K + benefits, and the gov't calls that double-dipping? I call it surviving.

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      1. Lea‏ @lxx935 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @lenoretaylor whatever they dream up or have a thought bubble on they should disregard they simply have no idea

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      1. RelentlessWhinging‏ @PhilWaren 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @lenoretaylor even more red tape!

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      1. Maureen Boller‏ @MaureenBoller 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane @TonyAbbottMHR, @JoeHockey too arrogant and stupid to talk to Business and Nats before announcing this. Unbelievable #auspol

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      1. myknittingwool‏ @myknittingwool 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane but wasnt abbott ppl suppose to b like that

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      1. Kanga‏ @Kanga_06 10 May 2015
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        @BernardKeane yep, employers wont be able to include that as an enticement any longer #MyLiberal

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