{"id":23919,"date":"2015-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/benefits-cut-under-no-jab-no-pay-plan\/"},"modified":"2015-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"benefits-cut-under-no-jab-no-pay-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/benefits-cut-under-no-jab-no-pay-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits cut under ‘no jab, no pay’ plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elise Scott and Paddy Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n

CANBERRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian parents will lose thousands of dollars of childcare and welfare benefits if they refuse to vaccinate their kids.<\/h3>\n

The “no jab, no pay” plan, announced by the federal government on Sunday, has bipartisan support.<\/p>\n

Thousands of families could lose payments, with the government estimating about 39,000 children under seven have not received immunisation because their parents are vaccine objectors.<\/p>\n

But Social Service Minister Scott Morrison said it’s not fair for taxpayers to subsidise parents who choose not to immunise.<\/p>\n

“The overwhelming advice of those in the health profession is it’s the smart thing and the right thing to do to immunise your children,” Mr Morrison told reporters in Sydney.<\/p>\n

The government says the number of parents opting for the “conscientious objection” vaccination exemption for payments has more than doubled over the past decade.<\/p>\n

The “no jab, no pay” policy will remove it as an exemption from January 2016.<\/p>\n

The Australian Medical Association, representing 27,000 doctors, backs the plan.<\/p>\n

“Vaccination remains one of the most effective public health measures that we have,” AMA President Brian Owler told AAP.<\/p>\n

“Whatever we can do to increase vaccination rates is important.”<\/p>\n

Dr Owler does have some reservations. He’s concerned the policy won’t catch parents who don’t need the benefits and could lead to children being excluded.<\/p>\n

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“Kids might get punished because of the position their parents make.”<\/p>\n

But the rest of the community had to be protected, he said, particularly sick people such as those undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n

Under the plan, recommended by the Productivity Commission in a recent inquiry into child care, parents who decide against immunisations could be up to $15,000 worse off per child.<\/p>\n

They would lose a childcare benefit of up to $205 a week, the childcare rebate of up to $7500 a year or the Family Tax Benefit A annual supplement of up to $726.<\/p>\n

Children can still be exempted on medical or religious grounds, but Mr Morrison warns the latter exemption is “very narrow”.<\/p>\n

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Labor believed in the science of vaccinations and linking them to welfare payments.<\/p>\n

“(I don’t accept) people just claiming some sort of loose, undefined conscientious objection not to do the right thing by their children,” he told reporters in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

But there are some who strongly oppose measures that mandate immunisation.<\/p>\n

An online petition against compulsory vaccinations in Australia that states “all parents deserve to make an uncoerced choice” has received more than 3000 signatures in five days.<\/p>\n

Parents have taken to the change.org webpage to express their concerns about vaccinations and what they view is a potential encroachment on civil rights.<\/p>\n

“My children, my choice and NOT the governments (sic),” Rima Helal wrote.<\/p>\n

Another woman, Jody Fletcher, states: “I will not put my child at risk from further damage from vaccinations”.<\/p>\n

Some conscientious objectors fear vaccinations are linked to diseases such as autism.<\/p>\n

But the bulk of scientific opinion holds that vaccinations are safe and that objection to immunisation endangers the community by lowering so-called herd immunity to diseases.<\/p>\n

NSW preschools already require vaccinations to enrol children and Mr Morrison is hoping other states and territories will also co-operate.<\/p>\n

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