[alancalverd]

Alas no. Y chromosome pretty much disqualifies. But you'd have to have read my previous replies, or know about human reproduction and use a bit of common sense, to appreciate that.

Nevertheless, I think you'll grudgingly admit that it's an attractive offer, particularly as it would be phased in along with the scrapping of all child benefits. Politically, a government that gives you money for doing nothing is likely to be very popular.

[Bored chemist]

Was that a deliberate attempt to miss the point?
In order to give someone £1000 you need to get £1000.
And so your plan requires that you get £1000 from somewhere without effort.

But you'd have to ... use a bit of common sense, to appreciate that.

[alancalverd]

Published: 09 January 2014
The Dedicated School Grant (DSG) for 2014/15 has been published with per-pupil funding once again ranging from around £3,950 to as much as £8,595.

So there's a saving of at least £3000 per year to the taxpayer for every child not born, without looking at the costs of healthcare, child benefits, policing... and the lost tax contributions of mothers on maternity leave…..

[Edwina Lee (OP)]

These population incentives have better start working on Australia straight away, or 25 million Australians could be applying for foreign residency soon instead of having a beach barbeque everyday on growing sand dunes.
The unmistakable sign of dessertification : sandstorms instead of rainstorms as forcasted :-


https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/20/huge-dust-storms-hit-central-new-south-wales

[Edwina Lee (OP)]

It just gets worse as expected with Global Warming as extremes generate extremes.
After the fire, the dust storms, now heaviest rain for 30 years which would wash away vast amount of soil and leave the land dried and cracked.  Dessertification is clearly on its way and they are not even talking about it.
2020-02-10
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51439175