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Definition of family allowance in English: family allowancenoun 1British former term for child benefit Example sentencesExamples - Truancy continues to be a widespread problem across many indigenous communities, and Noel Pearson has suggested parents who don't send their children to school should lose their family allowances.
- There is NO association between the prevalence of teenage birth and the proportion of national wealth spent on family allowances.
- He wished to see equal amounts of funds directed toward the disadvantaged in the form of family allowances and old-age pensions.
- Demand for education increased dramatically between 1950 and 1975 as real wages rose, supported by family allowances and social security, the economy boomed, and families sought a better future for their children.
- He says that family allowances and childcare do have a role in the decision women make to have children.
2Australian An untaxed allowance paid by the government to the parent or guardian of a child. the uncertainty of the situation meant they were sometimes overpaid family allowance Formerly called child endowment Example sentencesExamples - The Cape York Aboriginal leader has suggested, among other things, redirecting family allowances for parents who consistently fail to send their children to school.
- The suggestion was a non-means-tested family allowance payment, to reduce high effective welfare-to-work tax penalties.
- That's the heavy handed way it's trying to recover incorrect family allowance benefit.
- The third group studied included a mixed group of Family Allowance customers, including sole parents.
- Families said they needed Family Allowance to help them meet the costs of having the child back.
- They would also keep more of their family allowance than would otherwise be the case.
- The sample of ethnic families participating in project consultations was selected from Centrelink records of Family Allowance customers.
- Governments should also look at ways of giving families the option to take future family allowances up front.
- Workshop participants reported many disputes over Family Allowance monies.
- Low-income parents faced the loss of a significant part of their resources when losing Family Allowance for a child.
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