Firstly, you say ask who are having the kids; then you cite an article stating that teenage pregnency rates in Australia “have plateaued since the mid 1970s and in the past four years rates have begun to fall.”

Dude, Costello's baby bonus plan was not initiated in the mid 1970s! So tell me how can they have been growing as a direct result of the baby bonus? Furthermore, according to your cited article, teenage pregnancy rates have began to fall in the last four years.

Your second example was just one example taken in isolation. There is nothing to infer that the reason why this woman had these large numbers of children was a result of the baby bonus (I bet that if I looked hard enough I would be able to find similar examples to this case in countries that do not have a baby bonus scheme.)

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