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Western Australia - Glossary Term
Maternity Allowance (1912 - )
- From
- 1912
- Location
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Maternity allowance was the 'first form of Commonwealth social security available to women'. It was a single, lump sum payment to all mothers of newborn children. It was not means tested when it was introduced.
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