Major political parties in the Australian state of Victoria have switched their targets to new parents and first-home buyers in an effort to attract voters as the state election draws near.
On Nov. 7, Premier Daniel Andrews announced that his government would spend $69 million (US$32 million) to support new parents and their babies if the Labor party was re-elected.
Included in the package were $15 million in spending for a new early parenting centre in Northcote and another $3.9 million for an early parenting centre dedicated to Aboriginal families and children in Frankston.
“Labor is doing what matters by making sure new parents are better supported–both during pregnancy and once a new baby comes home,” Andrews said in a statement….