WORKERS’ INSURANCE
SCHEME IN AUSTRALIA TREASURER’S PROPOSALS (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. The Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, outlining the National Insurance Bill, estimates that if the scheme came into force in July, 1929, the number of employed contributors to it would be 1,600,000, of whom 363,000 would be females. Persons earning over £416 annually will be excluded. There are two classes of contributors, compulsory and voluntary, and the administration will follow the lines of the British scheme. Employers’ and employees’ contributions will amount to Is a week in the case of males and 6d from females.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 460, 15 September 1928, Page 9
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101WORKERS’ INSURANCE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 460, 15 September 1928, Page 9
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