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Perrottet's child trust fund policy dusts off an idea last tried by UK Labour

  • Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

The “Kids Future Fund” promised by NSW’s Premier Dominic Perrottet if his government is re-elected on March 25 is an idea discussed by social policy experts since the 1990s but rarely embraced by politicians.

Britain’s Blair Labour government introduced a similar policy in the early 2000s but it lasted just eight years...

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