Imagine budgeting for one more baby, but a surprise twist means you end up with three — that's the situation Silje Andersen-Cooke and her partner found themselves in. She backs a new report that says the federal government needs to step up the financial assistance given to multiple-birth families.
As a result, the report's first recommendation is for the federal government to create a new "multiple births grant" of $15,000 for twins and then a further $15,000 for every extra child.
Ms Andersen-Cooke said having that kind of help before she had her triplets would have been a huge relief."I cannot tell you the amount of stress that it puts on these families, and I was fortunate enough to have my friends and family around. The report also recommended expanding the criteria for the allowance to include twins and other higher-order multiple families who may be ineligible.
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