Lyons Annuity Proposal Altered
CANBERRA, This Day. The Federal Ministry’s bill to provide an annuity of £SOO per year for Dome Enid Lyons, and £SOO for the children till the youngest reaches the ago of 21, is to be substantially amended. The Ministry made this decision after it encountered unexpected trouble in the House of Representatives when it introduced the bill. It became apparent that the Ministry would be defeated if it pressed the measure in its present form, and, at the suggestion cf Mr R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister, a committee consisting of two members of each party reviewed the proposal. As a result of these deliberations, new proposals were placed before the members cf the various parties, which will probably result in the following arrangement being accepted by the House. The annuity to Dame Enid will remain at £SOO, provided she does not remarry., and an annuity on a sliding scale will be paid to the children until the youngest is 16 years, not 21 years, as proposed in the present bill. The amount will fall by about £BS a year, until, when the youngest child i reaches 16, it will disappear altogether.
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Northern Advocate, 11 May 1939, Page 4
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