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"George W Frost" <georgewfrost@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:crBul.28438$cu.25185@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Stimulus money goes to foreigners
> BARBARA TOKLEY was grateful, if a little embarrassed, to receive $1400 
> from the Rudd Government as part of its stimulus package to bolster the 
> Australian economy. The trouble is, she is not an Australian citizen, she 
> has not lived here since 1969, and she has spent every cent stimulating 
> the New Zealand economy.
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> Ms Tokley, 69, a British-born resident of Auckland, is among thousands of 
> non-Australians whose bank accounts in 21 other countries have swollen 
> with Kevin Rudd's stimulus funds.
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> Two questions arise from this
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> How could this happen

Because, being paid to social security recipients, it is part of social 
security payments.

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> Why should it be given to non-residents?


Because we have social security reciprocal agreements with many countries.

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> Did Krudd instruct the package to be deposited in ALL OZ bank accounts, 
> without checking all details on who the depositor actually was?


Centrelink has all the details and payments are not only deposited in OZ 
bank accounts. On the other hand, every week over a million payments are 
deposited into OZ bank accounts by overseas Governments paying social 
security benefits to their former Citizen and residents who are now livving 
in Australia.



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> Probably why the second package has been mailed out
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No it hasn't.