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1,72 enfants/femme en 2003
1,81 enfants/femme en 2005
augmentation encore prévue pour 2006 (voir article)

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10650
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Nation...016852207.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/s...ectid=10406581

However, since the present "baby bonus" was introduced, government data
on the number of parents claiming it strongly suggests that the
birthrate is rising at a much faster rate than previously thought.

Claims were made by 268,667 parents for newborns in 2005-06, an
increase of more than 10,000 births on the previous year and more than
16,000 on 2003-04.

The national daily the Australian, which uncovered the figures using
Freedom of information legislation, reported:

Demographers suggest the maternity payment -- worth $3000 when it
was introduced in July 2004 but increased to $4000 in July this year --
combined with low interest rates and low unemployment, may be driving
the baby boom.

Australia's fertility rate, which reached 1.8 [1,81 dans article du
NZ Herald] babies per woman last year, is up from 1.72 in 2003 and is
well above rates of between 1.2 and 1.4 in many other developed nations
....

There were 235,299 claims for the bonus -- comprising 194,342
couples and 40,957 single parents -- in 2004-05.

The number of claims jumped again in 2005-06 to 268,667, perhaps
because some parents failed to claim in the first year.