Singapore just went all in on birth rates
Fertility fell to a record-low 0.87 in 2025. Birth rates have fallen seriously low
That’s not just a dip. That’s a whole country nowhere near replacing itself. It's a massive problem for the country
So Singapore is going directly after the biggest things making parenthood harder: money, time, childcare and housing
Money:
- Every Singaporean child will receive around S$70,000 in direct financial support from birth to age 17
- S$10,000 Baby Gift during the first year
- S$2,000 every year from age 1 to 16.
- Plus MediSave, CDA support, Edusave and another S$10,000 education top-up at 17
- And every child gets the same baseline support regardless of whether they’re the first or fourth child
Time:
Childcare leave is increasing to:
• 8 days for one child
• 10 days for two
• 12 days for three or more
And it now covers children all the way through age 12.
The government will cover the cost of statutory child-related leave up to the reimbursement limit, taking that burden off employers
Housing:
- First-time families will get an extra BTO ballot chance for every child they have or are expecting.
- More kids = more chances of securing a home.
The BTO income ceiling is also rising from S$14,000 to S$16,000
Childcare:
- Government-supported full-day childcare is being pushed toward S$150/month and infant care toward S$300/month by 2030
Cash alone was never going to fix collapsing birth rates.
Singapore is attacking the actual friction around having children: the cost, the time, childcare and getting a home
If you want people to have more children, make having children easier
Singapore is actually trying that
New horrors are being reported by the media every day in Iran.
The internet remains shut down, and the country is still trapped in an information and connection blackout.
Reports indicate over 12,000 killed, more than 300,000 injured, and countless arrests, with detainees facing inhumane treatment.
This is no longer mere repression.
These are war crimes against the Iranian people.
Silence is complicity.
Do not abandon a nation that is bleeding and dying in its pursuit of freedom.
Claims that executions and killings have stopped are false.
The people’s calls for a better life were met with violence, crushed, and killed.
Thousands more lives remain in imminent danger.
This horrific reality has persisted for nearly half a century—
and it has now escalated into a massacre.
#IranMassacre #IranRevolution2026
So @Toyota_Aus wants to charge $10/month for navigation. They’ll say “it’s not $10, it’s $9.99” or “it includes more than navigation.”
I don’t need more. I need maps.
Paying monthly for a basic car feature is ridiculous
@ToyotaMotorCorp@abcnews@7NewsAustralia@GuardianAus@smh
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