Labor inherited middle class welfare from John Howard, but it has nourished the entitlement mentality. Don’t households earning over $100,000 and receiving benefits deserve the “bludgers” tag?
Family Tax Benefit
Picking on disability support, a favourite past time of policymakers
The Disability Support Pension is a perennial target of reforming politicians. Perhaps they should turn their attention to other forms of welfare.
Gillard goes back to school
Beneath the otherwise unremarkable announcement about rebates for school uniforms is a central Labor re-election strategy. Thus the prime minister herself launched it, explains Bernard Keane.
