Tony Abbott’s incapacity to handle the basics of economic policy is hurting his party.
Middle class welfare
Rich support middle-class welfare — but not for lower class
People on higher incomes more strongly support middle class welfare, Essential polling shows. But, they don’t like it so much for households on lower incomes.
Essential: voters back Labor on welfare, support grows for carbon tax
Support for a carbon price has risen again, and voters are happy to see high-income earners face a Budget shave on middle-class welfare.
Hockey’s budget reply fails to grease the gallery wheels
Yesterday Joe Hockey made electoral bribery a key component of the Coalition’s response to the mining boom. Eeconomic debate in Australia reached its lowest point in 30 years yesterday when he addressed the Press Club.
Why Labor now owns middle class welfare
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?
War on the middle class? More a war on our kids
The reaction to the budget shows Labor can’t win on middle-class welfare. But Coalition complaints about the lack of a carbon price don’t stack up.
