Former Prime Minister John Howard has condemned claims that family tax benefits (FTBs) are “middle-class welfare”, lambasting both the Coalition and Labor governments for cutting the $19 billion-a-year payments to families with children.
A report in The Australian said Mr Howard was “unhappy” about cuts to family payments that had withdrawn assistance to stay-at-home parents while spending on child-care subsidies had increased. “Too much of burden of adjustment has fallen …
