Will existing government family benefits be maintained by the new Rudd Labor Government, or will they be re-allocated to institutionalised child-care? John Morrissey reports.Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner has the unenviable task of having to find more than $10 billion in cuts to the federal Budget. This is argued to be necessary to lessen the pressure on inflation, to prepare Australia for life after the resources boom, and to free up funds for the government to make good its own pre-election p…
