Family and Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone’s comment that the Federal Budget’s family tax cuts wouldn’t buy a hamburger and a cup of coffee is indicative of the Government’s paralysis on family policy.Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party on his appeal to the ‘forgotten people’ of his era – small business owners and farmers – and his post-war policies built a thriving middle class.John Howard’s Government was originally elected on his appeal to ‘Aussie battlers’. However, the cu…
