The government and Labor occupy arrive to terms on Chafta. The former treasurer Joe Hockey calls time on a 20-year political career as his replacement,Scott Morrison, unveils a recent offer on family benefits reform. All the developments from Canberra, or live 8.09am BSTRightio that’s enough for today. Thanks as always for marvellous company. Special thanks to Daniel Hurst for minding shop in the middle of the day. Enduring thanks to Mike Bowers who started with the sparrows to capture Joe Hockey at his breakfast and then powered on all day with rolling wonderments. Bless them.
We’ll be back in the morning. 7.48am BSTLabor’s families spokeswoman Jenny Macklin has issued a statement in the wake of Christian Porter’s interview on Sky earlier today. It was an untidy appearance. Macklin is harsher than me. She’s characterised it as a train wreck.
As I posted earlier,Porter conceded that grandparent carers would be worse off under the government’s package “in isolation.” By that he meant the proposed reforms are swings and roundabouts – what benefit recipients lose in cuts they might gain on additional spending on childcare, which is structured as an incentive to encourage parents and carers to work.
Mr Porter: 15 year-old children aren’t going to childcare. Is Mr Porter seriously suggesting a 70 year old grandparent carer go back to work to make up for the government’s cuts to his family payments? Its clear Mr Porter isn’t across his brief. Christian Porter is totally out of his depth. Labor is very concerned approximately how these cuts will affect grandparent carers.
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Source: theguardian.com