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BUDGET ABANDONS WORKING FAMILIES
9 May 2006
Working families are the big losers in tonight's federal budget.
SA Unions Secretary, Janet Giles says it will be harder for families to make ends meet.
"The majority of Australians - low wage families on around $25,000 a year will get a tax cut of just $20 a week, while average earners on $60,000 will get about $10 a week. It doesn't represent any relief, because it is already been spent on higher fuel costs and interest rate rises."
"There is no good news on child care either, with little respite for working families in the face of spiralling child care costs and growing waiting lists for places."
"It is even bleaker when the new industrial laws are taken into account. Job insecurity and the push to individual contracts will see real wages driven down, even though the cost of living continues to rise."
"It is no surprise however, that there is good new for the rich - those on $150,000 will get an extra $125 a week."
"And bug business will get a $4 billion windfall in accelerated depreciation. $4 billion! That would go a long way towards helping working families out of the poverty trap."
"This budget is an absolute (insert expletive) disgrace", Ms Giles says.
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