“We should be looking at better ways to be supporting families with children.”
Leading demographer Professor Peter McDonald says Australia’s tax system is unfair for families. He’s advocating for more families to get access to the fortnightly Family Tax Benefit payments.
Payments used to be universal and now they’re capped for incomes. In 2022/23 ONLY 44% of families were recipients.
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