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April 2006

• Family First Supports Choice for Parents

  Press Releases April 30 2006  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Family First supports Liberal MP Alan Cadman’s proposal to make the child care system for parents of children under five years fairer than the current system.

• Family First Welcomes Opposition Leaders Commitment to release Family Impact Statements

  Press Releases April 20 2006  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Family First welcomes the Opposition Leader’s commitment to publicly release Family Impact Statements for all major policies.

  Opposition Leader Kim Beazley announced in Adelaide today that under a Labor Government Family Impact Statements would be released after a Cabinet decision had been made, but before Parliamentary debate on legislation.

• Government Drunk on Petrol Tax

  Press Releases April 19 2006  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Family First today renewed its call for a 10 cent per litre cut in petrol excise taxes in the May Budget, amid reports petrol prices in Melbourne could hit $1.40 per litre.

  High petrol prices are a huge community concern and are burning a hole in the budgets of ordinary families and small businesses.

• Family First Welcomes Prime Minister’s Commitment to a “Family First Budget”

  Press Releases April 19 2006  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Family First welcomes the Prime Minister’s endorsement of our calls for next month’s Budget to be a “family first budget”.

  In January, Family First issued a release calling for a “family first budget” that gives special help to families because they have the most important job of all, raising children.

• Family First Welcomes Government Plan to Lift Tax-Free Threshold

  Press Releases April 10 2006  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Family First welcomes reports today that the Government plans to adopt Family First’s policy of lifting the tax-free threshold in next month’s budget.

  As reported in today’s Australian Financial Review, it is likely the Government will increase the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $8,000 this year and then to $10,000 in July 2007, which is exactly what Family First has been calling for.