Labor supports family tax benefits freeze

By Mark Kenny
Updated May 27 2014 - 8:22am, first published 7:30am
Stepping up the pressure on the Abbott government: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Stepping up the pressure on the Abbott government: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Labor will wave through controversial family welfare changes to freeze the rate of family tax benefits for two years, saving the budget $750 million per year in perpetuity and reducing further the list of no-go items identified in the first Coalition budget.

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