Mal Brough (Longman, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

It exists. I know the member for Lilley thought that the family tax supplement was not real. I can tell him that that was real. This is real. It will be appreciated by those families out there, who say that the Howard government is listening and helping them share in the wealth of this nation that they contributed to. In the past, the Howard government has given larger families—those who have been blessed with triplets or quadruplets—a bonus, whereby they got $3,000 for a family with triplets and just over $4,000 for a family with quadruplets. That used to cut out at when the children were six years of age but now it will go right through to 16 years of age or when the children turn 18, in their last year of education.

It does not matter how old you are, it does not matter how many children you have, and it does not matter if you are struggling with the complexities of being a carer, the Howard government has listened to Australian families. We have shared the prosperity of this nation, and we have allowed everyone to benefit from the strength of the Australian economy.

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