Fed: One-off payments will fund "one hell of a party": Abbott

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2008
Fed: One-off payments will fund "one hell of a party": Abbott

The federal opposition says some people will use their one-off government payments
to fund "one hell of a party".

Opposition families and indigenous affairs spokesman TONY ABBOTT says overall .. the
policy of pre-Christmas handouts to families .. pensioners and carers as part of the 10
billion dollar economic stimulus package .. is reasonable.

But he's told the Nine Network he'd have quarantined lump sums for the necessities
of life for welfare-dependent families in some remote communities.

AAP RTV sld/jmt

KEYWORD: STIMULUS ABBOTT (CANBERRA)

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