Leaks reveal Greens’ bizarre counter-offer to budget plan

The Greens propose free child care for families earning more than $530,000 a year, according to leaks. Photo: The New Daily

The Greens will move to reject the budget plan to lift 80,000 Australians out of poverty with a cost-of-living package and will instead propose a policy to extend childcare subsidies to families earning over $530,000 a year.

Greens sources confirmed the party will reject the very modest increase in welfare payments and a mix of one-off cost-of-living measures even as expert analysis shows they would move 80,000 Australians out of poverty.