{"id":30095,"date":"2017-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/xenophon-team-blocks-huge-government-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:00:00","slug":"xenophon-team-blocks-huge-government-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/xenophon-team-blocks-huge-government-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenophon Team BLOCKS huge government bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Nick Xenophon Team has announced it will not support the Federal Government\u2019s omnibus bill.<\/h3>\n<p>The bill included increases to childcare subsidies and cuts to family tax benefits and paid parental leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something we spent a lot of time on, but at the end of the day we felt that we could not support very significant cuts to people on family tax benefits in order to fund the childcare reforms &#8212; as good as they are,\u201d Nick Xenophon told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/307573638&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Monday the Government appeared to threaten taking $3b out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme if the bill didn\u2019t pass\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was a tactical maneuver it was as subtle as a sledgehammer,\u201d Xenophon said.<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/crows-star-on-aflw-shock\"><strong>ADELAIDE CROW STAR ON AFLW SHOCK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/jade-robran\/on-air-moment-that-turned-jade-robran-s-stomach\"><strong>THE ON AIR MOMENT THAT TURNED JADE ROBRAN\u2019S STOMACH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nick Xenophon Team has announced it will not support the Federal Government\u2019s omnibus bill. 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