Time for a rethink on family assistance.

The article focuses on the controversies on family assistance provided by the government of Australia. It states that B. A Santamaria believes that the value of families in society must be recognized by giving them endowments, however, Allan Carlson of World Congress of Families says that providing that kind of system will give families a sense of dependency on the state. It mentions that Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has declined the proposed income splitting system for the taxation of families.