Cash handouts from the Federal Government's stimulus packages have been likened to a madman at a pub handing out free beer.

Parents, carers and farmers will start receiving bonus payments of up to $950 from today as part of a $42 billion fiscal stimulus package.

Barnaby Joyce

In December, pensioners and low-income families were on the receiving end of cash payments from a $10.4 billion package.

"It's like a madman giving you free beers at a pub - you'll drink them but you won't respect him," Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce told reporters.