Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I want to start, Minister, with some questions about child care. The minister will recall that just on Saturday he mentioned that he was concerned that childcare centres may increase their fees in response to the increase in the childcare benefit. The words he used were that he was not going to be a casual bystander. I just want to ask the minister a few questions in this area. It is a very important issue that I think all of us are concerned about. Has the minister actually received any information so far on childcare increases or, alternatively, has the minister actually received any information from childcare providers that they intend to put their fees up from 1 July, following the increase in childcare benefit?

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