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

Thank you. Specifically, I want to go to a letter that we received from a parent in Port Augusta. The minister would be aware that one of the initiatives that he has in this year’s budget, which we certainly support, is the change of CDEP positions to proper jobs, and that will include some childcare positions. Our concern is that the Bungala Aboriginal Corporation childcare centre is in danger of closing down because there has not been any guarantee that it will receive funding as part of the conversion of the CDEP jobs. Minister, can you guarantee that Bungala will get these conversions so that we can make sure that the childcare centre does not close?

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