Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

I am delighted to take a question from my friend the member for MacPherson, I think the first female engineer to graduate from Queensland University of Technology—a female engineer who clearly understands the building and construction task ahead of us as we enter government.

I enjoyed visiting the member for MacPherson's electorate on a previous occasion and talking to two childcare centres, one located at Currumbin and one at Burleigh Heads, looking after 130 children. The operator mentioned that his electricity costs have increased directly by $1,000 a year per centre as a result of the carbon tax. So every time somebody turns on the light in those childcare centres, turns on the dishwasher, turns on the oven to cook the patty cakes, goes out in the garden, opens the fridge to get out the juices for play lunch, turns on the tap—

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