Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

more flexible and simpler. They know it does all of those things. But the fundamental thing about our childcare changes is that low- and middle-income families using the childcare system will be, on average, $1,500 a year better off. So that is $1,500 a year better off if you work, or work more, and that is exactly what sensible political parties should be trying to do—they should be trying to ensure that the people of Australia make the most of their opportunities and the people of Australia are encouraged to have a go. That is what we want to do. We want the people of Australia to have a go, because we understand that, in the end, that is the best way to ensure that everyone has the fair go that we all yearn for for them. Members opposite just do not learn, and we know they cannot change. Unfortunately, members opposite rejoice when people are trapped in welfare. They do.

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

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