Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

In the omnibus bill that we brought before the parliament, there are significant reductions in the savings that we have achieved. The reduced savings from the family tax benefits system are about $1.72 billion. The reduced savings from the paid parental leave changes are about $700 million. The childcare costs, in the end, are about $1.6 billion.

All of the money that is being reinvested, of course, is very important to making sure that childcare goes ahead. If I might return to a point that I tried to come to in an earlier answer but was unfortunately prevented from doing but that you have now given me an opportunity to raise, there was a situation that developed with respect to the previous government—

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