Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

We backed them with $900 million of additional funding. What has that meant? Those opposite often say, 'Okay. What did this lead to?' What have our reforms led to? CPI data shows that, on average, our changes across the country have delivered real savings to families by reducing out-of-pocket costs by 3.2 per cent from July 2018 to March 2020. We've seen out-of-pocket costs go down under our childcare reforms, and we will continue to provide the support that the sector needs. There will be $900 million of additional funding to help them through the pandemic, and there will be a record $9.2 billion in this budget to support the childcare sector throughout this year.

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