Anne Aly (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Hansard source

I am talking about the importance of this pay rise for the sector, for retaining the sector, and the fact that parents and early childhood educators support this but that support is not universal in this place. There are people in this place who have said that they think that it is a waste and that it is something that the budget can't afford. That is a risk. That is a risk to those early childhood educators who are relying on that 15 per cent wage rise to stay in the sector and to stay doing the job that they love. Make no mistake; the essential services provided by early childhood educators would be at risk if we did not make— (Time expired)

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