Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

It may not be the first time and I suspect that it will not be the last either, but I am trying to be helpful to the senator. The answer is that we committed to 260 additional childcare centres. They will be implemented over the period to 2014, as we said. The decision taken in this year’s—the first—budget was to provide the down payment on the first step in that process. That will be rolled out over future budgets. I will see what further information I can get for the senator in terms of how many are built per year, but clearly this is a huge capital investment—a large number of centres—and it will be introduced over the period of those years up to 2014. If I can provide any further information on how many get built each year to satisfy the senator’s supplementary question, I will get back to her. (Time expired)