Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer, but I would like clarification. I think the minister was suggesting that by 2012, which is a period of five years, we will have 38 new childcare centres. This means that in the two years after 2012 the government will have to provide 222 childcare centres in just a two-year period. Is that what the minister is saying? If so, why is it that it is possible to build 222 in a period of two years when we are going to take four years to build a mere 38?