Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I hope that Minister Carr will answer my questions with such enthusiasm. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Carr. On 22 October, during estimates, the minister’s department assured us that the government had a contingency plan for dealing with the potential collapse of ABC Learning. We now know that we are facing a childcare crisis, with the potential closure of almost 400 centres around the country, leaving thousands and thousands of mums and dads in the lurch before Christmas. On 22 October we were told by the minister that she had a plan. Where is the plan?