Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Bernardi for his question. The government obviously is concerned about this issue, and that is why we have brought this piece of legislation into the parliament. We believe Access Economics is an appropriate organi­sa­tion to do this research and analysis. Again I repeat that its conclusion as a result of its research was that the average out-of-pocket cost increase for a family on an annual income of $80,000 a year with one child attending full-time long-day care would be $8.67 a week by the year 2014-15. We stand by the report and we believe Access Econ­omics has accurately dealt with this issue.