Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I remind the minister that under Labor the childcare rebate has been slashed from $8,179 to $7½ thousand; the baby bonus has been slashed, making it more expensive for a family to have more than one child; and the promise to make child care more accessible has been scrapped, after Labor broke its promise to build 260 new childcare centres. Why does the government continue to break its promises to Australian families when it comes to child care, putting further strain on household budgets already under pressure from the rising cost of living?