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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The government has announced that the cuts to PPL benefits will take place in July 2016, but the childcare package will not commence until July 2017. Families will be left out of pocket for at least a year with no PPL scheme and no new childcare benefits. How does the government expect families to get by in 2016 with no PPL, no family payments and, of course, no reduction in childcare fees?