Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

If you look across the country, it is unsurprisingly in the mortgage belt suburbs with the hardest-working families and the greatest number of young children that we see the greatest benefits. In Senator Brockman's home state, for example, around the electorates of Pearce or Burt, we see close to 6,000 families who are estimated to be better off in those communities. We spent some time talking about Queensland today. If you go across to Queensland and look at an electorate like Forde, taking in suburbs like Beenleigh, Loganholme or Eagleby, more than 8,000 families in those communities are estimated to be better off. For Senator Macdonald, up in Townsville, in the electorate of Herbert, around 7,000 Australian families will be better off thanks to the Turnbull government's reforms to provide more childcare assistance to those working the hardest and earning the least to make sure they can make the decisions that suit their families, to make sure they can access the care that is necessary to work the hours that suit them that they choose to do.