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

Let's try to spell it out for the Australian Greens: the Turnbull government's reforms to company tax are what's helping to spur a jobs boom across Australia—403,000 extra jobs created last year—more jobs for hardworking Australian families to access. The Turnbull government's childcare subsidy reforms will make it easier for families to choose to work more hours and to take up and fill those jobs. This is about helping families to get ahead and make the choice to work the days and hours that suit them, without childcare costs being an impediment to making those choices. Indeed, the policies are working in an integrated way. Our business policies and our company tax policies are helping to spur additional investment and additional jobs and our childcare subsidy policies are going to make it easier for families to fill those jobs, to work more hours, to seize those opportunities and to get ahead in life, thanks to the record support they're getting from the Turnbull government.