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

Already more than 900,000 Australian families have registered to receive the new childcare subsidy. I thank those families who've taken that step to update their details, to follow the simple process of doing so. Some 97.5 per cent of providers have completed the transition steps as well. We're working to make sure that each of those providers, one by one, successfully transitions. The transition is proceeding extremely smoothly, but we urge any family who's not yet updated their details to do so—to visit education.gov.au/childcare, to log into their myGov account or to take advantage of the dedicated call lines we've established through Centrelink, which have had far lower take-up rates than anticipated and through which people can get the help required—to ensure that anybody, in addition to the more than 900,000 people who've made the switch today, can receive every cent they're entitled to and the childcare support that will allow their families to choose to work the hours and days that suit them into the future.