Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Government Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, again, Senator Hughes. This one budget measure alone will support around 250,000 Australian families each and every year, and these are the families who need it the most. These families will benefit by up to $183 per week for their second child and any further child in the family under five who is also in care. This means that these families will be better off by $2,260 per year. That is a great outcome for these families. We're also removing the annual cap on subsidies of $10,560 a year, which currently only applies to families earning over $189,390. This measure will benefit around 18,000 families and mean no family will have an annual cap on their childcare subsidies. (Time expired)