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

Thank you, again, for the question. Today over 280,000 more children are in child care, and women's workforce participation has reached a record high, as I said, of 61.8 per cent in March this year, which is up from 58.7 per cent when Labor last left office. Let's never forget, when Labor were in government, fees went up 53 per cent, including a one-year spike of 14.5 per cent. Now, under Labor's so-called universal child care, a family earning a half a million dollars would receive $50,000 of taxpayer money for two children in full-time child care. This universal child care means they really don't care if parents are working to be eligible and they don't really have faith in parents actually deciding what is right for their families. Again, under this government— (Time expired)