Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Again, thank you very much for that question, Senator, because it now gives me an opportunity to talk not just about the pay rise we provided to early childhood educators but about the cut in childcare fees that the Albanese Labor government is providing families all around Australia.

As a result of the policies that the Albanese Labor government has brought in, we now see childcare fees reduced by 11 per cent, on average, for Australian families. That is a direct result of our policies.