Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Senator Watt. In Tasmania's north-west there are two co-located family day care centres that provide care for 90 families in the region and have a healthy waitlist for new families. It is a good business model that has potential to expand—it works, but it cannot expand. Because of government rules, only one childcare centre is able to run per property title. This means the centres are at risk of being shut down. The state education minister says her hands are tied due to rules made in Canberra. Minister, is she right, and what do you have to say to Tasmanian families who may end up without child care as a result of these rules?