Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury) Share this | Hansard source

Whilst I support the motion, I do want to draw to the House’s attention again that many women—and in fact many men—in this place are finding it somewhat frustrating each time a Public Works reference comes up that sees us spending public moneys on facilities that are within the Parliamentary Triangle we still are not able to see a commitment to funding child care in this place. It is somewhat frustrating to continually be voting on a number of Public Works bills for things which are obviously very important, yet we still cannot get funding in this building for a child-care centre for women and men with children.

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