Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Childcare) Share this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer to the Treasurer’s budget announcement that the government will lift the cap on family day care and out of school hours care places. Doesn’t the Treasurer realise that there are almost 100,000 after school care places and family day care places announced in previous budgets that are still unused, mainly because of the shortage of child-care workers? How exactly will lifting the cap help if there is no-one to deliver the services?

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