Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

the opposition spokesperson did creep out from the bunker and did say, 'Well, we might be prepared to embrace change.' I thought: 'Here comes a plan. The Labor Party might have a plan for child care.' But, no, they crept back behind the bunker and retreated into opposition for opposition's sake. And, my goodness, they should have a plan, because under Labor child care costs went up between 2007 and 2013 by 53 per cent and out-of-pocket costs for parents went up 40 per cent—a simply unsustainable situation. All Labor did was all Labor ever does: spend, spend, spend; more money, more bandaids, more attempts to fix the situation and no understanding about the real thing.

Ms Kate Ellis interjecting—

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