Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Liberal National Party, Shadow Minister for Youth) | Hansard source

I'll take that interjection—that little giggle—from over there because this is not funny for regional families. It is a system in serious trouble, and Labor has failed on the worker retention payment because that allowed that to fall off a cliff. Special accounts payments sit at $1.08 billion in 2026-27. They're nothing across the forward estimates. I see members are turning their backs and looking the other way because they're so embarrassed that they've messed it up for Australian families. It is Australian families who will pay the price for Labor's gross mismanagement of the early childhood education and care sector. Either way, families pay.

This debate is about a fundamental difference in values. Labor believes that the government knows best, that big, unionised labour workforces are the answer to Australia's woes and that out-of-control spending is the answer to Labor staying in government. Well, they're wrong, and we reject that entirely.

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