Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I have a question for the minister. I did not hear your complete second reading speech. Some industry groups have predicted associated cost increases of somewhere between $12 and $22 per day as a result of the national quality framework. There is some concern that these overheads will not be able to be absorbed by childcare providers, so the expectation is that these costs will be passed on to parents. I seek confirmation or the refutation of those industry figures, whether they are accurate or not and whether the government has undertaken any modelling or consideration of these costs being passed on to parents and thus increasing the out-of-pocket expense for parents in seeking childcare services.