Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education) Share this | Hansard source

Has any work been done on whether, because of the decrease in places available as a result of the 1 to 4 change, parents have not been able to get childcare places where previously they would have? Has any work been done on the various make-up of changes that may have taken place to hit the 1 to 4 ratio? Has any work been done across New South Wales, where you have indicated this has already happened, to determine what route, if you like, a childcare centre has taken to reach the 1 to 4 level? If not, wouldn't it be prudent to do so to get an understanding of the changes that childcare centres are having to undertake and whether they are cutting places or putting on extra people. That would be useful information for the government to have.