Senate debates

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Questions without Notice

Child Care

2:24 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Based on analysis of many of the families who have registered for the new system to date, they are set to benefit by around $1,300 per child per annum. Indeed, a family that has two children in childcare services is going to be more than $2,600 per annum better off on average under these reforms. And they apply right across Australia. In Senator Stoker's home state of Queensland, nearly 200,000 families are set to benefit. Across the electorate of Longman in Queensland, some 7,100 families are set to benefit. In Tasmania, some 17,700 families will benefit—in the electorate of Braddon, around 3,100. Across my home state of South Australia, some 61,000 families will benefit, including more than 4,700 families in the electorate of Mayo. Each of these families is benefitting because we're making an investment in a better system, a fairer system—one that is possible because of the Turnbull government's strong economic management.

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