Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

This HIPPY program is an absolute classic example of the kind of program that is absolutely focused on regional and rural communities. It is a two-year home based parenting and early childhood learning program. It seeks to support parents and carers of young children aged between four and five so that they can actually assist in the learning of those children, sort of like the child's first teacher. It's about intervening early to assist in the growth and development of young children to make sure that the circumstances of a child do not impede their growth or their readiness for school. We know that, when young children first start school, they advance much more quickly if they're in a position to be school-ready at that time than those children who— (Time expired)