Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Hansard source

Latrobe. Tasmania. I think you said there may be proceedings underway to close that facility. I'm not aware of that matter, Senator Colbeck. If there's more information that I can provide you with about that specific matter, I will.

What I will say is that the government is committed to providing Australians with more safe and quality early childhood education across the country. We know that there are many places in the country where families just don't have access to quality early childhood education, be that in long day care settings or be that in family day care settings. That is why we are implementing the findings of the Productivity Commission review which we commissioned, including to build more quality early learning in places that need it most, including our outer suburbs and our regional areas. We have a billion-dollar fund to invest in quality early education and to do that in places that are underserved so that more Australian families can have the benefits of quality early education.