Peter Hendy (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I do not have four minutes! In Eden-Monaro, which is a rural seat, we have some 2,000-plus preschool students. That is 5.7 per cent of the population, so it is larger than the national average. I understand that, through the course of the last six years, childcare fees have increased by some 53.2 per cent overall. That is just a shocking figure. I want to ask the assistant minister what we are doing to rein in that sort of increase and what is the state of the Productivity Commission review?

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