CHILD CARE CHANGES LEAVE ONE IN FOUR FAMILIES WORSE OFF.

Kate Ellis MP.

Shadow Minister for Education
 Shadow Minister for Early Childhood

01 Jul 2015

New analysis has revealed that the Government's child care changes will leave one in four families in the child care system worse off by an average of $1,880 per year.

Independent modelling by NATSEM shows what the Government has been trying to keep a secret - that the child care changes will hurt, not help, 270,000 families.

Some children will be pushed out of early education altogether, while others will have their access cut in half.

Low and middle income families, single income families and parents trying to get back into the workforce will be hit the hardest by their child care restrictions.

The NATSEM modelling also found that two-thirds of families that receive Family Tax Benefits and use child care will be worse off overall.

The Government is holding families to ransom to pay for the child care changes, with crippling consequences for many family budgets.

This is the story Scott Morrison isn't telling families.

Labor has been asking for information about who will be worse off for months but the Government has refused to provide it.

Tony Abbott promised not to repair his budget at the expense of the family budget, but this analysis again proves that was nothing more than a lie.