Childcare fees up 3% in last quarter and 34% since Coalition took power in 2013

Education minister Dan Tehan defends government’s record on childcare costs and urges families to ‘shop around’

Dan Tehan has defended the Coalition’s record on childcare after revelations that fees have increased by 3% in the last quarter and by more than 34% since the Coalition was elected in 2013.

The education minister said on Sunday that since the Coalition restructured childcare subsidies in 2017, cost increases had been below the 10-year average. He urged families to shop around to punish providers increasing costs faster than recommended.

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