http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/coalition-lashes-claims-childcare-under-threat-...

THE Coalition hit back today at union claims that parents will pay more for poorer-quality childcare under an Abbott Government.

The United Voice union today claimed the Coalition is not intending to fund childcare fee increases linked to staff pay increases that could boost fees by 25 per cent. This could see parents forced to pay up to $17 a day more for childcare.

The union also fears the Coalition will take $390 million out of the childcare rebate when the scheme includes nannies, and wind back quality reforms.

But Liberal childcare spokesperson Sussan Ley denied any price rises are inevitable under the Coalition, and said she was awaiting the outcome of the Fair Work Commission case on wages.

She said the Coalition has also “never committed to extending the rebate to nannies".

“What we have said is the issue of in home care needs further investigation”.
Ms Ley said the Coalition would review the quality reforms with State and Territory colleagues “with the express intent of ensuring the new childcare rules introduced by Labor are managed in a way which addresses the cost impact on centres and parents”.

Michael Crosby, National President of United Voice, said the “devil was in the detail”.

"Childcare educators will inevitably get between $3 and $10 an hour for professional wages, and someone has to pay for it,” he said.

Kate Ellis, Childcare minister, said Australian parents “have a right to be scared about what the Coalition’s 'review’ of Australian childcare payments will really mean to their hip pocket and deserve full answers from Tony Abbott before the election."

Obviously the ALP will win the Goebbels award at this election, just as they have won it at every other election, no competition really.

Maqqa

For 4 years Abbott has been a real effective Liberal party decoy, he has copped it from the ALP, the Polls and the media ..... meanwhile the rest of his team has had very little scrutiny.

Also over 4 years everything including the kitchen sink has been thrown at Abbott, he has come out looking pretty clean and many are very put off by the dumb Abbott attacks from the ALP.

John Smith wrote on Aug 26^th, 2013 at 9:02pm:




Abbott is a liar, he doesn't even believe in made made global warming, he's just paying it lip service to get a few votes the f#ckin sly dog 
He does believe in a guy called noah building a little wooden boat then collecting up two of every species two by two before taking them on a p and o world cruise though  , the guys f#ckin MAD