Page 2234 - Week 06 - Thursday, 6 June 2019
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Ms Cheyne: She is not the minister for private vehicles.
MS FITZHARRIS: I am not the minister for private vehicles; thank you, Ms Cheyne.
MISS C BURCH: Minister, why are your changes to the bus network forcing more Canberrans to use their cars when Canberrans already spend the most in the nation to use and maintain them?
MS FITZHARRIS: I disagree with Miss Burch.
MR WALL: Minister, how many Canberrans have contacted you stating that they now have to use their cars because of the network 19 changes?
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, you have asked the question. Allow the minister to provide an answer.
MS FITZHARRIS: I will take the question on notice. I am not aware of too many at all.
Child care—costs
MRS KIKKERT: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development. Did you know that Canberra has the most expensive child care in Australia, and why is that?
MS BERRY: There are a number of reasons why the cost of early childhood education in the ACT is more expensive.
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, please allow the minister to answer.
MS BERRY: It is in some way due to how the country looks at where early childhood centres sit. If you consider the ACT as a region as compared to states and territories and other regions, that makes our early childhood education more expensive. Also there are a number of private operators in the ACT who charge significant fees for early childhood education.
Of course, the ACT government’s announcement to provide universal access for three-year-olds in preschools will make a huge difference for families in the ACT, particularly for the development of children from the ages of three to four. They will be able to access free universal early childhood education from three years, which will provide significant opportunities for those families but particularly for those children’s development as they head to primary school education in the ACT.
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