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The Government's overhaul of the childcare-payments package will be introduced to the Senate this week

Australia Parliament

Source: Wikimedia

The Federal Government is keen to get its overhaul of childcare subsidies through parliament before the five-week Easter break. The Government's overhaul of the childcare-payments package will be introduced to the Senate this week but is likely to be defeated in its current form. The planned increases to childcare subsidies could be blocked in the upper house because they are linked with a range of cuts to family benefits that Labor, the Greens and others oppose



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