Childcare changes: 45,000 families to lose out because of high childcare fees

By Judith Ireland
Updated February 11 2016 - 7:09pm, first published 12:43pm
About 184,000 families would lose support in the new childcare package. Photo: Peter Braig
About 184,000 families would lose support in the new childcare package. Photo: Peter Braig
Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training Photo: Daniel Munoz
Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training Photo: Daniel Munoz

About 45,000 families will be worse off under the Coalition's childcare reforms because they pay childcare fees that are higher than the upper limits of the government's new subsidy rate.

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