Families would save between $600 and $2,900 a year and none would be worse off under the plan the Opposition estimates would cost $6.2 billion over four years.
How much would this cost?If Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister, he would also ask the Productivity Commission to investigate the possibility of introducing a 90 per cent childcare subsidy for all families, a proposal that would significantly add to the price tag.
"We know that the vast majority of women that use childcare are subsidised between 50 and 85 per cent and overwhelmingly most families pay less than 5 dollars an hour for childcare," she said.
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