A Shorten Labor Government will deliver child care support that is fairer and will make early education and care more affordable for families.

Our package will give parents the early education and care relief they need now – from 1 January 2017.

Under Labor’s plan:

• Low and middle income families will benefit from an increase to the Child Care Benefit of 15 per cent.
• Every one of the 813,000 families that rely on the Child Care Benefit will be better off – an increase up to $31 per child per week, or up to $1,627 per year, will provide much needed relief for the family budget.
• The annual cap on the Child Care Rebate will be increased from $7,500 to $10,000 per child, leaving families up to $2,500 per child per year better off.
• 107,800 families who would otherwise reach the Child Care Rebate cap this financial year won’t have to choose between paying double fees, or dropping out of the workforce.