This is the usual, narrow blinkered government response to child care - pour money in to current child care systems so as to reduce the costs to parents, presumably middle class parents.

The current systems are not challenged at all. Nothing is done to expand the supply of child care, nor the supply of qualified and passionate child care staff. Nothing is done to make it easier to develop and operate child care programs and centres.

It is, as per usual with left and left of centre governments a narrow response. Better to do nothing!