I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering. Would the government ever consider public child care centres that are free like primary school instead of all the rebates and what not? Working parents would be eligable and SAHM would have to pay or use private centres ~ yes that sucks for the SAHM (like me), but it's not a necessity for children to go to day care. Just a thought. Would it cost too much to have gov run/public centres?