Thanks for posting that Astrid.

All these figures assume that everyone is doing what they want to in regards to childcare and working - the problem is it is all so short term the impact is being looked at in terms of what families are currently doing, which isn't necessarily what they want to do - or in terms of really what the government should want them to be doing in the long-term.

And this

"What families should be most worried about is Tony Abbott's publicly stated plans to have child care fee assistance designed by the Productivity Commission which has previously recommended that the rebate be means tested."

Really annoys me - (I am not a Tony Abbott fan and highly unlikely to vote liberal) but trying to suggest that we should all just suck it up and stick with what we have because any changes implemented might be worse is just scare mongering - any changes will be worse for some and better for others no doubt - but I would like to see them consistent with some sort of long term plan. (If other plans are worse for me so be it but I do like to see a bit of logic behind these things)

I am actually surprised that the numbers they are suggesting are so low (although I suppose if you look at the figures from the Grattan report about numbers of women working maybe is less surprising) - round here even with 40% CCB you would hit the cap at just three days a week in childcare.