Tanya Plibersek said she thinks Waleed Aly “must be smoking drugs” if he thinks the Coalition has the superior child care policy leading up to this weekend’s federal election.
Aly came down in favour of the government’s approach in a segment on last night’s episode of The Project, deeming it the better long-term fix.
Read Aly’s entire argument here.
“We need to listen to the experts,” he said.
“They say that the current system is a total mess and it can’t be fixed just by tweaking a rebate here or increasing a cap there. It needs a major overhaul if we want to improve services and costs for all Australians in the long-term.”
Speaking to Mamamia in a Facebook Live session this morning, the deputy Labor leader said she couldn’t understand how Aly could possibly have come to that conclusion.
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So Tanya's basic argument is, wait a minute Aly, we are offering everyone more money then the coalition, so how is our policy not better? Typical ALP thinking, throw money at something and it will make it all better.
You missed the main point.
Turnbull's $185 Million Dollar Nanny Progamme is not being utilised (only $9 000). This clearly means money is not being directed to where it could be used most efficiently, in other words child care costs.
In theory it may make sense, but like most things, it doesn't always translate practically. The pilot programme should be abolished.
Because all the money must be spent...and then some right
Think about it for a second mate.
If money allocated towards reducing child care costs isn't being utilised, then it means money is draining from other sources.
Just because the money isn't being spent, doesn't mean the problem is solved.
It doesn't have an expiration date, if money allocated for a particular task is not used, its still there, it has no bearing on other money allocated to other tasks and if the take up rate for the Nanny program isn't improved then it will be reallocated, not necessarily into child care.
More money doesn't necessarily solve problems, Nanny program has money but so far it hasnt solved all the problems. Spending $30 billion p/a on our approx 700,000 indigenous population hasn't solved the devastatingly high number of indigenous women affected by domestic violence, and it hasn't solved the tragically high number of indigenous children suffering from sexual, physical and emotional abuse, it hasn't solved the number of children being neglected either.