QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator COLBECK (Tasmania) (14:12): Abracadabra family day-care centre in Devonport in Tasmania has been operating as a multi-educator facility for over 20 years, supporting 33 children from 25 families. The waiting time for a childcare place is also over one year. Minister, why is a government reinterpretation of the regulations closing services for these 33 children from 25 families in an area of childcare shortage, with waiting lists over a year long?