QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WALSH (Victoria—Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth) (15:02): We're delivering for families beyond the capital cities. Around two-thirds of our Building Early Education Fund projects are in regional and rural communities, and 33 of them are on or near school sites. From Greenmount Primary in the west to Rosewood school in the east and Bruny Island school way down in the bottom of Tasmania, we are building early learning centres co-located with schools.

For children that means a familiar environment and a smooth transition to school, and for parents it means a one-stop drop-off and an easier morning routine. For communities it means more places close to home. That is the purpose of this fund, because where a child grows up shouldn't determine whether they can access quality early learning.

Every child deserves quality early learning close to home. The PRESIDENT: Senator Whiteaker, second supplementary?