Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised further reforms to make childcare more accessible for Australian families.
In an address to a crowd of supporters Albanese spoke about a list of changes his government have already undertaken, before moving on to the childcare and family focused section of his election pitch.
By ending the activity test that determined access to government childcare subsidies, an extra 200,000 children will be able to receive early childhood education, with the increase a key part of Labor's pitch at the last election.
If the Albanese government is re-elected every Aussie family earning less than $530,000 a year will be guaranteed access to at least three days of subsidised childcare a week.
Additionally, fee-free TAFE study places has seen an additional 125,000 people in training to join the childcare sector, which also received a 15% pay increase last month from the Albanese government.
During his address the PM also promised to spend an additional $1 billion on building or expanding over 160 early education and care centres if Labor wins the next election, saying the regions and outer suburbs had “simply not enough childcare centres”.
“Early education makes the biggest difference for our littlest Australians,” Albanese said, “and that's why we want to build a universal childcare system, simple, affordable and accessible for every family."
The PM finished off the speech making a jab at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, saying “I'm a builder, while Dutton is a wrecker”.