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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Preschool Services

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:53): My question is to the Minister for Education, Training and Skills. What advice has the Minister for Education, Training and Skills received in relation to the required workforce demand for introducing universal access for three year olds into preschools in 2026?

The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills) (14:53): I thank the member for Morialta for his question and his interest in this matter. As we stated, I think from the outset in fact, when we first announced this government's intention to have a royal commission into the delivery of universal preschool for three year olds back on 21 October last year, we knew what some of the challenges in the delivery would be around physical capacity to make sure we could accommodate those three year olds who we know will take up this fantastic opportunity and then of course build on the existing workforce to make sure we have that workforce there in place for the rollout.

As the Treasurer said in the answer to the deputy leader's last question, these are some of the key questions and things that the Hon. Ms Gillard, the royal commissioner, will be looking at. The other day when this was mentioned I heard many opposite yelling out, 'Why don't you just do it? Why do you need a royal commission? Why don't you just do it?' The question that the deputy leader just asked is a fantastic example of why we need a royal commission: to make sure we get it right, to make sure we look at these challenges. We get one chance to do this properly, and we are going to do it properly. This is a government that will deliver its election commitments, including this one.

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