Childcare report: Government dismisses Productivity Commission swipe at paid parental leave

By Judith Ireland
Updated July 23 2014 - 4:08am, first published July 22 2014 - 12:19pm
Assistant Education Minister Sussan Ley has dismissed some of the Productivity Commission's findings, including a redistribution of funds from its PPL scheme to childcare. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Assistant Education Minister Sussan Ley has dismissed some of the Productivity Commission's findings, including a redistribution of funds from its PPL scheme to childcare. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The Coalition has dismissed a Productivity Commission suggestion that funds be redirected away from Tony Abbott's paid parental scheme and into childcare services, arguing that the two are "separate things".

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