❓ Asks for detailed childcare waiting list and service capacity data across WA, focusing on regional areas, to assess access to childcare services.

I refer to access to childcare services in regional Western Australia, and I ask:(a) as at 1 January 2026, how many children were on waiting lists for childcare places in the Perth Metropolitan region;(b) as at 1 January 2026, how many children were on waiting lists for childcare places outside of the Perth Metropolitan region;(c) please table as at 1 January 2026, how many children were on waiting lists for childcare places in the following towns:(i) Narrogin;(ii) Kununurra;(iii) Esperance;(iv) Kalgoorlie; and(v) Port Headland;(d) for each of the towns in (c)(i) to (v), please table how many childcare services were in operation as at 1 January 2026; and(e) as at 1 January 2026, please table how many, if any services were operating below their licensed capacity?