THE government’s latest data has revealed the cost of childcare has skyrocketed by 34.6 per cent since the Liberals were elected in 2013.

Despite the government promising its new childcare system would put downward pressure on fees, they have climbed 5.1 per cent in 12 months and 3 per cent in this quarter alone.

The cost of long daycare – the type of childcare most people use – is now an ...