The Government's expanding the its FamilyBoost scheme, with changes taking effect retrospectively from the start of this month

Eligible families' will now receive 40-percent rebates off their early childhood education fees, up from the previous 25-percent.

Families with household incomes up to 229-thousand dollars are now eligible to apply, up from the previous 180-thousand dollars.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says families can now receive an additional 15-dollars a week.

She says this is an increase of 13-hundred-dollars to more than two-thousand dollars a year, which will make them much better off.