When Scott Morrison was pressed recently on poor inflation figures which suggest the economy is struggling, the Prime Minister turned to childcare.

"The cost of childcare has fallen by 8 per cent and that follows the reforms we put in place to cap what was happening," he said.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the campaign trail near Dubbo on Saturday. Credit:AAP

It was a good effort at highlighting the government's success at overhauling the childcare sector, one of its real policy achievements.

What he failed to mention was how childcare costs are still 25 per cent higher than when his government came to power. And that even though childcare costs dropped sharply in the wake of the government's reforms, they have risen faster than overall inflation over the past six months.