This bill became law on Nov 29th, 2022.
Education & skills
From 10 July 2023, families with household income up to $80,000 can get a 90% child care subsidyThe main government payment that helps families pay child care fees. This bill lifts the subsidy rate for many families and keeps extra support for some families with multiple young children., and families earning more get a lower rate on a sliding scale until it cuts out at $530,000.
Rising child care costs were adding to families’ cost-of-living pressure and making it harder for parents, especially women, to work more. The bill raises Child Care SubsidyThe main government payment that helps families pay child care fees. This bill lifts the subsidy rate for many families and keeps extra support for some families with multiple young children. rates, adds transparency and accountability rules for providers, and strengthens data and payment checks.
Child care subsidies were already in place, but by 2022 fees for centre-based care had risen 41 per cent over eight years and the government said high costs were adding to cost-of-living pressure and stopping parents, especially women, from working more. After taking its cheaper child care plan from a 2020 budget reply commitment to government in 2022, Labor used this bill to lift subsidy rates, expand support for families with multiple young children and add provider transparency rules, with the main subsidy changes starting on 10 July 2023.
The main criticism was that the bill cuts fees on paper but mostly boosts demand without fixing the shortages of child care places, educators and flexible services, so families could still miss out and fee rises could swallow part of the benefit. That concern was raised most clearly by Coalition speakers and several crossbench supporters, who backed the bill but said its gains would be limited unless wider workforce and access problems were addressed.
Jason Clare MP introduced this bill. In the latest recorded vote on the bill in the Senate, support came from Labor, Greens, Liberal Party, Jacqui Lambie Network, some crossbench members; opposition came from One Nation, UAP.
Did it become law?
Yes
Became law 29 Nov 2022
Final passage
No counted final vote
1 recorded vote on the bill was found earlier in passage, but the final chamber agreement was not a counted division.
Passage speed
63 days
From introduction to the latest recorded parliamentary step
Meaning
From 10 July 2023, families with household income up to $80,000 can get a 90% child care subsidyThe main government payment that helps families pay child care fees. This bill lifts the subsidy rate for many families and keeps extra support for some families with multiple young children., and families earning more get a lower rate on a sliding scale until it cuts out at $530,000.
Families with more than one child aged five or under in care keep a higher subsidy for the second and younger children, with support of up to 95% for eligible families.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children can get at least 36 hours of subsidised child care each fortnight, even if their family would otherwise qualify for fewer hours.
Large child care operators must report financial information to the federal government, and families can see provider names, fees, fee increases and some financial details online.
An independent reviewA formal review that had to start by 1 July 2024 and test whether the law actually lowered fees, added places, improved access and lifted workforce participation. had to start by 1 July 2024 and examine whether the law lowered fees, created more places, improved access and lifted workforce participation and productivity.
Amendments to the Family Assistance Act in Schedule 1 to the Bill will impact the rate of CCS that Australian families are entitled to receive. Specifically, these amendments will offer families earning up to $80,000 a CCS rate of 90 per cent, and offer families earning over $80,000 a CCS rate that tapers down by one percentage point for each additional $5,000 of family income until it reaches zero per cent for families earning $530,000 (new CCS base rate).Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) explanatory memorandum
The existing measure that provides a Higher CCS rate to families with multiple children aged five or under in care will be retained. For second and younger children aged five or under in care, families will receive an additional 30 per cent up to a maximum of 95 per cent, which will continue to apply on top of the former CCS base rate. Families will be entitled to the Higher CCS rate up until a family income of $356,756 (2022-23). If families earn $356,756 (2022-23) or higher, all children in the family will be entitled to the new CCS base rate until it reaches 0 per cent entitlement at $530,000.Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) explanatory memorandum
Subclause 15A(1) provides that the “Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child result” is 36. This means that those to whom the result applies will be able to access at least 36 hours per CCS fortnight of CCS-subsidised care. They will be able to access more than 36 hours if there is a higher activity test result in the table in clause 11(1) of Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Act that applies to them.Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) explanatory memorandum
The amendments in Schedule 2 to the Bill will improve transparency in the child care sector by requiring large child care providers to give reports to the Secretary including certain financial information. In addition, they will introduce a new provision authorising the Secretary to publish certain information about any approved child care provider by electronic means.Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) explanatory memorandum
(4) The review must commence no later than 1 July 2024.Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Act 2022 final Act text
Context
Child care subsidies were already in place, but by 2022 fees for centre-based care had risen 41 per cent over eight years and the government said high costs were adding to cost-of-living pressure and stopping parents, especially women, from working more. After taking its cheaper child care plan from a 2020 budget reply commitment to government in 2022, Labor used this bill to lift subsidy rates, expand support for families with multiple young children and add provider transparency rules, with the main subsidy changes starting on 10 July 2023.
Labor announces its cheaper child care plan in a budget reply
The later Treasurer said in October 2022 that the policy had first been unveiled in his first budget reply two years earlier as a central economic commitment.
Hansard ↗The election brings the cheaper child care commitment into government
Government speakers later tied the bill directly to Labor forming government after the 21 May 2022 election and moving to deliver the promised reform.
Hansard ↗Government says rising child care fees are blocking parents from work
When introducing the bill, the minister said child care costs had risen 41 per cent in eight years and cited ABSThe national statistics agency. The page uses ABS data to support claims that child care costs were stopping some people from looking for work. data that 73,000 people who wanted work had not looked for it because they could not make child care costs work.
Hansard ↗Parliament passes the bill
Both houses agreed on the same text, clearing the way for higher subsidy rates and new provider reporting and transparency rules.
Parliamentary timeline ↗Royal AssentThe final step that turns a passed bill into law. The page notes that this is what made the cheaper child care changes legally effective. turns the bill into law
Royal AssentThe final step that turns a passed bill into law. The page notes that this is what made the cheaper child care changes legally effective. completed the legislative process so the cheaper child care changes could be implemented.
Parliamentary timeline ↗Higher Child Care SubsidyAn extra subsidy rate for families with more than one child aged five or under in care. The bill keeps this stronger support for the second and younger children. rates begin
From this date families earning up to $80,000 could receive a 90 per cent subsidy, with lower rates tapering for higher incomes and extra support retained for second and younger children in care.
Australian Parliament House ↗Legislative route
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Introduced and read a first time
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Second reading moved
Referred to Committee (28/09/2022): Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Committee report (16/11/2022)
Referred to committee
APH bill page notesThe bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
Second reading agreed to
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber. Later message exchanges with the other chamber were still recorded afterwards.
Third reading agreed to
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Introduced and read a first time
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Second reading moved
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
Second reading agreed to
The chamber considered amendments before the bill moved to the next stage.
Committee of the Whole debate
The chamber considered amendments before the bill moved to the next stage.
Committee of the Whole debate
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Third reading agreed to
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
The House dealt with Senate amendments or requests so both chambers could settle the bill in the same form. The main amendments were: Observed added text: "4 Review of this Act (1) The Minister must cause an independent reviewA formal review that had to start by 1 July 2024 and test whether the law actually lowered fees, added places, improved access and lifted workforce participation. to be conducted of the operation of the amendmen…".
Consideration of Senate message
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, completing parliamentary passage.
Finally passed both Houses
The Governor-General gave Royal AssentThe final step that turns a passed bill into law. The page notes that this is what made the cheaper child care changes legally effective., turning the bill into an Act.
Key criticism
The main criticism was that the bill cuts fees on paper but mostly boosts demand without fixing the shortages of child care places, educators and flexible services, so families could still miss out and fee rises could swallow part of the benefit. That concern was raised most clearly by Coalition speakers and several crossbench supporters, who backed the bill but said its gains would be limited unless wider workforce and access problems were addressed.
Criticism was mostly conditional rather than outright opposition.
More demand without enough places or staff
Critics argued the bill was badly designed because it increased subsidies without solving existing shortages of educators and child care places, especially in rural, regional and remote areas. Their concern was that families would face long waits or limited access even after the subsidy increase.
Savings could be eroded by higher fees
A related criticism was that extra subsidies could be absorbed by rising child care fees, leaving families less better off than promised. Speakers warned that unless supply and workforce pressures were fixed, providers would still face cost pressures that could push fees higher.
Only a partial fix to a bigger system problem
Some supporters said the bill was welcome but too limited because it did not tackle deeper problems in the child care system, including low educator pay, inflexible hours, weak support for children with additional needs and reliance on a private market model. Their criticism was about the reform's scope rather than its direction.
Further sources
Votes
The bill passed both chambers on the voices. The counted divisions below were about amendments or procedure, not final passage.
House agreed to the bill's third reading on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage in that chamber.
Passed on the voices
In a voice vote, members call out Aye or No and the presiding officer judges which side has it. Individual names are only recorded if a formal division is called.
Senate agreed to the bill's third reading on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage in that chamber.
Passed on the voices
In a voice vote, members call out Aye or No and the presiding officer judges which side has it. Individual names are only recorded if a formal division is called.
Passed 45 to 3. Support came from Labor, Greens, Liberal Party, Jacqui Lambie Network, and minor parties and independents. Opposition came from One Nation and UAP.
Amendments grouped by chamber. These cards include amendment outcomes recorded without a counted division.
House
Passed 83 to 5. Support came from Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, Centre Alliance, and minor parties and independents. Opposition came from Greens. Minor-party and independent votes were split.
Because the motion was agreed, the Griffith proposal for universal free early childhood education and careThe formal policy term for child care and preschool services. On this page, it is the broader sector the bill is trying to make cheaper and easier to access. was rejected and the House continued with the Moncrieff amendment still before it.
Passed 78 to 66. Support came from Labor and Greens. Opposition came from Liberal Party, Nationals, Centre Alliance, and Katter's Australian Party. Minor-party and independent votes were split.
Because the motion was agreed, the Moncrieff critique about child care access, workforce shortages, fees and structural spending was rejected, and the House then agreed to the bill's second reading.
The House agreed to the amendments made by the Senate, so the bill could pass both chambers in the same form.
Carried on voices
The chamber decided this amendment without a counted division, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes.
Senate
Defeated 25 to 33. Support came from Liberal Party and Nationals. Opposition came from Labor, Greens, Jacqui Lambie Network, and minor parties and independents. Minor-party and independent votes were split.
Defeat of the amendment let the bill keep its second-reading support without the opposition’s budget criticism attached.
Defeated 12 to 47. Support came from Greens. Opposition came from Liberal Party, Labor, Nationals, Jacqui Lambie Network, and minor parties and independents.
Defeat of the amendment meant the bill continued without the Greens’ broader call for universal free care and stronger wage action.
Defeated 14 to 33. Support came from Greens, Jacqui Lambie Network, and minor parties and independents. Opposition came from Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, One Nation, and minor parties and independents.
Defeat of the amendment kept the bill’s existing title and terminology in place.
Defeated 13 to 30. Support came from Greens and minor parties and independents. Opposition came from Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, One Nation, and minor parties and independents.
Defeat of the amendment left the bill’s transparency measures unchanged.
Defeated 12 to 29. Support came from Greens. Opposition came from Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, One Nation, and minor parties and independents.
Defeat of the amendment kept the activity testA rule that links a family’s subsidised child care hours to work, study or other activity. An amendment sought to remove this rule and replace it with a test based on a family’s circumstances. in the bill, limiting access changes to the government’s original design.
Defeated 12 to 31. Support came from Greens. Opposition came from Labor, Liberal Party, Jacqui Lambie Network, Nationals, and minor parties and independents.
Defeat of the amendment left the staff discount provisions narrower than the Greens proposed.
Passed 35 to 17. Support came from Liberal Party, Greens, Nationals, and One Nation. Opposition came from Labor. Minor-party and independent votes were split.
Agreement to the motion would have required document production, so this carried the chamber’s instruction despite the government’s objection.
The Senate agreed to two Opposition amendments adding an independent reviewA formal review that had to start by 1 July 2024 and test whether the law actually lowered fees, added places, improved access and lifted workforce participation. of the cheaper child care changes.
Carried on voices
The chamber decided this amendment without a counted division, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes.
The Senate agreed to eleven Independent amendments, including changes broadening the child care staff discount rules.
Carried on voices
The chamber decided this amendment without a counted division, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes.
This list includes amendment votes, procedural votes and votes on the bill itself.
The parliamentary record also shows 2 Opposition amendments and 11 Independent amendments agreed without a counted division.
Parliamentary debate
Start here — lead voices
Jason Clare strongly supports the bill, saying it will cut child care costs for about 1.26 million families and help more parents, especially women, return to work or increase their hours.
Read in Hansard ↗Anne Webster opposes the bill, arguing it gives families a subsidy without fixing childcare shortages, workforce vacancies, or thin markets.
Read in Hansard ↗Duniam says the coalition will not oppose the bill and backed it in the House, but argues it is undercooked because it does not fix childcare workforce shortages, access gaps or add new places.
Read in Hansard ↗Steggall supports the bill and welcomes its cheaper child care subsidies, transparency reforms and investment in early childhood education.
Read in Hansard ↗All speeches by bloc
19 speakers · 19 support
“The Albanese government's early childhood education and care reforms were an election promise. We went to the election promising to reduce out-of-pocket costs for Australian families, and this bill will do just that—cutting the cost of early childhood education and care for around 1.26 million families right across Australia. But this bill does more than that. It is about more than just increasing affordability. It's also about ensuring that we give families greater choice to participate in the workforce and give our children the best start in life.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“That's what this bill does. It's good for children. It's good for parents. And it's good for our economy.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I'm determined for this to be the beginning, not the end, of making early education affordable for every Australian family that seeks out the opportunity. I encourage those opposite to wake up to themselves and go and talk to working parents and ask them if they support cheaper child care. Go and talk to businesses about whether they support the position. They're saying now, having moved an amendment condemning it, that they might vote for it! Now, that's the sort of consistency that I expect from those opposite! I commend the bill to the House and I encourage this parliament to vote for this legislation.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“This Bill will cut the cost of child care for around 1.26 million Australian families.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I'm very pleased to be supporting our Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I commend this bill to the House and I thank Jason Clare, the Minister for Education, and Anne Aly, the Minister for Early Education, for their tireless work and tireless efforts.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“This Albanese government bill means around 96 per cent of families with children in early childhood education and care will be better off—96 per cent. Importantly, I stress that no families will be worse off. This is not only a much-needed and welcome cost-of-living reduction measure; it will also deliver a significant, positive productivity dividend to the Australian economy.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I welcome this legislation. I can't wait for it to pass the parliament. I can't wait for it to come into law. It's budget day and this is great legislation that makes great economic sense as well as great educational sense.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“The Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022 implements that commitment. The Albanese government is once again delivering. The government's reforms will cut the cost of child care for about 1.26 million families.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“Today, we can finally begin to deliver this election commitment with this bill. When this bill passes, some 6,500 families within McEwen will directly benefit from these reforms.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“This bill is a key piece of legislation taken to the last election, and I'm thrilled that we are here now, within the first six months, introducing it to parliament. It will benefit women, it will benefit families, it will benefit children, it will benefit businesses and it will benefit the economy. I commend this bill to the House.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I am proud to speak in support of this bill today and to be a part of a government that is putting Australian families first. Parents and carers should be able to afford childcare for their kids so they can have the best start in life and so that the parents can return to work or work more hours if they want to. This bill will provide real benefits to parents and carers across Australia and remove the burden on people who are already struggling to make ends meet. It's a cost-of-living measure that will make a real difference to family budgets. It's a plan that will give parents the opportunity to return to work or work more hours when and if they choose to do so. It's a plan that will give children the best start in life. This legislation will make child care cheaper for 1.2 million Australian families. This is a bill I am proud to support and, in doing so, I thank my preschool teacher.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“This is an excellent bill. I'm incredibly proud. This will benefit many Canberra families. In fact, in the ACT, it will benefit around 23,200 families, including 8,900 in the electorate of Canberra, which I represent. This benefit is spread all around the country. There are thousands of families, in every electorate, who will benefit from this, but the number in my electorate is at the higher end. I'm really pleased that Canberra families can benefit from this, and I'm really pleased to support the bill today.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“It's for all these reasons that I'm very proud to be speaking in support of it today.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I rise to proudly speak on this bill today, because this is a bill that will make a system fairer. This is a bill that will make a system more accessible and it is a bill that recognises the importance and value of early childhood education.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“The Albanese Labor government is making early childhood education more affordable and accessible for 96 per cent of families with children in child care. It is the single biggest commitment we made in the budget. The child care subsidy will be lifted for all families earning less than $530,000. For example, a family on a combined income of $120,000 with one child in care will save $1,780 a year. After eight years of escalating costs—jumping up by 41 per cent over that period—finally families will get some financial relief. Our cheaper childcare measures are a $4.5 billion package, but I don't see it as a cost; it's an investment. It's an investment in the future of our kids and in the future of this country, because we know that, for every dollar spent on child care, we see $2 in benefits.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“This bill is a crucial step in helping women return to the paid workforce.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“Child care is not a prop; it is a pillar—a pillar for so many families and for society at large.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I thank Senator Pocock for his contributions to this bill, and the government will support those amendments. This bill has won widespread support from families, the business community and the early childhood education and care sector, and I commend it to the chamber.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
9 speakers · 7 support · 1 oppose · 1 mixed
“I'm pleased to commence the contributions to the second reading debate on the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022 on behalf of the opposition. Much has been said by colleagues in the other place around the coalition's position, which I will restate now, and that is that we won't be opposing the bill, noting that we did support it in the House.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“Of course we on this side of the House support anything we can do to help meet the very enormous pressures that are on family budgets, and on that basis I commend the bill to the House.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“The coalition has always been passionate about getting Australians into the workforce. Whether it's their first job, a new job or supporting families back into the workforce after having their children, we have a strong record when it comes to this. Under the coalition women's workforce participation rates were at an all-time high at 62.3 per cent in May 2022. It was 58.7 per cent in September 2013 when Labor last left office. We want to see more women in work. We want to see more children and families access early childhood education, which is why the coalition will not oppose this bill. However, we have several concerns with the government's legislation, and we call on the government to address these concerns to ensure the sector is not placed under further pressure come July 2023.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“Again, we certainly support this legislation. We'll be voting to support it, but there are some issues that we must deal with.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“While this side of the House supports the amendment put forward by the member for Moncrieff, we won't be opposing the bill in its substantive form.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I am very pleased to support the bill but also the amendment that we have proposed. I go back to the fact that, in so many areas around Australia, rural and regional, those smaller communities, there are either no childcare places available or, as we see in Augusta, no child care available at all. These are the places where we don't have the two things I've spoken about that are the focus of the amendment—access and staff numbers. Both of those things are real issues, particularly in regional and remote parts of Australia. It is a huge challenge. We are facing real challenges around workforce in general, and this particular sector is no different.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“There is more to be done, and we need amendments to this bill that do something to address the gaps in childcare services, workforce shortages and the real prospect that any benefits delivered to families by this reform will be eroded by higher fees.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“We have these concerns and we point them out in this chamber, but we won't be opposing the bill for the reasons I articulated at the start and for the reasons which the member for Moncrieff articulated in her second reading speech contribution.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“How does this bill help them build the services their community needs? It's simple. It does not. This government has shown no appetite to ensure extra places are created to meet the growing demand. But that's only one flaw in Labor's policy.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
3 speakers · 2 support · 1 oppose
“While the bill does not go nearly far enough to achieve our vision of universal and free early learning and care, we support the bill as it represents a step in the right direction in making early learning affordable for more people.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“The Greens believe access to high-quality, free child care should be a fundamental right. This will allow parents, especially women, to get back to work if they wish and also ensure every child gets the best start in life.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
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6 speakers · 7 contributions · 6 support
“I rise to speak in support of the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022. Affordable, high-quality child care has many benefits to our society, to children, to their parents and to the economy. So what does this bill do? The government claims that around 96 per cent of families with children in early education and care will be better off and that none will be worse off, that families with a combined income of up to $80,000 will receive 90 per cent of childcare support for their first child in care, while families with a combined income of up to $530,000 will receive childcare support increase with the rate of subsidy tapering one per cent for every $5,000 earnt above $80,000.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I support this measure and call on the government to support this pay rise for our early educators, most of whom are women. Supporting a thriving and viable early education sector and making child care accessible and affordable for all Australian families is good economic policy. It's good for our children and it's a positive step in reducing the gender pay gap. I commend this bill to the House and congratulate the government for prioritising this legislation in order to get our country moving forward again.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I rise to offer qualified support for the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022. In Australia, we take for granted the fact that school is universally available to our children and families. Every child can access infant, primary and high school via the public system. Yet, despite all the evidence about the benefits, we continue to baulk at providing universal publicly funded early childhood education and care. These benefits are for both children and families, providing children with the foundations needed for their education while enabling women to enter the workforce.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
“I rise today to speak enthusiastically and wholeheartedly for the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022. I welcome this legislation. There is no other bill that could bring me greater joy than this bill in front of the parliament today, and I welcome the support across the parliament for improving accessibility and affordability in child care.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Hansard records 2 separate contributions by Monique Ryan on this bill. They are grouped here so the speaker is listed once.
Second reading speech
Ryan says she supports the bill because cheaper child care will help more parents, especially women, return to work and improve access to early childhood education. She also says it must be followed by wider reforms, especially action on low pay and workforce shortages in the sector, or the benefits will be limited.
“I'm pleased to support this legislation, and I will continue to work to improve access to early childhood education for more Australian children and their families.”Read this contribution in Hansard ↗
Second reading speech
Ryan supports the bill because it makes child care more affordable, expands subsidised hours and improves access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. She says it is still limited because subsidy access remains tied to the activity testA rule that links a family’s subsidised child care hours to work, study or other activity. An amendment sought to remove this rule and replace it with a test based on a family’s circumstances., which she wants reformed further.
“I rise to indicate my support for this bill but also to share with the House where I hope that we can improve on this area in the future, as well as my ongoing concerns about the looming crisis in early childhood education. The Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill is a welcome acknowledgement from this government that, for too many Australian families, early childhood education is unaffordable and not financially worthwhile.”Read this contribution in Hansard ↗
“Delivering the aim of implementing a universal 90 per cent subsidy for all families is a worthy goal. I look forward to supporting the government's effort to implement this on behalf of the people of the ACT.”Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Record
House · Introduced and read a first time
Introduced
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
House · Second reading moved
Second reading opened
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
House · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
House · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
House · Second reading agreed to
Second reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
House · Third reading agreed to
Third reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Senate · Introduced and read a first time
Introduced
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Senate · Second reading moved
Second reading opened
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Senate · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Senate · Second reading agreed to
Second reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
Senate · Committee of the whole: amendments considered
Amendment packages agreed
The chamber considered amendments before the bill moved to the next stage.
Senate · Committee of the whole: amendments considered
Amendment packages agreed
The chamber considered amendments before the bill moved to the next stage.
Senate · Third reading agreed to
Third reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
House · Message from Senate reported
Message from Senate reported
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
House · Consideration of Senate message
House agreed to Senate amendments
The House dealt with Senate amendments or requests so both chambers could settle the bill in the same form.
Parliament · Finally passed both Houses
Passed both houses
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, completing parliamentary passage.
Assent · Assent
Assent
The Governor-General gave Royal AssentThe final step that turns a passed bill into law. The page notes that this is what made the cheaper child care changes legally effective., turning the bill into an Act.
Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Committee report (16/11/2022)
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee (28 Sept 2022): Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Committee report (16 Nov 2022)
APH bill page notes
