Footnotes

Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010 [provisions]

[1]        Votes and Proceedings, No. 161, 26 May 2010, p. 1782.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 122, 13 May 2010, pp 3485-3486.

[3]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[4]        All families eligible for child care benefit are also eligible for the child care rebate, even where their child care benefit entitlement is currently zero due to income. Source: Australian Government Fact Sheet, 'Information for families using child care – Fact Sheet 10', accessed at mychild.gov.au on 28 May 2010. 

[5]        Australian Government Fact Sheet, 'Information for families using child care – Fact Sheet 10', accessed at mychild.gov.au on 28 May 2010. 

[6]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[7]        Council of Australian Governments (COAG), National Partnership Agreement on the National Quality Agenda for Early Childhood Education and Care, 2009, accessed at http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-12-07/docs/nap_national_quality_agenda_early_childhood_education_care.pdf  on 29 May 2010.

[8]        The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Education; Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Minister for Social Inclusion; and the Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, '$273.7 million to boost the quality of child care and early childhood education for Australian children', Media release, Budget 2010-11, 11 May 2010.

[9]        The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing; Minister for the Status of Women, 'Women's Budget Statement 2010-11', p. 2, accessed at http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about/publicationsarticles/corp/BudgetPAES/budget10_11/Documents/women/women_budget_statement_2010.pdf on 28 May 2010.

[10]      The Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 May 2010, p. 22.

[11]      The Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 May 2010, p. 22.

[12]      Kirsten Livermore MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 June 2010, p. 4.

[13]      Kirsten Livermore MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 June 2010, p. 4.

[14]      National Foundation for Australian Women, Submission 1, p. 1.

[15]      Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union, Submission 3, p. 1.

[16]      Endeavour Forum Inc., Submission 2, p. 1.

[17]      Child Care National Association, Submission 6, p. 1.

[18]      The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 11 May 2010, p. 40.

[19]      The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing; Minister for the Status of Women,' Women's Budget Statement 2010-11', p. 4, accessed at http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about/publicationsarticles/corp/BudgetPAES/budget10_11/Documents/women/women_budget_statement_2010.pdf on 28 May 2010.

[20]      National Foundation of Australian Women and National Investment for the Early Years, Submission 1, p. 1.

[21]      Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Regulation Impact Statement for Early Childhood Education and Care Quality Reforms, 2009, accessed at http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-12-07/docs/ris_early_childhood_education_care_quality_reforms.pdf on 28 May 2010.

[22]      Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union, Submission 3, p. 2.

[23]      Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union, Submission 3, p. 2.

[24]      Child Care National Association, Submission 6, p. 2.

[25]      Australian Government, Budget Measures: Budget Paper No. 2:2010-11, p. 143.

[26]      National Foundation of Australian Women and National Investment for the Early Years, Submission 1, p. 1.

[27]      National Foundation of Australian Women and National Investment for the Early Years, Submission 1, p. 1.

[28]      Australian Community Children's Services, Submission 4, p. 1.

[29]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Education; Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Minister for Social Inclusion; and the Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, '$273.7 million to boost the quality of child care and early childhood education for Australian children', Media release, Budget 2010-11, 11 May 2010.

Coalition Senators Minority Report

[1]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[2]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[3]        Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005 (TLAB).

[4]        The Hon Mal Brough MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 June 2005, p. 17.

[5]        Schedule 1, item 2, section 61-495 of TLAB.

[6]        CNNA, Submission 6, p. 2.

[7]        CCNA, Submission 6, p. 2.

[8]        Media Release, Dr Sharman Stone, Shadow Minister for Childcare - Budget Child Care Rebate Cut: Rudd Labor Treats Working Families With Contempt, 14 May 2010.

[9]        Sharman Stone MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 2 June 2010, p. 64.