Footnotes

CHAPTER 1

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 37, 26 June 2014, pp 1013–1017.

[2]        Parliament of Australia, Senate Committees, Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment, Family Assistance Legislations Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2014. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_
Employment/Family_Bill_2 (accessed 28 July 2014).

[3]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2014, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[4]        Approved childcare services must meet the requirements set out in A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 and other relevant family assistance laws and instruments. Most long day care, family day care and outside school-hours care services offer approved care. See Department of Parliamentary Services, Bills Digest No. 92, 2013–14, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014, p. 2.

[5]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014, June 2014.

[6]        Senate Hansard, 23 June 2014, p. 25.

[7]        House of Representatives Hansard, 23 June 2014, p. 93.

[8]        The Hon. Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 June 2014, p. 10.

[9]        Australian Government, Budget Measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2014–15, p. 204.

[10]      A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, Schedule 4.

[11]      Department of Human Services, Child Care Benefit, 1 July 2014, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit        (accessed 9 July 2014).

[12]      Department of Human Services, Child Care Benefit, 1 July 2014, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit             (accessed 9 July 2014).

[13]      Department of Human Services, Child Care Benefit, 1 July 2014, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit        (accessed 9 July 2014).

[14]      Department of Human Services, Child Care Benefit, 1 July 2014, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit         (accessed 9 July 2014).

[15]      Department of Human Services, Child Care Benefit, 1 July 2014, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit        (accessed 9 July 2014).

[16]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2), Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3–4.

[17]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2), Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[18]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014.

[19]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014, p. 31.

[20]      The right to an adequate standard of living requires that the state take steps to ensure the availability, adequacy and accessibility of food, clothing, water and housing for all people in Australia. See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014, p. 30.

[21]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014,
pp. 31–32. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women recognises that the availability of child care is a critical component of the right to work.

[22]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014, p. 31.

[23]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014, p. 33.

[24]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2), Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Department of Education, Submission 6, p. 1 and p. 4.

[2]        Submission 2, p. 3; Submission 4, p. 11; Australian Services Union, Submission 7, p. 3; Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 9, p. 2; Municipal Association of Victoria, Submission 1, former bill inquiry; National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, former bill inquiry; Police Federation of Australia, Submission 7, former bill inquiry.

[3]        Submission 2, p. 5;  Submission 4, p. 3; Submission 5, p. 3; Submission 9, p. 2; Australian Community Children's Services, Submission 3, p. 1, former bill inquiry; SDN Children's Services, Submission 8, p. 6, former bill inquiry; United Voice, Submission 10, p. 2, former bill inquiry; Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW), Submission 11, p. 5, former bill inquiry; Early Learning Association Australia, Submission 14, p. 1, former bill inquiry.

[4]        Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, http://pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/childcare/draft (accessed 28 July 2014). 

[5]        Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), Submission 1;  SDN Children's Services, Submission 2; Submission 4; The Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited, Submission 5; Australian Community Children's Services, Submission 3, p. 1, former bill inquiry; Australian Childcare Alliance, Submission 9, p. 5, former bill inquiry.

[6]        Early Childhood Australia, Submission 4, p. 3; Department of Education, Submission 6; AiGroup, Submission 8, p. 2; Department of Education, Submission 4, former bill inquiry; Early Childhood Australia, Submission 5, p. 3, former bill inquiry; Ai Group, Submission 16, p. 2 former bill inquiry.

[7]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2), Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[8]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2), subclause 3(5B) of Schedule 4.

[9]        Submission 2; Submission 4;  Submission 7; Submission 9; Australian Community Children's Services, Submission 3, p. 2, former bill inquiry.

[10]      Municipal Association of Victoria, Submission 1, p. 1–2, former bill inquiry.

[11]      Early Childhood Australia, Submission 4, p. 3; Early Childhood Australia, Submission 5, p. 3, former bill inquiry.

[12]      Early Childhood Australia, Submission 4, p. 10; Early Childhood Australia, Submission 5,
p. 10, former bill inquiry.

[13]      Early Childhood Australia, Submission 4, p. 10; Early Childhood Australia, Submission 5,
p. 10, former bill inquiry.

[14]      Submission 2; Submission 4;  Submission 7; Submission 9; Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW), Submission 11, p. 5, former bill inquiry; Goodstart Early Learning, Submission 13, p. 4, former bill inquiry.

[15]      Goodstart Early Learning, Submission 13, p. 4, former bill inquiry.

[16]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[17]      Submission 7; Police Federation of Australia, Submission 7, p. 1, former bill inquiry.

[18]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2, former bill inquiry.

[19]      Submission 6; Submission 8; The Department of Education, Submission 4, former bill inquiry; Ai Group, Submission 16, former bill inquiry.

[20]      Submission 6; Submission 8; The Department of Education, Submission 4, former bill inquiry; Ai Group, Submission 16, former bill inquiry.

[21]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[22]      Submission 8; Ai Group, Submission 16, p. 2, former bill inquiry.

[23]      Submission 6, p. 4; The Department of Education, Submission 4, p. 4, former bill inquiry.

[24]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 6.

[25]      The Hon. Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 June 2014, p. 10.

[26]      The Hon. Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 June 2014, p. 10.

[27]      The Hon. Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 June 2014, p. 10.

[28]      Submission 1; Submission 4; United Voice, Submission 10, p. 2, former bill inquiry.

[29]      Submission 6, p. 3; Department of Education, Submission 4, p. 4, former bill inquiry.

[30]      Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, Senate Hansard, 19 June 2014, p. 80.

[31]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 5.

[32]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 5.

[33]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 5.

[34]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 5.

[35]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 7.

[36]      Mrs Margaret Pearce, Early Child Care Support Group, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p.10.

[37]      Submission 4, pp. 14–21.

[38]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 8.

[39]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2014, Explanatory Memorandum.

[40]      The Hon. Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 June 2014, pp. 10–11.

[41]      Submission 6.

[42]      Ms Margaret Pearce, Early Child Care Support Group, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, p. 1.

[43]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 6.

[44]      Mrs Margaret Pearce, Early Child Care Support Group, Department of Education and Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2014, p. 6.

[45]      The Hon. Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard,    25 June 2014, p. 10.

[46]      Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, http://pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/childcare (accessed 9 July 2014).

[47]      Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, http://pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/childcare (accessed 9 July 2014).

[48]      Department of Education, Productivity Commission Inquiry into Child Care and Early Childhood Learning, https://education.gov.au/productivity-commission-inquiry-child-care-and-early-childhood-learning (accessed 15 July 2014).

[49]      Submission 2, pp. 2–3; Submission 4; Submission 5; Submission 9, p. 2; Australian Community Children's Services, Submission 3, p. 1, former bill inquiry; SDN Children's Services, Submission 8, p. 6, former bill inquiry; United Voice, Submission 10, p. 2, former bill inquiry; Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW), Submission 11, p. 5, former bill inquiry; Early Learning Association Australia, Submission 14, p. 1, former bill inquiry.

[50]      Submission 2, pp. 2–3.

[51]      Australian Government Productivity Commission Draft Report, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, July 2014, p. 45.

[52]      Department of Education, Submission 6, p. 3. See: Department of Education, Submission 4, 
p. 3, former bill inquiry.

LABOR SENATORS' DISSENTING REPORT - Key issues

[1]        Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 6.

[2]        Department of Parliamentary Services (Cth), Bills Digest, No.4, 2014–15, p. 8.

[3]        Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 7.

[4]        Australian Council of Social Services, Submission 9.

[5]        Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), Submission 1.

[6]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014.

[7]        Submission 1, p. 30.

[8]        Legislative Out-years Customisable Model of Child Care: 2013-14 Budget, As cited in Early Childhood Australia, Submission 5, p. 7.

[9]        Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 11.

[10]      Mr Jeff Willing, Branch Manager, Payments for Families and Services Branch, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 6.

[11]      Submission 1, p. 21.

[12]      Daley, J & McGannon, C,. Grattan Institute, Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, March 2014, http://grattan.edu.au/wpcontent/uploads/2014/05/228_daley_mcgannon_submission_pc_childcare.pdf (Accessed 26 August 2014).

[13]      Department of Parliamentary Services (Cth), Bills Digest, no.4, 2014-15, p. 8.

[14]      Department of Parliamentary Services (Cth), Bills Digest, no.4, 2014-15, p. 6.

[15]      The Creche and Kindergarten Associated Limited, Submission 5, p. 2.

[16]      International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 2(1).

[17]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44^th Parliament; Bills introduced 23 – 26 June 2014; Legislative Instruments received 7 June – 20 June 2014.

[18]      Submission 9, p. 1.