CHAPTER 1 - Background

[1]        Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[2]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016.

[3]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 9.

[4]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 9.

[5]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 23.

[6]        Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2015, 1 March 2016.

[7]        Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No.2) 2015 [Provisions], March 2016, p. 8.

[8]        Senate Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills, Fifth Report of 2016, 3 May 2016.

[9]        Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs For Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[10]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs For Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 15.

[11]      Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum.

[12]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs For Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[13]      Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

CHAPTER 2 - Issues for consideration

[1]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 32.

[2]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 32.

[3]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 32.

[4]        Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, Inquiry Report No. 73, 2014. The report was publicly released in February 2015.

[5]        Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, Inquiry Report No. 73 - Overview, 2014, p. 2.

[6]        Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, Inquiry Report No. 73 - Overview, 2014, p. 2.

[7]        Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf  (accessed 21 September 2016).

[8]        Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf, (accessed 21 September 2016).

[9]        Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview,  https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf,  (accessed 21 September 2016).

[10]      Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf  (accessed 21 September 2016).

[11]      Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf  (accessed 21 September 2016).

[12]      Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf (accessed 21 September 2016).

[13]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 13, p. 2.

[14]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs For Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 35.

[15]      Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[16]      Mr Scott Rollason, General Manager, Family Day Care Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 23.

[17]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 10.

[18]      Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs For Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[19]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p 21.

[20]      Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, Inquiry Report No. 73 - Overview, 2014, p. 3.

[21]      Productivity Commission, Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, Inquiry Report No. 73 - Overview, 2014, p. 5.

[22]      Family Day Care Australia, Submission 18, p. 4.

[23]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 11.

[24]      Goodstart Early Learning, Submission 41.

[25]      Mr John Cherry, Goodstart Early Learning, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 11.

[26]      Goodstart Early Learning, Submission 41, p. 3.

[27]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 34.

[28]      Ms Natasha Randall, Committee Secretary, Australian Home Childcare Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 1.

[29]      Ms Leanne Giardina, Executive Director, Community Child Care Association, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 24.

[30]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016 p. 29.

[31]      Department of Education and Training, Jobs for Families Child Care Package Overview, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/a3_overview.pdf  (accessed 21 September 2016).

[32]      See, for example: Ms Lisa Bryant, Submission 1; United Voice, Submission 2; Wynbring Jida MACS, Port Lincoln Children’s Centre and Minya Bunhii Childcare Centre, Submission 4; SNAICC, Submission 16; The Parenthood, Submission 24, p. 9.

[33]      For example: United Voice, Submission 2; National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 23, Carewest, Submission 11.

[34]      Mitchell Institute, Submission 7.

[35]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016 p. 10.

[36]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016 p. 10.

[37]      Mr John Cherry, Advocacy Manager, Goodstart Early Learning, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 13.

[38]      Mr John Cherry, Advocacy Manager, Goodstart Early Learning, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 18.

[39]      Dr Stacey Fox, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 43.

[40]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016 p. 10.

[41]      Mr John Cherry, Advocacy Manager, Goodstart Early Learning, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, pp 11–12.

[42]      Ms Samantha Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016 p. 12.

[43]      Ms Samantha Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 16; Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p.16.

[44]      Department of Education and Training, Budget Based Funding Program, https://www.education.gov.au/budget-based-funded-programme (accessed 29 September 2016).

[45]      See, for example: Mr Liam McNicholas, Submission 10, p. 3; Early Childhood Australia, Submission 25, p. 9; National Association of Mobile Services for Rural and Remote Families and Children (NAMS), Submission 42, p. 5.

[46]      Ms Anne Bowler, President, National Association of Mobile Services for Rural and Remote Families and Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 2.

[47]      Ms Anne Bowler, President, National Association of Mobile Services for Rural and Remote Families and Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 2.

[48]      Ms Anne Bowler, President, National Association of Mobile Services for Rural and Remote Families and Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 2.

[49]      SNAICC, Submission 16, p. 3.

[50]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 29.

[51]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016 p. 28.

[52]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016 p. 29.

[53]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016 p. 29.

[54]      Ms Emma Sydenham, Deputy CEO, SNAICC—National Voice for Our Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p 5

[55]      For example: Mr Scott Rollason, General Manager, Family Day Care Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 30; Ms Helen Mary Gibbons, Assistant National Secretary, United Voice, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 35; Ms Geraldine Atkinson, Deputy Chairperson, SNAICC—National Voice for Our Children, Committee Hansard,  3 October 2016, p. 7; Ms Anne Bowler, President, National Association of Mobile Services for Rural and Remote Families and Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October, p. 7; Mr Paul Mondo, Secretary, Australian Childcare Alliance, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 18.

[56]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 29.

[57]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 29.

[58]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 30.

[59]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016.

[60]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 7.

[61]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 8.

[62]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 7.

[63]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 [Provisions], April 2016, p. 22.

[64]      Ms Jo Briskey, Executive Director, The Parenthood, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 16.

[65]      Catholic Social Services Australia, Submission 28, p. 1.

[66]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 10.

[67]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 23, p. 5.

[68]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 23, p. 9.

[69]      Ms Samantha Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 19.

[70]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016 p. 25.

[71]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 29.

[72]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 29.

Labor Senators’ Dissenting Report - Jobs for Families Bill

[1]        ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Distributional Modelling of Proposed Childcare Reforms in Australia, March 2016, p. 7.

[2]        The Parenthood, Submission 24, p. 4

[3]        Goodstart Early learning, Submission 41, p. 4.

[4]        Early Learning and Care Council, Submission 45.

[5]        Ms Sam Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p.17.

[6]        Ms Sam Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p.17.

[7]        Ms Leanne Giardina, Executive Director of the Community Child Care Association, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 24.

[8]        Ms Leanne Giardina, Executive Director of the Community Child Care Association, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 24.

[9]        Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, p. 10.

[10]      Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, p. 10.

[11]      Ms Erin Gillen, Acting Director, Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 37.

[12]      Ms Helen Gibbons, Assistant National Secretary, United Voice, Committee Hansard, p. 33.

[13]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, p. 22.

[14]      Department of Education and Training, Answer to Question on Notice 1.

[15]     

[16]      Ms Anne Bowler, President of the National Association of Mobile Services for Rural and Remote Families and Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 3.

[17]      Ms Geraldine Atkinson, Deputy Chairperson, SNAICC, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 4.

[18]      Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No.2) 2015 [Provisions], March 2016.

[19]      The Parenthood, Media Release, 4 October 2016, https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/theparenthood/pages/20/attachments/original/1475525426/MEDIA_RELEASE_-_Struggling_families_slugged_to_subsidise_childcare_041016.pdf?1475525426

[20]      Australian Childcare Alliance, Submission 20, p. 9.

[21]      Australian Early Learning and Care Council, Submission 45.

[22]      The Parenthood, Submission 24, p. 6.

Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens - Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016

[1]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 29.

[2]        Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 29, p. 2.

[3]        Anglicare Australia, Submission 27, p. 5.

[4]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 1 September 2016, pp 29-32.

[5]        National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 23, p. 13.

[6]        Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 29, p. 5.

Additional Comments by the Nick Xenophon Team

[1]        Mr Roland Manderson, Deputy Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 8.

[2]        Mr Bernie Nott, Co-Chair, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p.11.

[3]        Mr John Cherry, Advocacy Manager, Goodstart Early Learning, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 14.

[4]        United Voice, Submission 19.

[5]        United Voice, Submission 19.  

[6]        Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia, Submission 20.

[7]        National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 23.

[8]        Mitchell Institute, Submission 7.

[9]        Mitchell Institute, Submission 7.

[10]      Ms Nicole Morgan, Committee Member, Australian Home Childcare Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 5.

[11]      Ms Natasha Randall, Committee Secretary, Australian Home Childcare Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 1.

[12]      Ms Nicole Morgan, Committee Member, Australian Home Childcare Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 5.

[13]      Ms Natasha Randall, Committee Secretary, Australian Home Childcare Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 1.

[14]      Ms Emma Sydenham, Deputy CEO, SNAICC—National Voice for Our Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 7

[15]      SNAICC, Submission 16.

[16]      Ms Natasha Randall, Committee Member, Australian Home Childcare Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 3.

[17]      Ms Geraldine Atkinson, Deputy Chairperson, SNAICC, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 6.

[18]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 27.

[19]      Ms Emma Sydenham, Deputy CEO, SNAICC—National Voice for Our Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 7.

[20]      United Voice, Submission 2.      

[21]      Ms Jackie Wilson, Acting Secretary, Department of Education and Training, Committee Hansard, p. 23.

[22]      Ms Emma Sydenham, Deputy CEO, SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 7.

[23]      SNAICC, Submission 16.

[24]      Ms Emma Sydenham, Deputy CEO, SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 5.

[25]      Mr Roland Manderson, Deputy Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 13.

[26]      Ms Helen Mary Gibbons, Assistant National Secretary, United Voice, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 35.

[27]      Ms Helen Mary Gibbons, Assistant National Secretary, United Voice, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 35.

[28]      Mr Roland Manderson, Deputy Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 8.

[29]      Mr Roland Manderson, Deputy Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 8.

[30]      Ms Helen Mary Gibbons, Assistant National Secretary, United Voice, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 36.

[31]      Mr John Cherry, Advocacy Manager, Goodstart Early Learning, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2016, p. 14.