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Monday, 16 September 1996
Page: 4306

To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled in Parliament.

The petition of the undersigned electors of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House the catastrophic implications to the lives of children and their families that will occur if changes to the current Children's Services Program, proposed in the Federal Audit Commission Report and the EPAC Interim Report, are adopted.

Your petitioners therefore ask the House to:

Maintain existing levels of Child Care Assistance

Continue payments of Child Care Assistance through services

Retain Operational Subsidies to all community based service types

Retain the benefits of the Cash Rebate for middle income earners

Maintain a National System of Quality Assurance

Extend Quality Assurance to all formal service types

Continue the Federal Government responsibility for Children's Services

Your petitioners therefore ask the House not to pass legislation that will in any way risk the loss of existing quality, affordable child care options for families.

by
Mr Bevis
and
Mr Marek