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Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022

Type
Government
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Portfolio
Education

Summary

Amends the: A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 to: provide families earning up to $80,000 a child care subsidy (CCS) rate of 90 per cent, and 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 $350,000; and provide additional discretion to allow payment of CCS for absences in exceptional circumstances; A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to: expand existing financial reporting requirements to all types of approved child care providers; enable the publication of certain information received from large child care providers online; require child care providers to collect gap fees via electronic funds transfer; make good governance an eligibility requirement for provider approval; enable the secretary to specify the information an attendance report by a provider must contain; clarify the interactions with CCS where providers waive gap fees for families in prescribed events or circumstances; and extend the period for passing on fee reduction amounts to families in limited circumstances; Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Act 2021 to remove the existing higher CCS for families with multiple children (due to commence from July 2023); A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to: provide for a base level of 36 subsidised hours of child care per fortnight for First Nations children, regardless of activity levels; permit child care providers to offer a discount on child care fees to staff engaged as educators, without this affecting the amount of CCS payable for the educator; and make technical amendments.

Progress of bill

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House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 27/09/22  
Second reading moved 27/09/22  
Second reading debate 25/10/22  
Second reading debate 26/10/22  
Second reading agreed to 27/10/22  
Third reading agreed to 27/10/22  
     
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 27/10/22  
Second reading moved 27/10/22  
Second reading debate 21/11/22  
Second reading agreed to 21/11/22  
Committee of the Whole debate 21/11/22 Amendment details: 2 Opposition agreed to
Committee of the Whole debate 22/11/22 Amendment details: 11 Independent (Senator Pocock) agreed to
Third reading agreed to 22/11/22  
     
House of Representatives
Message from Senate reported 23/11/22  
Consideration of Senate message 23/11/22 Details: House agreed to Senate amendments
     
Finally passed both Houses 23/11/22  
Assent 29/11/22 Act no: 66 - Year: 2022
     

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Text of bill

  • First reading

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  • As passed by both Houses

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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

Senate
  • Australian Greens [1727]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen

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  • Australian Greens [sheet 1739]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen

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  • Australian Greens [1738]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen

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  • Australian Greens [1720]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen

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  • Independent [1741]
POCOCK, Sen David

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  • Opposition [sheet 1731]
DUNIAM, Sen Jonathon

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  • Pauline Hanson's One Nation [sheet 1735]
ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm

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Schedules of amendments

  • Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

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