Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Act 2022 (66 of 2022)

4   Review of this Act

 

(1) The Minister must cause an independent review to be conducted of the operation of the amendments made by this Act.

      

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the review must consider the impact of the amendments made by this Act on:

(a) the cost of child care fees and the loss of subsidies to price increases and inflation; and

(b) the creation of new and additional child care places; and

(c) changes to service gaps across Australia, particularly in rural, regional and remote Australia; and

(d) changes to Indigenous children's attendance, specifically any increase in the number of Indigenous children attending child care; and

(e) the number of early childhood educators and any workforce gaps; and

(f) any increase to the workforce participation rate; and

(g) any increases in productivity.

      

(3) The persons who conduct the review must consider both quantitative and qualitative research in conducting the review.

      

(4) The review must commence no later than 1 July 2024.

      

(5) The persons who conduct the review must give the Minister a written report of the review within 3 months of the commencement of the review.

      

(6) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Minister.