Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Greens amendment on sheet 1738:

(1) Clause 1, page 1 (line 6), omit "(Cheaper Child Care)", substitute "(More Affordable Early Education and Care)".

This amendment is about changing the short title of the bill. The reason for that is that cheaper child care is a way of framing a sector which is not respectable. I did speak a bit about it in my second reading speech, but educators have really been disrespected and undervalued for a very long time . As I said earlier, language really does matter. My amendment changes the short title of the bill from 'Cheaper child care' to 'More affordable early education and care'. I understand that Senator Pocock has a similar amendment for the long title of the bill. These should really be taken in conjunction. There is no reason that both the titles should not be changed.