Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 17 June 2014:

The delivery of quality and affordable early childhood education and care services, including:

(a) outcomes for children in early childhood education and care services, including;

(i) workforce factors such as stability, qualifications and wage rates,

(ii) quality regulation (including staff-to-child ratios),

(iii) participation and access to services, and

(iv) environments for learning;

(b) a progress report into the implementation of the National Quality Framework (NQF), including targets met and those working toward;

(c) parents' experiences of the outcomes of the NQF;

(d) impacts of the announced government amendments to the NQF, and the outcomes for children and early childhood education and care services; and

(e) any other related matters.

Question agreed to.