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Education and Training Reform Amendment (Early Childhood Employment Powers) Bill 2024

Bill

Status

Passed and Assented to

Introduction print – Bill

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Introduction print – Explanatory Memorandum

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As passed print – Bill

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First House: Legislative Assembly

First readingAssembly

Second readingAssembly

Third readingAssembly

  • Third reading moved
    22 Feb 2024
  • Third reading passed
    22 Feb 2024

Second House: Legislative Council

Message received from AssemblyCouncil

  • Message received from Assembly
    22 Feb 2024

First readingCouncil

Second readingCouncil

  • Second reading moved
    22 Feb 2024

    Click Here to View the Second Reading Speech

  • Debate resumed

    06/03/2024

    07/03/2024

  • Reasoned amendment
    6 Mar 2024

    The following reasoned amendment to the second reading moved by Wendy Lovell (Opposition) was debated and defeated:

    That all the words after “That” be omitted and replaced with “the Bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until the Government —

    1. provides a preliminary or draft fee structure for the early learning centres (ELCs) scheduled to open in 2025 and 2026;

    2. seeks written feedback from any childcare centre, kindergarten or preschool within a 15 kilometre radius of the proposed government ELC sites regarding the likely impact of a government ELC on their workforce capacity and enrolments, and provides their feedback to the House;

    3. conducts an analysis on the childcare workforce implications of the new government ELC sites, including —

      1. establishing the workforce vacancy rates around the locations of the new sites;

      2. providing the House with a comprehensive plan on how the Government will ensure existing childcare centres and kindergartens are not disadvantaged in their ability to recruit and retain staff in their existing programs; and

    4. provides an estimate of the budget impact of the operating costs for the government ELCs scheduled to open in 2025 and 2026.”.

  • Second reading passed
    7 Mar 2024

Committee of the wholeCouncil

  • Date committed
    7 Mar 2024
  • Committee of the whole completed - Bill not amended
    7 Mar 2024

Third readingCouncil

  • Third reading moved
    7 Mar 2024
  • Third reading passed
    7 Mar 2024

Royal Assent

  • Royal Assent given
    13 Mar 2024
  • Act number 7/2024
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