Page 213 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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MS BURCH: Yes, I move the amendment now being circulated.
Mrs Dunne: I would like to see it.
MS BURCH: It is coming now.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Continue Ms Burch. You have the floor.
MS BURCH: I move:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes:
(a) that the Report on Government Services shows that ACT childcare services are expensive compared to other States and Territories;
(b) the importance of community-based organisations in the childcare industry in the ACT;
(c) the role of the Children Services Forum in informing government about the childcare industry in Canberra for planning purposes, which includes representation of community-based childcare; and
(d) the continued support provided by the Government to the Gumnut Place Childcare Centre to find accommodation in 2011; and
(2) calls on the Government to:
(a) provide an explanation to the community why the ACT has expensive childcare services in the Report on Government Services;
(b) explain why the Gumnut Place Childcare Centre has to be displaced from its present accommodation;
(c) provide clarity to Gumnut Place Childcare Centre about the Government’s support of the Centre to find alternative accommodation;
(d) continue to investigate options for suitable accommodation for the centre; and
(e) ensure assistance is provided to attempt to find a suitable facility for childcare centres in need of alternative accommodation.”.
Mrs Dunne speaks about doing everything to provide for viable and sustainable childcare. I just want to remind her that we have that at the forefront of our thinking. This is why we had duly introduced portable long service leave. It is around creating a sustainable and viable workforce within the sector. This is why we have endorsed a national quality agenda. Every state has done that. This is why we have increased childcare places. This is why we have invested in childcare and this is why we work with this sector through the children’s services forum.
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