Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Bills

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

Introduction and first reading

Ben CARROLL (Niddrie – Minister for Education, Minister for Medical Research) (12:08): I ‍move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 to provide for the employment of persons at, or for the purposes of operating, government early learning centres and to consequentially amend the Long Service Leave Act 2018 and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

Jess WILSON (Kew) (12:08): I seek a brief explanation of the bill.

Ben CARROLL (Niddrie – Minister for Education, Minister for Medical Research) (12:08): I ‍thank the member for Kew. This is in relation to our Best Start, Best Life initiative, where we are building 50 early learning centres around our state, a major reform as part of giving our youngest people in the first 1000 days of their life a great start. This will allow the operation of these early learning services by empowering both the minister and the secretary with the powers to establish fees as well as the power to employ persons at these early learning centres.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.