Every day early educators help children learn, grow and get ready for school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s one of the most important jobs in the country and they should be paid fairly for that work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s why the Albanese Government funded a 15 per cent pay rise for Early Education and Care Workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, the Albanese Government is investing a further $3.6 billion over the next two years to lock in this historic 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This investment will be tied to a commitment from Child Care Centres to limit fee increases. We want to make sure workers can be fairly paid without the costs being passed on to families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When combined with our support for minimum wage rises, this will mean $255 more per week for a typical full-time educator and $410 more per week for early childhood teachers, compared to December 2024 when the Government first implemented the pay rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time employees in the Family Day Care and In-Home Care sectors will also be eligible for the payment, starting from July. More information on applications and criteria will be available soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This funding will continue to be tied to a commitment from services receiving the payment to limit fee increases for parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are making sure workers can be fairly paid without the costs being passed on to families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s helping to ease cost-of-living pressure while delivering better early learning for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is part of the Albanese Government\u2019s work to make early education and care more affordable, more accessible and high quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also introduced the 3 Day Guarantee this year to make sure every child who needs it is eligible for three days of subsidised early learning each week, no matter what their parents do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Government will now require services to meet the national safety standard as a condition of the payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today 95 per cent of early learning services are meeting the safety standard, more than ever before, but we want that number to be higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From July 2027, if services don\u2019t meet the National Quality Standard when it comes to safety, their funding will be cut or suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parents deserve confidence that their child is safe in care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a service is not meeting the standard that parents expect and children deserve, it risks this funding being cut off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This requirement builds on the Albanese Government\u2019s reforms to strengthen safety in early education and care<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The payment has worked to bolster our early educator workforce and keep costs for families down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since it was announced: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEarly educators help give our children the best start in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey do incredibly important work and they deserve to be fairly paid for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Only child care centres who agree to limit their fees for parents will be eligible to receive funding for this wage increase for workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re making child care more affordable, lifting standards and backing the people who help shape the next generation of Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is good news for workers and it\u2019s good news for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCaring for and teaching kids is some of the most important work in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur early educators deserve every cent they get and this funding locks their pay rise in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe payment has worked to bring more people into the early education workforce and to keep costs down for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTurns out if you pay people more, more people want to do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the last year, working with the states and territories, we\u2019ve done a lot to strengthen safety in early education and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re taking the next step today, tying this funding to safety standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNothing is more important than the safety of our kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis will help to make sure safety and quality in early education is what parents expect and what our children deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEarly childhood educators deserve more than our thanks, they deserve a pay rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Albanese Labor Government changed Australia\u2019s workplace laws to deliver pay rises for early educators and to allow more multi-employer bargaining, especially in undervalued, feminised sectors of the economy like early education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Government has consistently advocated for a minimum wage rise and for undervalued workers to earn what they deserve and this has led to full-time early childhood educators typically earning $410 more per week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor too long, our early childhood educators were underpaid, undervalued and overlooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd as a result, they were walking out the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith the Albanese Labor Government\u2019s 15 per cent pay rise, we\u2019re seeing that turn around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis helps create a long-term stable workforce, and that strengthens the whole sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday\u2019s announcement is the foundation of our reforms to improve quality in early education and care and to make it more affordable for families by properly valuing our early educators.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every day early educators help children learn, grow and get ready for school. 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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Education Jason Clare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Amanda Rishworth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Early Childhood Education Jess Walsh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n