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Part 2: Expense Measures (Continued)

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Child Care Rebate — fortnightly payment

Expense ($m)

	2009‑10	2010‑11	2011‑12	2012‑13	2013‑14
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	-	4.6	4.9	4.0	0.6
Centrelink	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	4.6	4.9	4.0	0.6

The Government will provide $14.2 million ($99.3 million in underlying cash terms) over four years to increase the frequency of payment for the Child Care Rebate (CCR) to fortnightly from 1 July 2011.

This will reduce the burden of child care costs on families as CCR can now be provided at the time they incur child care costs.

This measure was originally reported in the Economic Statement 2010.

Enhanced scrutiny of the financial viability of the largest long-day care providers — future administration costs

Expense ($m)

	2009‑10	2010‑11	2011‑12	2012‑13	2013‑14
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	-	-	-	-	-

The Government will provide $1.3 million over three years to implement a framework that will identify benchmarks for assessing the financial viability of the largest long day care providers. This framework is currently being developed in consultation with providers.

Funding for this measure was provisioned for in the Contingency Reserve in the 2010‑11 Budget.

This measure was originally reported in the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2010.

Job seeker engagement — increased support

Expense ($m)

	2009‑10	2010‑11	2011‑12	2012‑13	2013‑14
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	-	-	-	-	-
Centrelink	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-

The Government will provide $44.4 million over four years to increase the frequency of face-to-face Centrelink interviews for job seekers at risk of disengaging from the jobs market. From 1 July 2010, newly unemployed people will attend fortnightly Centrelink interviews for a period of 13 weeks to receive increased support to assist them to find a job. Job seekers under 25 years of age and other job seekers at higher risk of disengaging from the jobs market will now have an ongoing requirement to attend interviews every four weeks.

The cost of this measure will be met through a reduction in the number of Centrelink reviews of low risk job seekers. These reviews aim to identify changes in job seeker circumstances which will now be addressed through alternative job seeker reviews.

Further information can be found in the press release of 27 May 2010 jointly issued by the then Minister for Human Services and the then Minister for Employment Participation.

This measure was originally reported in the Economic Statement 2010.

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