Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025
Amends the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to:
- strengthen powers to take action in relation to child care subsidy (CCS) providers based on quality and safety
- expand powers to publicise action taken against CCS providers
- broaden powers of entry to enable authorised persons to enter premises without consent and streamline the process for seeking entry under a monitoring warrant
- enable the delegation of powers to appoint an expert to conduct an independent audit of a large child care provider
- require Family Day Care and In Home Care providers to collect CCS gap fees directly from families.
Summary from the official bill homepage.
Became law
| Act | Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Act 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number | No. 31, 2025 |
| Assent | 2 Aug 2025 |
| Status | In force |
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 21 Oct 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.
Progress
| Date | Step |
|---|---|
| House | |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Introduced and read a first time |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Second reading moved |
| 29 Jul 2025 | Second reading debate |
| 29 Jul 2025 | Second reading agreed to |
| 29 Jul 2025 | Third reading agreed to |
| Senate | |
| 30 Jul 2025 | Introduced and read a first time |
| 30 Jul 2025 | Second reading moved |
| 30 Jul 2025 | Second reading debate |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Second reading agreed to |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Committee of the Whole debate |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Third reading agreed to |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Finally passed both Houses |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Assent |
Divisions on this bill
- 31 Jul 2025 Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Early Childhood Education and Care Commission Negatived Senate 13–27
Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au, full text and documents on ParlInfo.