Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) acknowledges:

  (i) the important work early childhood educators and childcare staff around the country do in helping care for our young children,

  (ii) that early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a critical component of lifelong learning,

  (iii) that ECEC workers are trusted and skilled carers and educators, and

  (iv) that ECEC educators and staff, earning as low as $21 per hour, are underpaid for the important job they dedicate their lives to; and

(b) supports:

  (i) the early childhood educators and workers taking part in the largest walk-off industrial action on 7 September 2017, and

  (ii) a 35 per cent pay increase to ECEC educators' and workers' salaries.