Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026

Senator WALSH (Victoria—Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth) (19:15): It's just the standard process. Services across the country participate in assessments and rating visits which are conducted by the state and territory regulators. Those visits assess the performance of providers on quality area 2 under the National Quality Standard. That is the rating that needs to be achieved.