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

Senator O'SULLIVAN (Western Australia—Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (19:16): I understand that the original sustainability grant for in-home care did not include provisions to use the grant funding for worker retention. Minister, you've since changed that and now in-home care can use the sustainability grant for a worker retention payment.

Does the worker retention payment go to employees only in this grant, and why is it now changing?