Coronavirus Australia live news: Victoria posts record 725 new coronavirus cases, new childcare support announced - ABC News

The Federal Government will allow parents in Victoria to keep their children enrolled in child-care, even if they're staying at home, without incurring any extra costs.

Under the plan announced today, parents will be given an extra 30 days of "allowable absences" and childcare centres will be encouraged to waive gap fees.

The Government will also provide top-up payments directly to childcare providers which will see their revenue remain at 80 to 85 per cent of pre-COVID levels.

 Here's more of what Mr Tehan said:

"We will also be putting in place for those services who have an average child care subsidy rate of less than 50 per cent who see a reduction in their attendance, to below 30 per cent, they will get top-up payments between 10 and 25 per cent.

"What this means overall, is that services, on average, will be getting revenue based on the pre-COVID fortnight, on average, between 80 to 85 per cent.

"All up, what it means is that the PM has said this morning that we are providing a triple guarantee.

"For those parents who can't send their children to care, there will be no cost to them.

"They'll be able to keep their child enrolled.

"For those early childhood educators, we continue to have the employment guarantee in place.

"And in my consultations with the sector, they have said that they want to send a very strong message. They want to support the early childhood workforce through this pandemic because they understand how important those workers will be once we come out of this pandemic.

"And then, also, what we're doing is we're providing certainty through keeping the child care subsidy on and available for providers."

Those in regional and rural Victoria will also get the same arrangements for outside school-hours care that the Federal Government put in place for metropolitan Melbourne and for the Mitchell Shire. 

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