Australian Politics Forum - Child care swapping.

Aussie

Gold Member

Offline

OzPolitic

Posts: 39685
Gender: male

Child care swapping.
Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 12:38pm

I assume this prevents Family A (which owns a child care centre) having their kids looked after by Family B in their child care centre, on the basis of Family A looking after those of Family B and then each centre makes subsidy claim against Government. I'm quite amazed at the dollars involved, but am uncertain as to whether it was a rort in the first place.

Government is saying to both Familys....look after your own kids at your expense in your child care centre.

Link.

Back to top

IP Logged

Saul Goodman

Full Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 132
Gender: male

Re: Child care swapping.
Reply #1 - Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:01pm

I can see the Governments point though it is a form of double dipping.

Child Swapping is a funny term not sure what it means, I thought this was about facility owners putting their kids in their facility and getting the rebate as well

Does it actually say it precludes them from putting their kids in another child care facility not owned by themselves and receiving the rebate Aussie?

Back to top

"It's all good man!"

IP Logged

stunspore Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5097 Gender:	Re: Child care swapping. Reply #2 - Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:05pm Not sure how this is any different than politicians e.g. Hockey renting his own family's (his wife) house in canberra and claiming entitlements.
Back to top	IP Logged

stunspore Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5097 Gender:	Re: Child care swapping. Reply #3 - Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:05pm stunspore wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:05pm: Not sure how this is any different than politicians e.g. Hockey renting his own family's (his wife) house in canberra and claiming entitlements. I forgot to say this is ofc a lib-approved rort.
Back to top	IP Logged

Aussie

Gold Member

Offline

OzPolitic

Posts: 39685
Gender: male

Re: Child care swapping.
Reply #4 - Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:07pm

Saul Goodman wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:01pm:

I can see the Governments point though it is a form of double dipping.

Child Swapping is a funny term not sure what it means, I thought this was about facility owners putting their kids in their facility and getting the rebate as well

Does it actually say it precludes them from putting their kids in another child care facility not owned by themselves and receiving the rebate Aussie?

I don't know as the details are sketchy given the content of the Article. The expression 'child swapping' is used as though we all would intuitively know what that actually means. I am making assumptions as I said in the OP.

Back to top

IP Logged

Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39685 Gender:	Re: Child care swapping. Reply #5 - Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:08pm stunspore wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2016 at 1:05pm: Not sure how this is any different than politicians e.g. Hockey renting his own family's (his wife) house in canberra and claiming entitlements. That was an analogy which sprang to my mind as well.
Back to top	IP Logged