Safeguard the Child Care Subsidy program from fraud and non-compliance.
The Government will undertake additional payment integrity activities to safeguard the Child Care Subsidy program from fraud and non-compliance. This will achieve net savings of $139.4 million over 4 years from 2023-24. Funding of $13.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24 will be provided to the Department of Education to support a range of activities to further reduce fraudulent Child Care Subsidy claims. To support this work, Services Australia will receive a further $5.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24 for their digital forensics capability. The savings from this measure will offset the 2023-24 Budget measure titled Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce and other Government policy priorities in the Education portfolio. Education | This measure builds on the 2022-23 October Budget measure titled Child Care Subsidy Reforms Integrity Package.