The Australian Government has announced fee relief for the Victorian families using child care who will be impacted by the Victorian Government’s COVID-19 lockdown announcement on 7 July 2020.

As mentioned in the media statement, the government will allow all services located in areas subject to Stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions, including metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, to waive parent gap fees if children are not attending child care for COVID-related reasons from Monday 13 July.

For more information see the Minister’s media release.