This report contains the ACCC’s findings and recommendations related to the impact of the Cheaper Child Care reforms, prices, costs, profits, competition within childcare markets and subsidies and price regulation models. It also contains further analysis of family day care and in home care services, and summarises the feedback provided to the ACCC from stakeholders...

These consultation papers have been released to gather information to help review pricing arrangements and price limits that registered providers charge for disability support services.

The consultation focused on five key areas of consumer information transparency, with the aim of improving the quality and accessibility of information available for consumers to make informed choices about the products they purchase.

On average the 128 councils in NSW raise about a third of their revenue through rates. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) determines how much each council’s total rates revenue can increase each year through the rate peg. This report outlines a new methodology to determine council rates.

This second interim report makes draft findings and recommendations regarding the costs of providing childcare services, the nature of competition in childcare markets, the profitability and viability of the sector, and the effectiveness of Australia’s existing price regulation mechanisms in aiding affordability of childcare.