Question: Who decides if our early childhood education and care service has to close due to COVID-19, and what should we do after shutting down?

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: COVID-19 health advice for providers and services
Who will inform our early childhood education and care service if it is required to close?
section_content: Closures are a decision that will be made, and advised, by state and territory
governments. Usually this is their health department, but it may come from the
state regulatory authority.
Services directed to shut down because of COVID-19 should follow standard
processes for activating a period of local
emergency.
If you close your early childhood education and care service, either
voluntarily or as directed by a state or territory regulatory or health
authority on public health advice or for other valid health and safety
reasons, you must notify your state regulatory authority within 24 hours.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer mentions educational facilities being closed.  It also mentions who would be in charge of shutting them down.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information that decision for early childhood education and care service closures are made by state and territory governments and services have notify the state regulatory authority after shutting down.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package–information for providers and services
What do I need to do if my service has to temporarily close or has reopened? 
section_content: If your service is required to temporarily close for any reason you must
report the closure and re-opening. Failure to report a re-opening may impact
your Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package payments. You must
report your service closure and re-opening in a timely manner, clearly stating
the reason for the closure to the following authorities within 24 hours:

your state or territory regulatory authority; and
the Department of Education, Skills and Employment in your state or territory (contact details below).

Contact details for state and territory offices

New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory CCSAssessments-NSWACT@dese.gov.au
Victoria CCSAssessments-VIC@dese.gov.au
Queensland CCSAssessments-QLD@dese.gov.au
Western Australia CCSAssessments-WA@dese.gov.au
South Australia ChildcareSA@dese.gov.au
Tasmania ChildcareTasmania@dese.gov.au
Northern Territory ChildcareNT@dese.gov.au


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer talks about shutting down an educational facility, but it doesn't talk or say who would shut it down.
This only answers the question partially. The question is asking for information on who decides the closure of early childhood education and care service and what to do afterwards. However, the answer only provides information on what the service has to do after the closure, which is to report the closure and re-opening to the appropriate authority and does not provide any information on who makes the decision to close the service.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package–information for providers and services
How do we respond to families who had previously taken their children out of care for health and safety reasons who now wish to return their child to care?
section_content: Under the Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package, services must
prioritise care to children of essential workers, vulnerable and disadvantaged
children, and children who were previously enrolled.
Where services choose to accept new enrolments and increase attendance where
parents request it, they are able to apply for Exceptional Circumstance
Supplementary Payments, where the current level of attendance is higher than
the reference period, to meet the demand for child care up to their service’s
full capacity.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer is irrelevant to the question. The question is asking for information on early childhood education and care service closure as well as actions to be taken afterwards. However, the answer provides information on whom services should prioritize their care to and the eligibility to apply for Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary Payments.
This answer talks about schools having to close, but it doesn't say who would be in charge of closing the schools.

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