Question: Can child care service providers increase there administrative fees?

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:
Has information about temporary childcare facility closures. Doesn't mention administrative fees at all.
This answer talks about closure and re-opening.This does not address the question about the possibility of fees being raised.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Child Enrolments, Attendance and Absences
What is the out of pocket fee waiver?
section_content: Ordinarily, when Child Care Subsidy operates, providers are required to
recover the out of pocket fees from families, even if the child is absent from
care. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the sector has reported significant
decreases in attendance. To support families and the sector, for the period 23
March to 5 April 2020, providers were able to waive out of pocket fees for
families where a service remained open, but children were absent.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Talks about waiving fees, but doesn't address whether centers can raise administrative fees.
This does not directly nor give any hint to the answering the question of can fees be raised. This talks about fees yes, but only in the context that they can be waived and some fees have been reported reduced.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Families
section_headers: Child Care Subsidy and child care
section_content: You won’t need to pay child care fees when you access child care between 6
April and 28 June 2020.
During this time, you should:

enrol or re-enrol your child with a service
keep your child enrolled
continue using child care as you need.

If you need to enrol or re-enrol your child you should talk to your child care
service. You’ll also need to confirm their
enrolment
with us.
If you need to find a child care service, you can use the Child Care
Finder website.
What else you need to know is different if:

you were getting Child Care Subsidy before 6 April 2020
you’re new to child care.

If you were getting Child Care Subsidy before 6 April 2020
You won’t get Child Care Subsidy and Additional Child Care Subsidy during this
time. But you should make sure you stay eligible for Child Care
Subsidy, for example
by:

continuing to care for your child at least 14% of the time
meeting immunisation requirements
telling us if you have a change in your circumstances.

On 29 June 2020, your Child Care Subsidy will start again as long as you stay
eligible. There’s nothing you’ll need to do to start it again.
You should continue to update your family income
estimate as necessary, especially if you get Family Tax Benefit.
Fees before 6 April 2020
Your child care service may waive your out of pocket fees between 23 March and
5 April 2020. You should speak to them about this.
Absences before 6 April 2020
Due to coronavirus, you have 20 extra absences per child for the 2019-20
financial year. This means you can get up to 62 absences this year for any
reason.
Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) Temporary Financial Hardship claims
before 6 April 2020
If you’ve already claimed ACCS Temporary Financial Hardship, we can only pay
it to 5 April 2020.
There’s no need to claim it between 6 April and 28 June 2020 as you won’t need
to pay fees.
Centrepay deductions
If you pay your fees through
Centrepay, remember to check
your deductions. You can suspend or cancel them if you need.
Use our online help guides to either suspend your
deduction or cancel your
deduction.
If you’re new to child care
You may want to start getting Child Care Subsidy when it starts again on 29
June 2020.
You should claim now,
even though we won’t pay it until late June.
Read more about if you’re new to child care.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has information aimed mainly at parents. Doesn't discuss raising administrative fees specifically.
This answer references child care fees in the context of they may be waived. It does not answer the question asking can the fees be increased.

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