Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00140:section:3
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Provision Reference: s 3
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3  Objects
 (1) The object of this Act is to support remuneration increases for workers in the early childhood education and care sector, a sector that provides an essential service, in order to:
 (a) address current workforce shortages by helping to attract and retain early childhood education and care workers; and
 (b) contribute to the ongoing professionalisation of the early childhood education and care sector; and
 (c) ensure that early childhood education and care remains accessible and affordable to families; and
 (d) encourage good faith bargaining and the making of enterprise agreements in the early childhood education and care sector.
 (2) Another object of this Act is to implement Australia's international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child done at New York on 20 November 1989.
Note: The Convention on the Rights of the Child is in Australian Treaty Series 1991 No. 4 ([1991] ATS 4) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).