Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia) (12:23): I move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges: (i) the important work early childhood educators and childcare staff around the country do in helping care for our young children, (ii) that early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a critical component of lifelong learning, (iii) that ECEC workers are trusted and skilled carers and educators, and (iv) that ECEC educators and staff, earning as low as $21 per hour, are underpaid for the important job they dedicate their lives to; and (b) supports: (i) the early childhood educators and workers taking part in the largest walk-off industrial action on 7 September 2017, and (ii) a 35 per cent pay increase to ECEC educators' and workers' salaries.