i am a family day care carer as well i depending on which scheme the carer is with each carer have different fee i charge $5 per hour and 35c admin fee. that fee goes by each childs individual contracts and if there do any addition hours out side there contract i charge a casual rate of $6 for every hour and every parents end total for the week is different it depends on the ccb, how many hours they do and how many children they have in care. so every carer is different and all depnds on the scheme as well. hope that helps