ACA NSW

ACA NSW Peak body for over 1,600 privately owned NSW early childhood education and care services.

ACA NSW represents, advocates on behalf of and provides collective services for early childhood education and care services throughout New South Wales, representing more than 1,600 registered services across the state. You can read more about our activities and core business at http://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/.

SHARE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT YOUR VIEWS ON CCTV IN ECEC SETTINGShttps://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/latest-news/ac...
03/06/2026

SHARE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT YOUR VIEWS ON CCTV IN ECEC SETTINGS

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/latest-news/aca-national-update/share-with-the-federal-government-your-views-on-cctv-in-ecec-settings

As part of the Federal Government's commitment to improve the safety, health and wellbeing of children in early childhood education and care (ECEC), the government has agreed to undertake a national CCTV Assessment in up to 300 services across Australia (the Assessment)

NOTE: The Federal Government has allocated $15m for the services who participate. The NSW Government also has a parallel CCTV trial with 30 NSW-based services. At this stage, no details are available.

KPMG has been appointed by the Federal Department of Education to conduct an evaluation of the Assessment. As part of this evaluation, services, providers, educators, parents and carers are invited to share their views through a short survey.

Your feedback will help capture a range of different perspectives and ensure that all voices are heard and considered in shaping the future of safety and quality in ECEC settings.

The surveys to both audiences are open now. Participation is voluntary and responses are anonymous.

01/06/2026

DID YOU MISS LAST NIGHT'S MEMBERS-ONLY MEETING?

Topics presented included:

(01) why is oversupply (which increases fees to parents by 40% or more) still occuring
(02) NSW Parliamentary Committee on ECEC
(03) Child Safety reforms (current and future)
(04) Mandatory training until 27 August 2026 and Advanced training from 1 July 2026
(05) Update on CCTV trials (300 nationally and +30 in NSW)
(06) Worker Retention Payments
(07) Federal Budget and future of WRP after November 2026
(08) Latest confirmed breaches
(09) NSW Early Learning Commission
(10) Up to 1,000% increases in annual service licence fees
(11) "Under the roof"/"Across the service" ratios (not in NSW)
(12) Anticipating "universal childcare
(13) Workers Compensation reform .. and more.

ACA NSW members can access both the recorded video and the slides by using their ACA NSW username and password at https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/past-network-meetings

31/05/2026

A NEW RECORD! OVER 850 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AWARDS 2026

www.eeceawards.com.au

The annual Excellence in Early Childhood Education Awards was already the largest awards in NSW and Australia for the early childhood education and care sector.

This year, as of close of nominations last night, a new record has been set with over 850 nominations received!

Thank you to all the Approved Providers, services, Nominated Supervisors, educators, teachers and support teams who have submitted their nominations to be recognised.

The finalists will be announced on Friday, 19 June 2026. And tickets will also be available on 19 June 2026 onwards.

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors: Guild Insurance, Guild Early Learning, KKTC - RTO 40636, NOVA Employment, Huggies, Ranger Jamie Tours and Twinkl!

We look forward to the Gala Night on Saturday, 12 September 2026 when the winners will be announced.

For any further information, please contact [email protected].

MORE DELAYS DISHONOUR MOLLY AND JUSTICE FOR 23 NSW CHILDRENhttps://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/justice-del...
29/05/2026

MORE DELAYS DISHONOUR MOLLY AND JUSTICE FOR 23 NSW CHILDREN

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/justice-delayed-is-justice-denied

ACA NSW has written to the NSW Attorney-General (the Hon Michael Daley MP) expressing how gutted our sector is with respect to the continuing delays with:

* the extradition back to NSW of NSW/Australia's worst pa******le to stand trial for the 180 charges against 23 NSW children. (since August 2023); and

* the sentencing of the murderer of early childhood educator Molly Ticehurst (since April 2024).

For the full article, please visit https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/justice-delayed-is-justice-denied

WHY IS OVERSUPPLY (STILL) OCCURRING?https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/why-oversupply-is-occurring-when-w...
28/05/2026

WHY IS OVERSUPPLY (STILL) OCCURRING?

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/why-oversupply-is-occurring-when-will-it-stop

It ought to be noted that about ten years ago, ACA and ACA NSW may be the very first to identify oversupply of early childhood education and care services and their negative consequences as early as 2016/2017.

In NSW, there are three primary contributors to oversupply:

* the National Competition Policy;
* the NSW State Environmental Planning Policy; and
* the NSW Department of Education's Assessment Panel Decision Making Framework.

For the full article, please visit https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/why-oversupply-is-occurring-when-will-it-stop

OH WHAT AN EVENING! ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL INNER CIRCLE!https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/the-sector-governm...
27/05/2026

OH WHAT AN EVENING! ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL INNER CIRCLE!

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/the-sector-government-representatives-and-agencies-engaging-discussing-and-seeking-solutions

Thank you to ACA NSW members and non-members who attended last night's Inner Circle evening to hear from and engage with:

* Amy Birungi, Director, Cross Government & Partnerships (ECO), NSW Department of Education
* Rachael Ward, NSW Children's Guardian
* Amanda Paton, Australian Centre for Child Protection

Sadly, our industrial lawyer Nigel Ward was held up at the Fair Work Commission and was unable to attend. But ACA NSW CEO Chiang Lim stepped in at last minute.

Thank you also to our sponsors for the evening! You really helped and supported our sector!

* Guild Insurance
* Twinkl
* 1Place Childcare
* QuickCare
* Kids and Traffic

While respecting Chatham House Rules, the topics covered included:

* Child Safety Reforms
* Child Protection & Child Safety Training
* Personal devices ban (especially smartwatches)
* Banning “under the roof” in NSW vs the rest of Australia
* NSW Early Learning Commission
* WWCC compliance activities
* National Early Childhood Worker Registry
* Regulatory and operational workload
* Quality ratings vs children's outcomes
* An alternate approach to reform (eg co-regulation)
* Tax-paying (ie private) vs Non-tax-paying (ie not-for-profit) services
* the future of small-medium size services especially in NSW
* the National Quality Framework since 2012
* the incompleteness of the NSW Parliamentary Committee's Report on ECEC in NSW
* the effectiveness of training by TAFE and other RTOs (incl their respective Job Ready ratings by Skills NSW)
* the current and anticipated reforms in NSW vs the rest of Australia

The next Inner Circle evening will be on Monday evening, 19 October 2026.

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/events/2026-inner-circles

For any further information/clarification/assistance, members can contact the ACA NSW team via 1300 556 330 or [email protected].

NINE (9) NEW ECEC SERVICES AT NSW PUBLIC SCHOOLS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENThttps://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/ne...
26/05/2026

NINE (9) NEW ECEC SERVICES AT NSW PUBLIC SCHOOLS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/nine-9-new-ecec-services-at-nsw-public-schools-funded-by-the-federal-government

Federal Ministers the Hon Jason Clare MP, Senator the Hon Jess Walsh and NSW Deputy Premier the Hon Prue Car MP announced on 21 May 2026 of the Federal Government's $59m funding the creation of 6+3 new early childhood education and care services that will have a projected 400 places (at $147,500 per place)

VALE CAROL ANN BURGESS - A FRIEND OF AND TO ACA NSWhttps://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/vale-carol-burgess-...
24/05/2026

VALE CAROL ANN BURGESS - A FRIEND OF AND TO ACA NSW

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/vale-carol-burgess-a-friend-of-and-to-aca-nsw

Early Childhood Australia's NSW Committee chair Carol Ann Burgess passed away on 5 May 2026.

Carol Burgess and ACA NSW both were members of the NSW Department of Education's Early Childhood Advisory Group since its inception.

Although others would focus on our differences, Carol actively and warmly engaged with ACA NSW's perspectives. Likewise, ACA NSW would similarly reciprocate, building consensus and trust whenever and wherever possible.

It would be safe to conclude that in our respective ways, we also became each other's advocates to others especially when it came to advancing children's outcomes through early childhood education and care.

ACA NSW was represented by CEO Chiang Lim who attended Carol's memorial service and conveyed our members' condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.

We will remember Carol.

WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE ADVANCED CHILD SAFETY TRAINING?https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/what-should-the-a...
21/05/2026

WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE ADVANCED CHILD SAFETY TRAINING?

https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/news-current/what-should-the-advanced-child-safety-training-contain

With apparently the majority of the sector having completed the Mandatory Child Safety Training (Foundational Module), governments are beginning to focus on what the Advanced Module Training would entail.

The responsibility for the content of both the Foundational Module as well as the Advanced Module lies with the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP).

Amanda Paton of the ACCP will already be speaking on the panel at the upcoming ACA NSW Inner Circle evening on 25 May 2026 at Wenty Leagues Club beginning at 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm.

As such, a 1-hour consultation session from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm has been offered to those attending the Inner Circle evening about what could be the content of the Advanced Module (which is anticipated to be available from July 2026 onwards).

Should you be interested in attending the consultation session, please e-mail to [email protected].

For any further information/clarification/assistance, please contact the ACA NSW team via 1300 556 330 or [email protected].

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