For 2024, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW will conduct at least 8 webinar-based and 2 face-to-face What's the Buzz (Members-Only) Meetings, providing ACA NSW Members with timely updates about the latest announcements, issues and solutions relevant to NSW-based early childhood education and care services. This is a free member benefit.
For the upcoming ACA NSW What's the Buzz (Members-Only) Meetings, the types of topics that will be presented/discussed include (in no particular order):
- Federal Government’s Worker Retention Payments & Supported Bargaining Process
- Labour shortages
- Child Protection
-
Commonwealth's Productivity Commission Inquiry into Child Care
- ACCC’s Final Report on Childcare Inquiry
- NSW IPART's Inquiry into Childcare
- NSW Childcare and Economic Opportunity Fund
- NSW Government's 100+50 new/upgraded preschools on school grounds
- Preschool OSHC
- Preschool Outcomes Measure
- Breaches/Non-Compliances
- Assessment & Ratings
- NQF, EYLF/MTOP, National Law, National Regulations, NSW Waiver Policy etc
-
Start Strong funding (including Affordable Preschool funding & 3-Year-Old Trial funding)
- Artificial Intelligence
-
New Food Safety requirements deferred to begin on 8 December 2024
- … and more
Who will be presenting:
- Chiang Lim, CEO, Australian Childcare Alliance NSW
Scheduled What's the Buzz Meetings:
- Monday, 5 February 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Recorded Video
- Monday, 25 March 2024 (In-Person) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm
- Friday, 5 April 2024 (Webinar) - 10.00am - 12.00pm - Recorded Video
- Monday, 6 May 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Recorded Video
- Monday, 3 June 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Recorded Video
- Monday, 1 July 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Recorded Video
- Friday, 9 August 2024 (Webinar) - 10.00am - 12.00pm - Recorded Video
-
Monday, 2 September 2024 (In-Person) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm
- Monday, 9 September 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30 pm - Recorded Video
- Monday, 14 October 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Recorded Video
- Monday, 4 November 2024 (Webinar) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Recorded Video
For any further information/clarification, please contact the ACA NSW team on 1300 556 330 or nsw@childcarealliance.org.au.