2025 ACA NSW Regional Meetings

2025 Schedule for Regional Meetings:

• Central Coast - Monday, 10 March 2025
• Wollongong - Monday, 28 July 2025 (TICKETS RELEASED SOON)
• Newcastle - Monday, 11 August 2025 (TICKETS RELEASED SOON)
• Coffs Harbour - Monday, 8 September 2025 (TICKETS RELEASED SOON)

For 2025, ACA NSW will host Regional Meetings in-person at NSW’s regional centres (ie Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Central Coast and Wollongong).

ACA NSW Regional Meetings will ensure will ensure delicious food and refreshing drinks are matched with re-inspiring the inner souls and minds of Approved Providers!

And unlike boring and rigid meetings, meaningful and lively discussions and exchanges about our sector's challenges, solutions, successes as well as concerns are anticipated. 

Please note that this feature will be free for ACA NSW members. Attendance of non-members is at a nominal fee to cover food and drinks.

Members and non-members can ask and discuss anything, including the following topics, at ACA NSW Regional Meetings:   

• Federal Government’s Worker Retention Payments to pay for 10%-15% of Award increases
• Gender Undervaluation Case (and its implementation)
• What could/will Universal Childcare mean and when
• NSW's new Independent Regulatory Authority for NSW
• 12 recommendations from the Independent Review of the NSW Regulatory Authority
• Other issues:
• NSW IPART's Report on locations of ECEC undersupply
• NSW Government's 100+50 new/upgraded preschools on school grounds
• Quality Ratings vs Australian Early Development Census
• Preschool Outcomes Measure & children's outcomes
• Potential regulatory changes
• Essential housing for essential educators/teachers
• Workers compensation reform
• Fairer & lower Payroll Taxes for ECEC services
• … and general discussion (if any)

Who will normally be presenting:

• Lyn Connolly, President, ACA NSW
• Chiang Lim, CEO, ACA NSW
• Rachael Massoud, MSO, ACA NSW
• Potential guest(s)

Ticket Prices for ACA NSW's Regional Meetings

• ACA NSW members - FREE
• Non-members - $50 inc GST per person (link to join)

For more information/clarification, please contact the ACA NSW team via 1300 556 330 or nsw@childcarealliance.org.au.