As the peak body of NSW's early childhood education and care sector, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW welcomes new entrants and those interested in joining our ever-growing early childhood education and care (aka childcare) sector!

Our New Entrants Evenings bring together sector leaders and experts to provide participants have invaluable insights into the sector, its opportunities, the challenges as well as individuals as well as organisations that can assist and support your journey.

For this first New Entrants Evening of 2025, Bartier Perry and ACA NSW invite you to participate:

• on Thursday, 3 July 2025

• at Level 25, 161 Castlereagh Street, Sydney CBD

• from 5.30 pm for 6.30 pm start

• at 6.30 pm - A welcome by Bartier Perry and a presentation on effective tax and commercial business structures
• at 6.50 pm - A presentation by ACA NSW President (Lyn Connolly) to provide sector insights and its future, including the Approved Providers approval process
• at 7.10 pm - An interactive panel discussion & Q&A (as well as introducing our suppliers)
• at 7.30 pm - Networking till 8.30 pm (including attending suppliers to the sector)

• COST is $30.00* per person (inc GST) (mainly to cover hospitality)

• Drinks and a light dinner will be provided.

* NOTE: The ticket price can be credited towards the ACA NSW membership fee

upon becoming a member of ACA NSW. Attendees present will also receive

a 45% discount off our video training for the Approved Providers test.

Our presenters and leaders will discuss:

• Where are the upcoming opportunities and challenges (including oversupply vs undersupply)?
• What could the new directions be of the Federal & NSW Governments, including:

1. the Commonwealth's $3.6 billion Worker Retention Payment grants to pay for increasing educators/teachers' pay by 10-15%
2. the Fair Work Commission's wage increases for early childhood educators by 9.4% to 27.8%
3. the 100+50 new/upgraded preschools on school grounds by 2027
4. the $5.7b Childcare and Economic Opportunity Fund (to financially support new services in uneconomic areas)
5. what could universal childcare look like after the Federal Election

• What are the most efficient tax and legal business structures to use?
• What are the future possible funding arrangements?
• How to navigate the building sector, planning laws and local governments?
• ... and many more!

Lyn Connolly is the President of ACA NSW and an Approved Provider who has operated nine early childhood education and care services for over 40 years. She is also the elected President of ACA NSW, the peak body representing over 1,600 predominantly small-to-medium-sized, family-owned early childhood education and care services. These services employ more than 25,000 staff and educate and care for over 125,000 children and their families.

ACA and ACA NSW engage with all three tiers of government and their agencies — including Departments of Education, Treasuries, Planning NSW, the NSW Department of Health, Productivity Commissions, the ACCC, and more.

More presenters TBA...

Have a peek into what happened at previous New Entrance Evenings!