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!
ACA NSW’s New Entrants Evening objective is to bring together sector leaders and experts to provide participants with invaluable insights into the sector, its opportunities, the challenges as well as introducing individuals and organisations that can assist and support your journey. We are also grateful to our partners and sponsors as without them, it would not be possible to conduct these events. We hope you find the evening inspiring and valuable, including the opportunity to meet and network with like-minded individuals and future partners and suppliers.
Our presenters and leaders will discuss:
Learn these and much more… and connect with sector leaders and suppliers too!
For this first New Entrants Evening of 2026, PwC and ACA NSW invite you to participate:
Date and Time:
Thursday, 12 March 2026
at Level 11, 169 Macquarie St, Paramatta, Sydney
Event Schedule:
5.30 pm Door open. Food & drinks upon arrival.
6.00 pm Chiang Lim (ACA NSW) - Welcome and sector overview
6.20 pm Chris Chaing (PwC) & Tamara Brown (PwC) - Presentation on tax and commercial business structures
7.00 pm Interactive Q&A
7.30 pm Food & drinks provided.
$20 early bird tickets are available until COB Wednesday, 28 February 2026.
* NOTE: The early bird ticket price provides a $50 value that 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.
• COST is $20.00* per person (inc GST) (mainly to contribute toward hospitality)
• Drinks and a light dinner will be provided.
Presenters:
Chiang Lim joined ACA NSW in 2016. He brings over 25 years of senior executive experience from government, not-for-profit, industry associations, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), business insurance, defence, information technology and telecommunications sectors. At ACA NSW, he serves as our representative at the NSW Department of Education’s Early Childhood Advisory Group, the NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian and the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). ACA NSW’s advocacies include children's and preschool children's outcomes, quality ratings, child protection, qualifications, vocational and tertiary training, compliance, emergency/evacuation protocols in high-density buildings, transparency of reporting, legislative/regulatory reforms, funding, COVID, as well as planning and development.
Chris Chaing is a Director in PwC’s Private Clients practice with over 12 years experience in providing business and tax advisory services to privately owned businesses, their owners and their family. This includes business structuring, tax due diligence, tax consulting, business advisory, tax controversy and tax compliance. Chris has experience working with large multi-centre child care groups, through to single centre Approved Providers, assisting with their structuring, tax planning and tax compliance.
Tamara Brown is a Partner in PwC’s Private Clients practice with 20 years of experience working with privately-owned groups to help them grow and realise value. In recent years, Tamara has led the firm’s childcare practice - presenting at many key child care seminars with respect to strategy, growth and benchmarking as well personally acting for a number of childcare groups across Australia.
