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2023 Award Winners

2023 National Winners

2023 Educator of the Year - Stephanie Hoy, West Country Family Day Care Scheme, South Australia

2023 Coordinator of the Year - Chamalee Prathiraja, Communities@Work Family Day Care, Australian Capital Territory

2023 Service of the Year - Nature Alliance Family Day Care, Western Australia

2023 National Finalists

Educator Finalists

ACT/NSW - Josephine Mesiti, Camden Family Day Care, New South Wales

NT/QLD - Cecile Miel, Kentish Family Day Care, Northern Territory

SA/WA - Stephanie Hoy, West Country Family Day Care Scheme, South Australia

TAS/VIC - Martha Smith, Baw Baw Shire Family Day Care, Victoria

Coordinator Finalists

ACT/NSW - Chamalee Prathiraja, Communities@Work Family Day Care, Australian Capital Territory

NT/QLD - Victoria Edmond, Rainbow Bridge Family Day Care, Queensland

SA/WA - Samantha Folan, Community Vision Family Day Care, Western Australia

TAS/VIC - Donna Klitscher, Uniting Family Day Care - Wimmera, Victoria

Service Finalists

ACT/NSW - Greater Hume Children Services, New South Wales

NT/QLD - Beenleigh Family Day Care, Queensland

SA/WA - Nature Alliance Family Day Care, Western Australia

TAS/VIC - Windermere Family Day Care, Victoria

2023 Star Award Winners

Emerging Star Award Winners

Educator - Courtney Fijolek, Connections Family Day Care, Western Australia

Coordinator - Maxine Burr, Family Day Care Tasmania, Tasmania

Service - Fraser Coast Family Day Care, Queensland

Perpetual Star Award Winners

Educator - Merrilyn Hannaford, Hills Murraylands Family Day Care Scheme, South Australia

Coordinator - Deanne Burr, Greater Hume Children Services, New South Wales

Service - Dubbo Family Day Care, New South Wales

2023 Regional Educator Award Winners

ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA

Australian Capital Territory

Neha Sharma - North Canberra, Communities@Work Family Day Care and In-Home Care

Leah Uttley - South Canberra, Communities@Work Family Day Care and In-Home Care

New South Wales

Tabitha Woonings - Albury Wodonga & Murray, Greater Hume Children Services

Mary-Louise McDonald - Blue Mountains & Central West, Cabonne Family Day Care

Angelika Shariev - CBD, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs, Waverley Family Day Care

Sheridan-Lee Motbey - Coffs Harbour & North Coast, Nambucca Valley Family Day Care

Shirley Edwards - Dubbo & Central, Cabonne Family Day Care

Maryann Zammit - Far West & Central North, Far West Family Day Care

Anna Haley - Gosford & Central Coast, Inspired Family Day Care

Louise May Hill - Goulburn & Southern Tablelands, Goulburn Family Day Care

Alison Maree Barrett - Lismore & Far North West, Clarence Childhood Services

Julia Jeffs - Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Inspired Family Day Care

Melissa Murphy - North Shore & Northern Beaches, Family Day Care Sydney Wide

Jeongin Yi - North West & Hills District , CASS Family Day Care

Eun Jung Hwang - Parramatta & Western Suburbs, Ku-Ring-Gai Family Day Care

Melissa Bennett - Port Macquarie & Mid North Coast, Kempsey Family Day Care & In Home Care

Emma Turnbull - Richmond & Hawkesbury, Collective Family Day Care

Jennifer Yin - Ryde & Macquarie Park, CCA Family Day Care

Josephine Mesiti - South West & M5 Corridor, Camden Family Day Care

Jillian Critchley - Southern Suburbs & Sutherland Shire, Collective Family Day Care

Paula Pauling - Tamworth & North West, Tamworth Family Day Care

Samantha King - Tumut, Southern Highlands & Snowy, Natural Choice Family Day Care

Michelle Fabris - Wagga Wagga & Riverina, Country Children's Early Learning

Alison Burns - Wollongong, Illawarra & South Coast, Eurobodalla Family Day Care

Northern Territory

Narieta Tinaikulabu - Alice Springs, Alice Springs Family Day Care

Cecile Miel - Darwin, Kentish Family Day Care

Queensland

Andrea Gallagher Nichols - Brisbane North/Sunshine Coast, Kids at Home Family Day Care

Chantelle Deller - Brisbane South, Beaucare Family Day Care

Danielle Cramond - Brisbane West/Ipswich/Boonah, Building Futures Care

Sharon Edwards - Cairns & Far North, Enhance Family Day Care - Brisbane Community

Nicole Armstrong - Logan/Redlands/Gold Coast, Rainbow Bridge Family Day Care

Katherine Beil - Mount Isa/Western Qld, Holistic Approach Family Day Care

Belinda Hackney - Rockhampton/Central Qld, Southern Cross Family Day Care

Alecia Richards - Toowoomba/Darling Downs/Somerset/Lockyer, Choices Family Day Care

Josephine Robertson - Townsville/Northern Qld, Bowen/Collinsville Family Day Care

Alison Ramke - Wide Bay/Hervey Bay/Maryborough, Kids at Home Family Day Care

South Australia

Dawn Soares - Adelaide, Southern Districts Family Day Care Scheme

Merrilyn Hannaford - Adelaide Hills & Barossa , Hills Murraylands Family Day Care Scheme

Rachel Smith - Mt Gambier & Limestone Coast, Rachel's Home Child Care

Antoinette Lines - Riverland & Murray Mallee, Foundations Family Day Care

Stephanie Hoy - Whyalla & Eyre Peninsula, West Country Family Day Care Scheme

Tasmania

Rachel Mcguire - Devonport & North West, Family Day Care Tasmania

Dorka Kabaivanof - Hobart & South, Uniting Family Day Care Tasmania

Susanna Haberle - Launceston & North, Family Day Care Tasmania

Victoria

Martha Smith - Bairnsdale & Gippsland, Baw Baw Shire Family Day Care

Allison Evans - Ballarat & Central Highlands, Wyndham Early Learning Family Day Care

Rosanne Ferdinand - Bayside & South Eastern Suburbs, Wyndham Early Learning Family Day Care

Casey Seidel - Bendigo, Goldfields & Macedon Ranges, Bendigo Family Day Care

Sumara McEvoy - Eastern Suburbs, Ignite Minds

Tania Locke - Geelong & Great Ocean Road, City Of Greater Geelong Family Day Care

Sarah Miles - Horsham & Grampians, Uniting Family Day Care - Wimmera

Michelle Oellermann - Mildura & Murray, Intereach Family Day Care

Josephine Pierce - Mornington Peninsula & Bass Coast, Windermere Family Day Care

Joanne Konwalow - Northern Suburbs, Our Village Family Childcare

Melanie Quinn - Shepparton & Goulburn Valley, Murrindindi Family Day Care

Alecia Payne - Traralgon & La Trobe Valley, Holistic Approach Family Day Care

Julie Borneman - Western Suburbs, Wyndham Early Learning Family Day Care

Hannah Harris - Yarra Valley & High Country, Inspired Family Day Care

Western Australia

Angela Jenks - Albany & Great Southern, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Elizabeth Stanger - Broome & Kimberley, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Jacquelin Sims - Bunbury & South West, YMCA Family Day Care Service

Frances Svilicich - CBD, Inner & Western Suburbs, Wanslea Metropolitan Family Day Care

Tracey Salsman - Eastern Suburbs, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Carolyn Moffatt - Fremantle & Southern Suburbs, Aussie Kidz Family Day Care

Sri Morgan - Geraldton, Gascoyne & Midwest, Elite Family Day Care

Jessica O'Connor - Kalgoorlie, Goldfields & Esperance, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Stacey Ann Gallagher - Mandurah & Peel, City Of Cockburn Family Day Care

Tanya Lee Phillips - Northam & Wheatbelt, Willi Wag Tails Family Day Care

Courtney Fijolek - Northern Suburbs & Joondalup, Connections Family Day Care

Patricia Raulf - Port Hedland, Karratha & Pilbara, YMCA Family Day Care

Paige Rowe - Rockingham & Kwinana, Elite Family Day Care