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This week is NAIDOC Week (Sunday 6 July to Sunday 13 July 2025). Across Australia celebrations and events are being held to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In 2025 NAIDOC Week reaches a milestone of 50 years of honoring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience.This year the theme for NAIDOC Week is, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy.
This theme celebrates both the achievements of the past and the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of young leaders, the vision of communities, and the legacy of ancestors.
The NAIDOC website features a range of educational resources to support learning, along with information about the history of NAIDOC Week and local events. This year National NAIDOC Committee and Culture is Life have partnered with ABC Education to develop the official National NAIDOC Education Resources for 2025.
These resources can be accessed here.
The ABC also has a wide range of NAIDOC Week resources available here on the ABC Kids website.
We at Family Day Care Australia acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, and celebrate their traditions and living cultures.
We encourage members to check their inbox for exclusive member offers that have been sent to FDCA educator and services members for the FDCA 2025 National Conference.
Your 9 July 2025 edition of Family Day Care Matters contains all the details you need to be able to secure your FDCA 2025 National Conference tickets at discounted rates.
All your early learning and networking needs under one roof!
At the FDCA 2025 National Conference, not only will you have access to over 20 unique workshops, tailored to suit the needs of the family day care sector, you also have the rare opportunity to network with fellow family day care professionals from across Australia.
We know that networking and professional learning are two things that can be very difficult to access in the family day care sector, so we’re proud to be able to bring them together via the conference.
To find out more about the FDCA 2025 National Conference, including an amazing lineup of keynote speakers, workshops and more, click here.
FDCA CEO Andrew Paterson recently joined SBS’s Australia Explained podcast to shed light on family day care as a rewarding and flexible home-based business opportunity.
In the episode, Mr Paterson outlines the requirements involved in becoming a registered family day care educator. He also addresses common misconceptions, emphasising that family day care is a professionally regulated form of early childhood education, not just babysitting.
Australia Explained is an SBS podcast designed to help people settle into life in Australia. This episode focuses on how to start your own home-based business.
You can listen to the episode here.
On Tuesday 15 July Early Childhood Australia (ECA) will be hosting a live webinar, Children's Safety and Safeguarding in Early Childhood Settings.
The conversation will be facilitated by ECA CEO, Sam Page, and Catharine Hydon, Director, Hydon Consulting. Sam and Catharine will be joined in conversation by a panel of experts in child sexual abuse prevention, child safety and safeguarding.
Date: Tuesday 15 July
Time: 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm AEST
You can register here.
Child Care Subsidy (CCS) must not be claimed when an educator is caring for close family members. This includes the educator’s or their partner’s:
Educators may be able to report CCS eligible sessions for extended family members (educator’s or their partner’s niece, nephew, cousin, grandchild or great-grandchild) if this is the case the less than 50% rule must be enforced.
When calculating the 50% rule, you must count all children enrolled in a session of care for the fortnight regardless of whether they attended care.
The Australian Government Department of Education has developed a video explaining the rules for family day care educators who care for relatives in their extended family, which you can view here.
FDCA is pleased to announce that our new Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks (NCCHC) service is now available at www.fdcachecks.com.au.
We are also excited to be able to continue to offer an exclusive FDCA members-only discounted price of $41.50! Making our NCCHC Australia’s easiest and best-value check for the family day care sector.
To access your exclusive member discount, click here.
Educator members can access their exclusive discounted rate up to 4 discounted checks per year to use for themselves and/or for adults residing in their homes that may require a check. Services receive up to 20 discounted checks per year to use for service management, staff, educators and/or for adults residing in an educator's home.
As your national peak body, we have been supplying Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) accredited NCCHC’s since 2018 and have supported more than 5,000 members with combined savings of over $50,000.
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