FDCA pre-election commitment requests and responses – 2025

In the lead up to the 2025 federal election, FDCA consulted with members to identify key priorities for the family day care sector. Based on this feedback, we submitted a set of pre-election commitment requests to the major Australian political parties in March 2025, inviting them to respond. submission outlined a range of targeted initiatives designed to better leverage the capacity and unique strengths of the family day care sector.

Our 2025 election commitment requests focused on 12 key priorities essential to ensuring the long-term viability of the sector. These included:

• Arresting the decline in numbers of family day care educators and approved services through strategies to support service viability, reducing administrative burden (at both service and educator level) and supporting sustainable growth in educator numbers.
• Strengthening the financial viability of providing family day care by improving remuneration opportunities (e.g. through higher CCS hourly cap rates) and through targeted supply-side initiatives for services.
• Exploring innovative models of family day care to expand capacity and delivery in areas of need, and for particular cohorts, in partnership with governments, industry, FDCA, approved services and educators.

You can read our full submission and view the responses from the major parties below:

• Request for Election Policy Commitments for the Family Day Care Sector
• ALP Response to FDCA’s Requests for Policy Election Commitments (letter)
• ALP Response to FDCA’s Requests for Policy Election Commitments (Election Commitment Response form)
• LNP Response to FDCA’s Requests for Election Policy Commitments (letter)

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