Member Initiatives

Family Day Care Australia is excited to announce that nominations for the 2020 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards are now open.

Family Day Care Australia was disappointed by the stories run across various news outlets over the weekend. This coverage regarding a small group of unscrupulous 'operators' continues to unfairly taint the reputation of our sector, which is made up of fantastic educators and services that go above and beyond to support families and provide high quality outcomes for children all across Australia.

Family Day Care Australia was proud to announce the National Award Winners in the Excellence in Family Day Care Awards at the awards Gala Dinner that was held in Hobart on Saturday night.Now in its eighth year, the awards highlight the incredible work completed by family day care educators,coordinators and services each and every day.

Family Day Care Australia is proud today to release an industry-first study into the family day care workforce in Australia: Attracting the next generation of family day care educators. The study, which drew on the feedback and insights of 1,288 current family day care educators across Australia, explored the current socio-demographic profile of family day care educators.

On 13 May 2019 Family Day Care Australia made a submission to the WA Dept of Communities in response to the recently released Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement (CRIS) on family day care residences with swimming pools, spas and water features in WA. The CRIS was developed to canvas proposed changes to regulations and other policy options to address recommendations made by Coroner Sarah Linton following the inquest into the tragic drowning of Lachlan James Mitchell at his family day care service on 9 November 2015.

From 6-12 May 2019, family day care educators, services, families and children from all around Australia came together to celebrate the important role family day care plays not only in their communities, but in shaping and supporting the lives, hopes and dreams of hundreds of thousands of children around the country.

Following a successful week in 2018, National Family Day Care Week is back again in 2019 and Family Day Care Australia is calling on the entire family day care sector to join in on the celebrations! Now in its seventh consecutive year, National Family Day Care Week will run from Monday 6 May through to Sunday 12 May 2019.

Family Day Care Australia, the national peak body for the family day care, is calling on the Australian government to reframe its approach and its language in its dealings with the family day care sector. The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Education, today announced a $52 million investment targeting “rorters and fraudsters” while in the same breath, expresses concerns about “giving the sector a bad name.”

On 3 December 2018, the Red Tape Committee released its final report. The final report focuses primarily on the broader policy and process to limit and reduce red tape. However, it confirms that the recommendations from the sector-specific interim reports still stand...