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All children and their families have the right to feel welcome and participate in an inclusive education and care service, regardless of their circumstances, strengths, gender, capabilities or diverse ways…

CEO foreword Happy New Year and welcome to our first newsletter for 2025. The beginning of a new year is a common time to reflect on personal and professional lives…

A new approval in principle (AIP) process has been introduced for proposed centre-based services in multi-storey buildings in the ACT and Victoria only. This process applies only to proposed services…

Our 8th NQF Annual Performance Report is now available online. The report focuses on 5 fundamental aspects of the NQF:  Furthering the objectives of the NQF, in 2024, we saw…

Our family focused website, StartingBlocks.gov.au, is the one free national government website for families to find quality children's education and care services. We encourage you to share our useful resources…

This year’s report highlights continuous quality improvement across all seven quality areas of the NQS.

CEO foreword Welcome to our last newsletter for 2024. In our Spring issue, we focused on transitions - from home to early education, early education to school to outside school…

As we head into the warmer months, the following resources may be of interest to families at your service. Explore sun safety resources designed to support services and families throughout…

Find out how to update your service information StartingBlocks.gov.au. StartingBlocks.gov.au is ACECQA’s family focused website, and we encourage families to visit it to find out about quality education and care…

According to the latest National Quality Framework (NQF) Snapshot report, the overall quality of children’s education and care services continues to rise. The percentage of services rated Meeting National Quality…