National Child Safety Reforms Online Information Session

National Child Safety Reforms Online Information Session

Early childhood providers, service leaders and educators are invited to join Children’s Education and Care Assurance (CECA) for an online information session about National Child Safety Reforms for 2026.

Details

Date: Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm

Location: Microsoft Teams online meeting invite

Background information

In December 2023, ACECQA published the Review of Child Safety Arrangements under the NQF (the Review), undertaken at the request of Education Ministers.

As part of their response to the Review, Education Ministers have agreed to several changes to the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Standard (NQS).

Some changes took effect in December 2025 and on 1 January 2026. Further changes commence on 27 February 2026. These include mandatory child safety and child protection training and introduction of the early childhood education and care workforce register.

Changes will:

• strengthen the safety, quality, and accountability of early childhood services
• give families greater confidence in the care and education their children receive
• ensure providers continue to meet the highest standards of safety and professionalism.

To learn more about these changes visit: Quality and safety - Department of Education, Australian Government

Questions

Participants are encouraged to submit questions prior to the information session so that the session can be tailored. Questions can be submitted by emailing: CECA.EducateandInform@act.gov.au

Questions can also be submitted through the chat function during the session.

Videoconference Log-in

Log-in details for the videoconferencing platform (Microsoft Teams) will be sent to the email address provided when you register on Eventbrite. Please check your inbox (including spam/junk folders) for these details prior to the session start time.

For more information about how to join a Microsoft Teams meeting visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/join-a-meeting-in-teams-1613bb53-f3fa-431e-85a9-d6a91e3468c9

Registration details

Participants are required to add full names of all attendees when registering for this event.

If names of participants are not entered or several people are booked under the same details, CECA reserve the right to cancel the registration.