FDCA Pre-Election Forum

Join Family Day Care Australia (FDCA) CEO Andrew Paterson on Wednesday 23 April live at 4.00pm AEST, as he hosts a Pre-Election Forum with The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education and Angie Bell MP, the Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education.

The forum will explore how the next Australia Government can leverage the capacity and unique strengths of the family day care sector to better meet the needs of children, families and communities across Australia.

The forum will be streamed live across all FDCA’s channels, including FDCA’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Before the Pre-Election Forum, we encourage you to read FDCA’s Request for Election Policy Commitments for the Family Day Care Sector document, which outlines our key policy, program and funding reform priorities presented to Australia’s major political parties and forms the basis for our pre-election advocacy efforts.

Shape the Conversation

We will be calling on the Minister and Shadow Minister to articulate their vision for family day care in the broader ECEC landscape into the future and how, if elected, their government’s policies will support this vision.

As a member of FDCA, your voice forms part of our collective effort to promote, support and represent the sector as the only national advocacy body for family day care.

As such, we invite you to help shape the conversation and with your input

Questions can be addressed to both or either representative and should focus on the key issues relating to the provision of family day care that are significant to you, your service, and the children, families and communities you support.

To submit your question, please click here.

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Please note: due to limited time, it may not be possible to present all submitted questions during the forum. Additionally, while there may be time during the event for a live Q&A from viewers, this will be limited.

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