Working with Children Checks, the worker register and compliance for early childhood education and care.
A plain guide to Australia's 2026 childcare child safety reforms: mandatory child safety training, personal device rules, the CCTV trial and reportable conduct, and what they mean for your records.
A plain guide to Cert III, Diploma and ECT qualifications under the National Quality Framework, the actively-working-towards rules, ratios, first aid and screening.
How screening works in family day care: a Working With Children Check for the educator and every adult who lives at the home, plus the Certificate III rule.
What the childcare worker register (NECWR) is, who must be registered, and the sighting obligations it places on approved providers and nominated supervisors.
OSHC has no national qualification rule like centre-based ECEC, but full Working With Children Check, child-protection and first aid obligations still apply. Here's the patchwork explained.
Reportable conduct schemes require organisations to notify an oversight body about allegations against workers. Where they apply in Australia, and what childcare and care providers must do.
How early childhood teacher registration works in Australia, the state teacher regulatory authorities, and how it differs from the WWCC and ACECQA qualification rules.
Every Australian state and territory runs its own Working With Children Check, with different names and validity periods. Here is the full breakdown.