Every day, CELA represents the interests of community and small provider members to local, state and federal decision makers. Our advocacy highlights our members’ issues and creates momentum to deliver solutions that support our five advocacy pillars.

Find out about recent major ECEC announcements, and how CELA has helped to shape these transformative changes for the sector, paving the way for a brighter future for children, families, and educators. 

We explore how behaviour guidance (rather than behaviour management), attuned relationships, and contemporary research can help educators in supporting children to navigate big emotions.  

Wondering what the Start Strong Funding 2025 means for families and early education providers in NSW?

This article pulls out key elements of the NSW Government's Start Strong Funding 2025 initiative, which is part of the Affordable Preschool Program. It gives a summary of key features of the guidelines including fee relief, funding options for long day care and community preschools, and extra support for disadvantaged groups.

Employers, educators and teachers signed the first national supported bargaining agreement with the Federal Government yesterday. 

Read a summary of what occurred and view the photos. 

Understanding neurodiversity is to appreciate the multitude of differences in our human minds—and to build a world that embraces and supports everyone’s unique brain. 

CELA Early Education Specialist Jen Boddy explores what neurodiversity is, the benefits of understanding it, and how we can communicate with children about neurodiversity.