13 April 2026

National Child Safety Reforms

Consultation for the next round of proposed National Child Safety Reforms is now open.

To support services to understand the proposed changes across seven reform areas, the Office for Early Childhood Development (OECD) is hosting a webinar on Thursday 16 April 2026 from 10:00am -11:00am.

Register for OECD’s webinar: National Child Safety Reforms - webinar registration

Services are also encouraged to complete the national online survey here. The survey closes on 28 April 2026.

National Child Safety training consultation workshops

National Child Safety training is now mandatory under the National Law for all people working or volunteering in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services regulated under the National Quality Framework.

The training supports the ECEC workforce to understand their child safety obligations, strengthen preventative practices, and reduce risk of harm to children.

Developed by the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP) in partnership with the Queensland Government, on behalf of all Australian states and territories and the Australian Government, the Foundation training has been available since 27 February 2026. Work on the Advanced training is currently underway. 

As part of this next phase, you are invited to participate in upcoming consultation sessions. These sessions will provide an early look at the Advanced courses and an opportunity to help refine the content before it is finalised.

Want to be involved?

Workforce members can register for one of 6 x 2-hour online consultation workshops.

Participation is voluntary, and attendance at only one session is necessary.

To register for a consultation workshop, visit the ACCP website.

For more information about the training visit the National Child Safety Training website.