The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) is calling on small and medium-sized early learning providers to urgently participate in the Australian Government’s Services Delivery Prices (SDP) project, warning that insufficient participation could result in future funding decisions failing to reflect the true costs of operating independent services.

The Australian Childcare Alliance supports the Fraser Foundation’s Voice of the Educator Survey 2026, a national initiative designed to capture the lived experiences, pressures and priorities of Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce.