Throughout 2021, Australian governments and sector stakeholders closely collaborated to develop Shaping our future, a ten-year strategy to ensure a sustainable, high-quality children’s education and care workforce.

In August 2022, Education Ministers endorsed the plan, detailing how the 21 national workforce actions will be progressed, monitored and reviewed, including 13 short-term actions to be progressed by the end of 2024.

Implementation is a collective responsibility between all stakeholders and requires collaborative effort to achieve the strategy’s objectives. Representatives from all governments, the children’s education and care sector and key national stakeholders will continue to be involved in the implementation and evaluation of the strategy to ensure it remains fit for purpose over the next decade.