New Regulator and Worker Register for Early Childhood Education
Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority Bill 2025
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Topics
childcare workers data privacy early childhood education information security worker registration
Introduced by: The Hon Ben Carroll MP (ALP); The Hon Lizzie Blandthorn MLC (ALP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority establishes and maintains the Victorian Early Childhood Worker Register.
Criminal offences are created for accessing, using, or disclosing information from the Victorian Early Childhood Worker Register without authorisation.
The Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority can direct early childhood service providers to provide information for the Register.
Early childhood service providers must comply with notices to provide information for the Register.
The Education Minister is prohibited from recommending a person for appointment as the Early Childhood Regulator if that person is an insolvent under administration, a member of parliament, a local councillor, or has a conviction for an indictable offence.