In the 2026-27 ACT Budget, the Government announced $11.4 million over four years to strengthen the regulation of early childhood education and care in the ACT, including through a more than 50 per cent increase in staffing for the regulator, Children’s Education and Care Assurance (CECA). This followed my sustained public advocacy for increased resourcing for the regulator and a motion I brought to the Assembly in early 2026.