JOSH BURNS MP

Member for Macnamara 

Saving Windsor Community Children's Centre

A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will commit $4.3 million to ensure the future of Windsor Community Children’s Centre (WCCC).

This election commitment will go towards ensuring that the centre on Union Street in Windsor can continue to provide exceptional early education to the local community.

It would be delivered in partnership with the City of Stonnington.

The centre is non-for-profit and currently serves 80 local families with many more on its waitlist.

WCCC is a unique and well-loved provider of affordable childcare and early education which has managed to achieve an “exceeding” National Quality Standards rating, making it a standout provider in the region.

The WCCC is uniquely placed to provide significant green space for children in an area where most families live in apartments.

This funding follows on from the Albanese Labor Government’s record commitment to the sector, investing $5 billion towards building a universal early childhood education and care system. This includes:

• $3.6 billion to lift the wages of early educators through the Worker Retention Payment, benefitting up to 200,000 early childhood educators and teachers.
  
  
• $1.0 billion to establish the Building Early Education Fund to increase the supply of high-quality early childhood education and care places across Australia, especially in priority and under-served markets.
  
  
• $426.6 million for the new 3 Day Guarantee, which replaces the Child Care Subsidy Activity Test to ensure families are eligible for at least 3 days a week of subsidies for early childhood education and care.
  
  

Consistent with past practice, election commitments will be delivered in line with Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles.

Comments attributable to Josh Burns MP:

“I have been blown away by how the Windsor community has come together to support this vital community run childcare centre.

“I am proud to have stood with them throughout this journey, and I am even prouder to commit to saving the centre.

“Every leader and every minister I have brought to visit WCCC has left with an understanding of just how special this childcare centre truly is.

“It’s more than a place kids come to learn; it’s the beating heart of the local community.

“It has taken a village to get us here today, countless meetings, endless engagement and constant advocacy from the local community.

“I am so proud that we are in a position to deliver this critical funding to support and maintain early education and childcare services in Windsor.” 

Comments attributable to Melina Sehr JP, Mayor, City of Stonnington:

“In this area, demand modelling shows an additional 534 childcare placements are required by 2036 to meet placement expectations.

“In partnering with the City of Stonnington to provide more childcare placements, Josh Burns MP has provided critical support to deliver accessible, affordable care to the children of Stonnington and their families”.

“This funding would ensure the provision of early years programs to support families in the western end of the municipality, helping us to deliver or preserve over 60+ placements in our community”.

WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL 2025