The biggest names in Australian ECE have already written our brief.
Goodstart. G8 Education. The Senate Inquiry. ACECQA. The University of Sydney. The IEU. Every one of them has said — in public, on the record — exactly what the sector needs. Below is what they said, with sources, and exactly how Simply Safe Connect™ ticks each box.
Ticked. Today. On the record.
The National Register went live 27 Feb 2026. We sync. Goodstart calls it 'invaluable'. G8 calls the continuous-checking layer essential. We are it.
University of Sydney: <30% of educator time is in focused interaction. We give that back. One-tap observation, AI mapping, no duplication.
ACECQA, the Senate, IEU — all asking for lived safety. Our evidence trail is the by-product of doing the work properly.
Tuned on EYLF V2.0 and NQS element schema. Educator language in, regulator-readable evidence out. Live and working today at /try-it.
National Model Code on devices and images — ticked. Room educator, casual, parent, director: each sees exactly and only what they should.
I’m not building a product to be sold. I’m building the thing I needed at 4pm yesterday, when a child needed me and a clipboard wanted me. The rest of this page is the evidence — because the educators I work with deserve a product that’s been measured against the sector’s own words.
Nine sourced asks. Nine ticks.
Each quote is real, publicly available, and linked. Each tick maps to a feature we have either shipped or have mapped in the MVP.
- 01 · the ask
“A national educators register represents a big step forward in making children safe — it will be invaluable.”
Media release welcoming the $189M federal commitment to a national Worker Register. The register went live 27 February 2026.SourceGoodstart Early Learning (CEO Dr Ros Baxter, ~700 services)Australia's largest not-for-profit ECE provider22 August 2025How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Worker Register sync, day one
Built against the national NQA ITS schema. Every educator, role, status and movement updates the register without re-entry.
- Casual & rotating workforce safe
Live competency view, induction sign-off, who can supervise what — today.
- 02 · the ask
“G8 Education welcomes the Federal Government’s investment in child safety and the National Continuous Checking Capability.”
Public statement supporting federal child-safety investment and continuous worker-checking infrastructure.SourceG8 Education (ASX-listed, 430+ centres)Largest listed ECE operator in Australia14 November 2025How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Continuous, live safety — not periodic audit
Evidence trail is emitted by daily practice. Audit becomes a query, not a project.
- Device & image discipline (National Model Code)
Role-scoped privacy by schema. Only the right eyes see the right child, at the right time.
- 03 · the ask
“Prioritise closer integration of law enforcement into current child safety reforms, to allow a more joined-up approach to child safety.”
Recommendation 1 of the March 2026 Senate Report on quality and safety in ECEC.SourceSenate Inquiry — Quality and safety of Australia’s ECEC systemParliament of Australia, Education and Employment CommitteeMarch 2026How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Incident chain-of-custody
Every incident is timestamped, scoped, escalated by policy — not by chance. Exportable to regulators in one click.
- Joined-up evidence
One record, four audiences: educator, director, regulator, parent — each seeing exactly what they should.
- 04 · the ask
“Childcare educators spend less than 30% of their time in focused interaction with children.”
Australian-first survey of ECE workload demands and unpaid hours, published open-access in The Australian Educational Researcher.SourceUniversity of Sydney — Harper, Wilson & McGrath-ChampPeer-reviewed, Australian Educational Researcher16 July 2025How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Return time and presence
One-tap observations, voice-to-EYLF mapping. The paperwork writes itself; the educator looks up.
- Less duplication
Single source of truth. Observation → evidence → NQS element → parent comm — entered once.
- 05 · the ask
“Early childhood educators say safety is ultimately affected as big workloads reduce service quality.”
National wire report on burnout, unpaid hours and quality decline in Australian ECEC.SourceAAP News — national wireIndependent Australian news agency16 July 2025How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Workload is a safety issue — treated as one
We don’t add features for their own sake. Every screen returns minutes to the educator or evidence to the centre.
- 06 · the ask
“Is the amount of documentation you are undertaking causing you stress? Are you writing more just in case you don’t have enough evidence for assessment and rating?”
Bedrock magazine + ACECQA 4-page lift-out: 'Workloads — Better practice, less duplication.'SourceIndependent Education Union of AustraliaPeak union for ECE teachers and educatorsSeptember 2024 — ACECQA-collaborated guideHow Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Evidence-by-living, not evidence-by-quota
Exceeding-practice prompts surface in the day, not in the binder. Documentation matches actual practice — nothing more.
- Confidence at assessment
The NQS evidence trail is already there on the day the assessor arrives. No frantic week-before.
- 07 · the ask
“The regulatory system needs strengthened, continuous, lived child-safety practice — not periodic compliance.”
Findings and recommendations from the national review of child-safety arrangements under the NQF.SourceACECQA Review of Child Safety Arrangements under the NQFFederal regulator — final reportDecember 2023How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Lived safety, not periodic audit
Built around the day. The safety layer runs continuously beneath every observation, every routine, every handover.
- Role-aware by design
Visibility scopes baked into the schema — a retrofit problem for everyone else, a default for us.
- 08 · the ask
“We’re spending more time on documentation than with the children. Every centre wants the same fix.”
Long-running thread — representative of the daily lived experience of room educators across Australia.SourceAussie Childcare Network forums — 'Daily Paperwork'Largest Australian educator-to-educator forumOngoing threads, 2024–2025How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Voice in, evidence out
Speak the observation. AI maps it to EYLF V2.0 + NQS, polishes the narrative, suggests next steps — educator confirms.
- 09 · the ask
“Early childhood is foundational — the system must reflect that with continuous, accountable quality.”
Final report of the SA Royal Commission, which informed national reform momentum.SourceRoyal Commission into ECEC (South Australia) — Final ReportState-level Royal CommissionPublished 2023How Simply Safe Connect™ ticks it- Continuous accountable quality
Centre pulse + exceeding-practice prompts make quality the operating mode, not the inspection mode.
Every box, ticked. With sources.
The sector has already written the brief. We’ve already built against it. Now we want one operator brave enough to bring it home.
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