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Education and Care Quality Authority.  \nCopyright in this resource (including, without limitation, text, images, logos, icons, information, data, documents, pages and images) (“the material”) is owned or licensed by us.  \nCopyright in material provided by Commonwealth, State or Territory agencies, private individuals or organisations may belong to those agencies, individuals or organisations and be licensed to us.  \nSubject to any contrary statement on relevant material, you may use any of the material in this resource for your personal and non-commercial use or use on behalf of your organisation for non-commercial purposes, provided that an appropriate acknowledgement is made (including by retaining this notice where the whole or any part is reproduced or used without material alteration), and the material is not subjected to derogatory treatment.  \nApart from any other use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), all other rights are reserved.  \nRequests and enquiries concerning further authorisation should be addressed to:  \nThe Copyright Officer, ACECQA PO Box A292, SYDNEY NSW 1235 or emailed to [copyright@acecqa.gov.au](copyright@acecqa.gov.au).  \nComments and suggestions regarding this publication are welcomed and should be forwarded to ACECQA.  \nPublished by ACECQA ABN 59 372 786 746  \nLevel 6, 175 Liverpool Street, Sydney NSW 2000 [Web: www.acecqa.gov.au](Web: www.acecqa.gov.au)  \nEmail: [info@acecqa.gov.au](info@acecqa.gov.au)  \nMedia [enquiries: media@acecqa.gov.au](enquiries: media@acecqa.gov.au)  \nContents  \nGlossary ............................................................................................................... 4  \n1 Executive summary ........................................................................................ 7  \n1.1 Background .......................................................................................... 7  \n1.2 Participating services 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