Boosting Equity and Safety for Australia’s Children - The Equity Co-Lab Boosting Equity and Safety for Australia’s Children Emeritus Professor Andrew Scott, Deakin University, has delivered a powerful speech during day one of The Equity CoLab Summit, held on Kabi Kabi Cou...

Here’s a link to a speech I’ve just given to a social policy conference: equitycolab.org/boosting-equ...
I caution it contains distressing subject matter as it discusses things needed to tackle the current childcare crisis in Australia.

The Unquiet Grave by @dervlamctiernan.bsky.social = highly imaginative, ambitious, successful crime novel: riveting plot, full of surprises + insights to the world in which we live. Australia + its relative attractions mentioned in this 6th novel by Dervla set in the Ireland in which she was born.

The planned August roundtable must tackle things that stop early learning being universal + affordable. See e.g. Nobel prize economist Prof James Heckman: every $ invested in quality early learning = $7-12 dollars back to society; + Dr Angela Jackson’s report ‘Throwing Good Money after Bad’...

I'm pleased the PM’s speech today highlighted how “Australians voted for new investment + new reform in every stage of education from” – or starting with – “early childhood”, + how “education enriches our human potential” starting with “UNIVERSAL AFFORDABLE EARLY LEARNING”.

Thank you @pcdoherty.bsky.social As the author of this artice you've posted I've just moved over to this platform (from that other place) and I look forward to interacting again with you here, and with all people interested in tackling neoliberal economics with egalitarian social democratic policies