Early Childhood Development Council – 7th Meeting – 29 November 2022
The seventh meeting of the Early Childhood Development Council was held in Canberra at Parliament House on Tuesday 29 November 2022. The council brings together senior policymakers from every Australian jurisdiction, policy researchers, industry...
MEDIA RELEASE: CPD Welcomes NSW Government Investment in Early Childhood as National Reform Consensus Gathers Momentum
Announcement indicates emerging consensus on the importance, scale and collaborative nature of early childhood reform Precedes NSW Ministerial participation in June Early Childhood Development Council Investments reflect the aims of CPD’s 2021 Starting Better...
Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood Development CPD’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Initiative aims to elevate children on the national policy agenda by developing a vision for an integrated ECD system that will deliver benefits for children, families...
New Materials: Early Childhood Initiative Evidence Pack 1
CPD’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Initiative is pleased to release its first evidence pack: ‘Building the Case for Reform’. The evidence pack has been adapted from materials prepared by the CPD team for the...
Georgia Wilkinson (Policy Advisor – Early Childhood Initiative)
Georgia has previously worked as a graduate research assistant at Leipzig University and interned at the European Democracy Lab in Berlin. Georgia completed a Bachelor of Arts in French and Germanic studies at the...
Introducing CPD’s Early Childhood Development Initiative
CPD’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Initiative aims to elevate children on the national policy agenda by developing a vision for an integrated ECD system that will deliver benefits for children, families and communities, particularly...
Jen Jackson: Early childhood educators are leaving in droves. Here are 3 ways to keep them, and attract more
Published in The Conversation on 15 January 2021 Childcare centres across Australia are suffering staff shortages, which have been exacerbated by the COVID crisis. Many childcare workers across Australia left when parents started pulling their...
Leslie Loble (Co-Chair, Council on Early Childhood Development)
Leslie Loble is Co-Chair of the Council on Early Childhood Development and Fellow at the Centre for Policy Development. Leslie Loble served as a Deputy Secretary in the NSW Department of Education for 20 years,...
The Case for National Investment in Early Childhood
Graham Vimpani urges the government to focus its energies on investing in early childhood. He argues that the early years of development are the most critical and that the investment will bring dividends for...
MEDIA RELEASE: CPD Welcomes Joint Commitment to Transform Early Education
CPD Welcomes Joint Commitment to Transform Early Education Announcements are a critical, long-term commitment to improve outcomes for children and families across New South Wales and Victoria Demonstrates the opportunity and importance of collaboration...