Submissions Submission to the Early Years Strategy 5 July 2023 Our Early Childhood Development Initiative made a submission to the Government’s Early Years Strategy, which seeks to ‘help the Commonwealth create a more integrated, holistic approach to the early years… Learn more Download
Submissions Submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into early childhood education and care 29 June 2023 The submission to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Early Education & Care articulates the need for a high-quality universal early education and care system Learn more Download
Roundtables & Forums Seventh Early Childhood Development Council meeting 14 December 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… Learn more Download
Submissions Senate Select Committee on Work and Care – Evidence for A Guarantee for Young Children and Families 20 September 2022 On Tuesday 20 September 2022 CPD gave evidence to the Melbourne hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care Learn more Download
Reports & Papers Starting now: First steps to a universal early childhood system 30 July 2022 Starting Now is a briefing paper from the Centre for Policy Development that sets out a roadmap to a universal, accessible and affordable early childhood system that families can rely… Learn more Download
Reports & Papers Invest in impact: 2022 impact report 3 June 2022 Our research expertise and network of senior decision-makers is creating enduring systemic change. Find out more in CPD's Impact Report 2022 Learn more Download
Roundtables & Forums Starting Better Launch – Centre for Policy Development 7 February 2022 CPD and Parliamentary Friends of Early Childhood hosted the virtual industry launch of Starting Better: A Guarantee for Young Children and Families on Monday 7 February. Attended by by more… Learn more
Reports & Papers Starting better: A guarantee for young children and families 21 November 2021 Starting Better is a landmark 2021 report charting a decade of holistic reform to make Australia the best place to be a child and raise a family Learn more Download
