Jacki Hayes Jacki Hayes was program director in the Early Childhood Development Initiative at the Centre for Policy Development
Gabi Burman Gabi Burman was a strategic adviser to the Early Childhood Development Program at the Centre for Policy Development
The eight skills that predict how a child will perform in primary school tests The AERO report comes as NSW and Victorian governments are ramping up investment in preschool education, while the Productivity Commission is due to release a draft report into early childhood education and care in November.
Georgia Wilkinson Georgia Wilkinson is a policy adviser for the Early Childhood Development Initiative at the Centre for Policy Development
Leslie Loble Professor Leslie Loble AM is Co-Chair of the Early Childhood Development Council and a Centre for Policy Development Fellow
Starting Better receives massive support from ECEC sector advocates A number of major early childhood education and care (ECEC) advocacy bodies, including Early Childhood Australia and the United Workers Union have spoken out in support of a new report released today by the Centre for Policy Development
New Measuring What Matters data a key ingredient for guiding long-term economic reform CPD welcomes today’s release of the updated Measuring What Matters dashboard by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). As the government commits to key economic reforms on the back of its Economic Reform Roundtable, this release is a timely reminder of the need to track how Australians are faring, alongside topline productivity and GDP.
CPD welcomes new Productivity Commission care economy report, urges government to build on reform momentum CPD welcomes the Productivity Commission’s interim report Delivering Quality Care More Efficiently, and urges the government to adopt its key recommendations while going further with purpose-driven reforms that put the value of care services at the centre of Australia’s productivity agenda.
Productivity with Purpose: Clear pathways to a more equitable future Productivity with Purpose is a report from the Centre for Policy Development that lays out practical reforms for tying productivity to outcomes that Australians value.
