Summer special: How Childcare Reforms Could Help Power the Economic Recovery with Jay Weatherill and Kate Carnell
In our summer special series, we bring you some of our favourite guests from the Australia Institute’s webinar series in 2020. In this episode, host Ebony Bennett talks to Jay Weatherill, Kate Carnell and Richard Denniss about how an affordable, accessible early learning system could help power Australia’s economic recovery.
The full webinar is available on the Australia Institute’s YouTube channel here.
Host: Ebony Bennett // @ebony_bennett
Guests:
Jay Weatherill, CEO of Thrive by Five, Minderoo Foundation // @JayWeatherill
Kate Carnell, Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman // @KateCarnellAus
Richard Denniss, chief economist, The Australia Institute // @RDNS_TAI
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Theme music is by Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum
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