It's our last episode of 2017, so we're taking a look back at a tumultuous year for early childhood education. After a quick round of predictions for 2018, we then take a few questions from listeners.

Thanks to all our listeners who have stuck with us this year! We'll be back in 2018.

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03'07" 2017 Year in Review

This week, we have a quick chat about the now-released Minister's and Secretary's Rules for the new Child Care Package due to start in July 2018, before having a longer discussion about who are the "customers" of early childhood education. Is it families, or children, or even the Government? Are there other ways we could look at the issue?

Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

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03'46" Minister's and Secretary's Rules
13'35" Are families the "customers" of early childhood education?
37'16" Recommendations and Outro

This week, we have a quick chat about the now-released Minister's and Secretary's Rules for the new Child Care Package due to start in July 2018, before having a longer discussion about who are the "customers" of early childhood education. Is it families, or children, or even the Government? Are there other ways we could look at the issue?

Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

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03'46" Minister's and Secretary's Rules

Leanne and Lisa have a chat with the (very) new Federal Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Development Amanda Rishworth MP, who has just taken on the role from Kate Ellis. Amanda talks about her priorities in the role and her concerns about the current Government's approach to early education.

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This week, we bring you the presentations and some guest interviews from the Children's Week event and morning tea hosted by Early Learning Everyone Benefits at Parliament House.

Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

This week, we bring you the presentations and some guest interviews from the Children's Week event and morning tea hosted by Early Learning Everyone Benefits at Parliament House.

Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

Lisa and Liam fly solo again (Leanne will return we promise!) and chat about this year's National Children's Week. The theme this year is about education being focused on developing children as individuals, and we discuss how services could use this opportunity to advocate for early education.

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Lisa and Liam fly solo again (Leanne will return we promise!) and chat about this year's National Children's Week. The theme this year is about education being focused on developing children as individuals, and we discuss how services could use this opportunity to advocate for early education.

Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

Another short episode this week, as Lisa and Liam discuss Lisa's article published this week on ABC News about how profit-seeking landlords are one of the big, undiscussed factors behind rising prices for early education and care.

Click here to read the article.

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Liam has a chat with Sarah Baray, the CEO of Pre-K 4 SA - an innovative and groundbreaking early education program from San Antonio in Texas. Sarah discusses the challenges of securing funding for children's programs, and how it can lift children out of disadvantage.

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