Response to the Productivity Commission into ECEC

The Centre for Community Child Health welcomes the Productivity Commission’s plan for universal early childhood education and care (ECEC). 

This comprehensive inquiry provides a clear path for ensuring that Australia’s ECEC system truly meets the needs of children and families, aiming to reduce inequities and set every child on a path to lifelong good health, education and wellbeing. 

We are proud that our research, along with the Restacking the Odds and National Child and Family Hubs Network (the Network) initiatives, contributed to the Commission’s final report and recommendations. 

‘As a Centre focused on reducing inequities in children’s outcomes, we are strongly encouraged by the Productivity Commission’s acknowledgment that high-quality ECEC can improve outcomes for children, particularly those experiencing disadvantage. 

We know that services need support to deliver high-quality affordable services. An ECEC policy research agenda that reveals whether reforms are making a difference for children and families would support and guide efforts to provide high-quality care.’ 

Prof Sharon Goldfeld AM
Director, Centre for Community Child Health

 

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