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Lisa Bryant

Three things I’d fix as Australia’s (fantasy) minister for early education and childcare

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‘Fewer Australian children have access to early education and care than children in other countries’ says Lisa Bryant. Photograph: Evgeniia Siiankovskaia/Getty Images

I’m an early education and care (childcare) policy nerd. I’m sure nerds in other policy areas would be familiar with a game I play – it’s one where I fantasise that I’ve suddenly been appointed as the minister for my special policy area. How would I prioritise what’s most important?

So much needs to be done in childcare in Australia that choosing just three things to work on first would be really hard.

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