Books & arts
5 November 2024
The case for valuing and protecting “connective labour” in an increasingly automated and disconnected world
Essays & reportage
16 August 2023
A string of scandals and cost-blowouts in social services look a lot like symptoms of a deeper problem
Essays & reportage
2 August 2023
Designed for grandparents wanting to spend time with family in Australia, this new long-stay visa has proved surprisingly unpopular
Essays & reportage
22 June 2023
Why money won’t fix Australia’s broken social services model
National affairs
14 October 2022
A grown-up conversation about how we fund better services is long overdue
National affairs
6 September 2022
One big, vital issue was missing from the Jobs and Skills Summit
Books & arts
10 August 2021
Has business changed the culture of childcare?
National affairs
21 April 2021
Does focusing on the gender gap in retirement incomes miss the bigger picture?
National affairs
8 March 2021
For many women, “Covid normal” isn’t working
National affairs
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
Essays & reportage
6 October 2020
The seventies were a decade of extraordinary social upheaval, writes the presenter of this year’s Ernest Scott Lecture
National affairs
2 September 2020
It’s time to recognise the multiplier effect of investing in early childhood education
Essays & reportage
22 October 2019
Can a successful social investment model be used in aged care and elsewhere?
National affairs
26 February 2019
The Morrison government ignores the case for expanding access to preschool education at its peril
National affairs
25 August 2011
Early childhood policy is in the midst of enormous change, writes Deborah Brennan. But the legacy of a fragmented and incomplete system, and a failure of ambition, mean…
National affairs
8 March 2011
On International Women’s Day, Daniel Nethery examines Australia’s newborn paid parental leave scheme
Podcasts
6 March 2009
Peter Clarke talks to Deborah Brennan about child care policy and the longer term impact of the fall of ABC Learning
National affairs
19 November 2008
Australia has become a case study in how not to run childcare services, writes Deborah Brennan. How did this happen and what should we do about it?