In 2025 alone, Australian children lost an estimated 800,000 days of early learning due to climate-related closures of early childhood education and care services. Floods, bushfires, storms and extreme heat are already disrupting the services children rely on to learn, grow and thrive, and the impacts are not felt equally. Children in disadvantaged and climate-exposed […]
A call for all changemakers to centre Indigenous Knowledge Systems in systems change, this paper shares insights from cross-cultural work and outlines decolonised approaches that strengthen justice, perspective-taking and impact. From the abstract: The growing interest in using Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) to addresssystems change and champion intergenerational justice in Australia has startedto find ways […]
Australia has the economic, social and political conditions needed for every child to thrive — but the latest data shows not every child currently has that opportunity. This report highlights genuine progress: early childhood education enrolment is rising, key health indicators like immunisation coverage and low birth weight rates remain strong, and the signing of […]
