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Lisa A. Bryant

@poliscigrl.bsky.social

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Professor of Political Science, election admin/election science, public opinion/political behavior, & gender and representation. 2024-26 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.

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Who is doing the advocating?

And for whom? When I first started in an advocacy position in this sector, it was pretty clear who the advocacy bodies were and who they represented.

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A lot of stuff is happening in NSW...

So maybe I can summarise the important bits for busy people. CEOS of corporate and private equity providers grilled at public hearing.

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When will governments say 'maybe we shouldn't be trusting these companies to provide education and care'?

Could there be any clearer evidence that early education and care in corporate and private equity hands is not about children? Have you seen the headlines in the last few days? From the ABC: “Childcare giant G8 cut unorthodox $26 million deal with Darren Misquitta's Genius despite warnings.” From the Age/SMH: “Childcare executive told worried parents to stop being emotional in wake of sex abuse charges”.

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Why do the things that get created to keep children safe inadvertently make them less safe?

By increasing the workload of directors and educators... Yesterday a big new Bill was presented to the NSW Parliament - the Children (Education and Care Services National Law Application) Amendment Bill 2025).

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Is today the day the obliteration is complete?

Sometimes I don’t know what the answer is but I know there is a question that needs to be asked. They were always an impediment to capitalism once laws were introduced stopping them from being used as actual labourers. Somehow they needed to be cared for and prepared for their roles as future workers. Schools then childcare centres, then education and care centres, were developed.

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Three headlines, in two days...

From just one state. From just one state.

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My plea to let educators do their job.

What I said in my opening remarks to the NSW Legislative House Inquiry into the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in NSW. What I said in my opening remarks to the NSW Legislative House Inquiry into the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in NSW.

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Red tape, reform, and the real cost of bureaucracy

Every new regulatory or bureaucratic requirement introduced to ensure private equity and corporate providers do the right thing by children also impacts small, standalone, community-based services. Every new regulatory or bureaucratic requirement introduced to ensure private equity and corporate providers do the right thing by children also impacts small, standalone, community-based services.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · Sep 29

*SEN. FEINSTEIN HAS PASSED AWAY AT 90: PUNCHBOWL

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cass ✨ @starsetbyte.lol · Oct 12

if you woke up tomorrow with one non standard superpower what would it be

none of that super strength, invisibility, etc.

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cstewartiii.bsky.social @cstewartiii.bsky.social · Oct 26

@MITelectionlab has published a series of white papers detailing the state of the field in 7 areas of election administration. The goal is to identify best practices and holes in the literature that would lead to better elections. Check it out:

electionlab.mit.edu

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So how do we keep paedophiles out of early education and care?

Maybe the horrible, unwelcome, unbearable answer is: we can’t. Based on what educators, services and the media have revealed this week, that’s where we seem to be.

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Unsafe by Design: The Big Business of Early Education and Care in Australia

CCTV won't make children safe in our education and care services, structural reform that attacks the root causes of why they are not, might. CCTV won't make children safe in our education and care services, structural reform that attacks the root causes of why they are not, might.

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Many of us already knew the childcare sector was in crisis. The question is: what are we going to do about it?

Is it finally time for bold, radical action? I know what I think. The absolute minimum a parent should expect when dropping off their child at an early childhood education and care centre is that their child will be cared for and safe. But according to shocking allegations, reported on Tuesday, that basic expectation may not have been met for at least some children in Victorian childca…

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