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Life's Lottery

Life's Lottery


Life's Lottery

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Length:
15 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

Backing Kids, the second season of Life’s Lottery, explores how Australian society values children and childhood. Kids are our future, but they’re rarely at the centre when it comes to the decisions that really matter. What would it take to truly put kids at the heart of policy, of budgets, and broader public work? 
We’ll hear the voices of advocates, experts, children and their parents and caregivers with bright and practical ideas about how we can improve kids’ health and wellbeing. We’ll dive deep into the Federal Budget and explore how it does, and doesn’t, reflect the realisation of children’s rights. We’ll hear about how young First Nations voices have informed policy development to improve the lives of First Nations kids. We’ll consider how place-based, universally accessible services could better reach vulnerable families and improve the wellbeing of all children. 
Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted children’s physical and mental health, their education, and exacerbated the challenges faced by the most vulnerable. There has never been a better time to talk about how we could better back our kids and improve their odds in Life’s Lottery.
Produced by The Paul Ramsay Foundation and UTS Impact Studios.
Visit lifeslottery.com.au to learn more.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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S2/E8 A better start: game-changing preschool reform in NSW & VIC

In this bonus episode, Jeni Whalan hosts a discussion on the recent commitments from bo...

25 minutes
Jun 29, 2022

S2/E7 Evidence is not enough: a review of Backing Kids

In this bonus episode, hosts Jeni Whalan and Glyn Davis examine the insights gained acr...

27 minutes
Jun 06, 2022

S2/E6 Children at the centre: looking overseas

‘Never again’ were words that echoed around the world in the wake of the second world w...

38 minutes
Apr 25, 2022

S2/E5 Strong in culture: backing Indigenous kids

First Nations children in Australia are some of the most disadvantaged and disenfranchi...

38 minutes
Apr 18, 2022

S2/E4 A pram walk from every home: the case for a universal early learning system

We know what children need in their first five years to develop to their full potential...

34 minutes
Apr 11, 2022

S2/E3 Building blocks for life: public health and kids

The first five years of a child’s life are crucial for developmental outcomes and long ...

32 minutes
Apr 04, 2022

S2/E2 Kids and the Federal Budget

We debrief the 2022 Federal Budget to explore how children are reflected in the nationa...

31 minutes
Mar 31, 2022

S2/E1 Children in the national conversation

We live in a wealthy nation but the experiences of Australian children are diverse, wit...

34 minutes
Mar 21, 2022

S2/Introducing season 2: Backing Kids

In season 2 of Life’s Lottery we explore how we can best support and back children thro...

2 minutes
Mar 14, 2022

S1/E5 The challenge to philanthropy

If we want to inform better public policy to end poverty and disadvantage, hard data an...

35 minutes
Nov 22, 2021