Newsletters 2024
Week 111: Have your say on Early Childhood Education and Care
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Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) system is broken. It’s inaccessible and unaffordable, with couples paying two-thirds more of their wages for childcare than the OECD average. Here in North Sydney, parents pay up to $200 per child per day, and still struggle to secure suitable spots for their kids. It's holding back our economy. Without reliable ECEC, parents — predominantly women — are locked out of the workforce. According to the Australia Institute in 2022, we're missing out on an estimated $168 billion in national GDP by failing to provide Nordic-style universal care. And it's fundamentally unfair. 90 per cent of a child’s brain development happens by age 5, but ECEC simply isn’t an option for many Australian families, particularly those who are already socioeconomically disadvantaged. How can we claim to be delivering a "fair go" for all Australians if 1 in 5 children are going into primary school already behind We need to strengthen our ECEC sector, and we need your help. Next month, my team and I will host our second deliberative democracy forum, bringing together a small, randomly selected group of North Sydney residents to consider the evidence and come up with an ECEC policy proposal for Federal Parliament. Please check your mail to see if you have been selected for the forum. RSVPs close on Tuesday. If you have not been selected this time round, I still do want to hear from you. What ECEC challenges have you experienced and what do you think we should do to strengthen the sector? Please submit your feedback and ideas here. Congratulations to everyone who stood in last week's council elections, for helping to strengthen our democracy by giving the public an option to vote for. It was great to see our community engaged in important conversations about issues, candidates and their policies in recent weeks. Finally, thank you as always for working with me towards a stronger, fairer, prosperous Australia — particularly those who attended our community forum on the proposed social media ban last night. It was incredibly helpful to have parents, young Australians, and youth mental health experts all together in one room, discussing potential solutions in an open and constructive way. If there's one thing I took away from TeamTINK's Community Celebration in Longueville last weekend, it's that our community remains absolutely dedicated to a better way of doing politics. And we still have so much to give. As I said on Sunday, the AEC's decision is not the end of our Independent North Sydney. It's just the end of the beginning!
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Kylea at the Northern Suburbs Netball Association Grand Finals earlier this month.
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The North Sydney Childcare Forum is seeking practical and effective policy solutions to improve the affordability and accessibility of Early Childhood Education and Care. We'd love to hear from you: to improve ECEC affordability and accessibility, what’s the one big policy idea that you think we should push Canberra to consider? Have your say here. |
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A Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care Bill 2024 [Provisions] is inviting members of the public to weigh in on the Government's proposed reforms. Click here to find out more about the proposed reforms, and make a submission here by Monday 30 September. |
WHAT'S ON IN NORTH SYDNEY |
SAT 21 SEPNORTHSIDE PRODUCE MARKET: BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOURSWHERE:
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TUE 24 SEPTECH-SAVVY SENIORS: INTRODUCTION TO IPADWHERE:
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THU 26 SEPNSW SAVINGS FINDER PROGRAMWHERE:
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🚨 BEWARE OF SCAMS 🚨 |
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Scams can affect anyone. Australia Post has asked individuals and businesses to beware of identity theft and AusPost-themed scams. You can report suspicious emails, calls or messages to [email protected] and find out more here. For those who missed our Scams & Financial Security community seminars earlier this year, ScamWatch is running a workshop with the Anglican Parish of Hunters Hill on Friday 27 September, 2pm at All Saints Church. You can register to attend by contacting the church at [email protected] or 9817 2168. |
VALE LEX MARINOS |
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As an iconic Australian actor in the cult TV series Kingswood Country, Lex Marinos was a fundamental part of my childhood. But it's what he was like in real life that I will remember best. Lex was incredibly compassionate, passionate, intelligent and loyal. He was there from the beginning supporting our fight to make North Sydney independent again. I was so grateful for his support, wisdom and counsel. Lex's respect for First Nations culture, dedication to Australian arts, and love for his family, friends and community ensured he was someone who was deeply loved, and someone who will be dearly missed. To Anne, their family and friends, I offer my condolences, love and support. While we are all better for having known Lex, the world is a little sadder for having lost him. Vale Lex Marinos. |
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IN THE NEWS |
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Smeared as agents of chaos, independents are playing an increasingly influential role in Australian politics - ABC News 18 September 2024. ABC's Annabel Crabb analyses the impact that community independents have had in the 47th Parliament of Australia, with one minister acknowledging that the Teals have "stirred up our back bench". Kylea's last hurrah: Electoral watchdog tweaks boundaries and scraps North Sydney - The Weekly Times, 18 September 2024. Local media coverage of the Australian Electoral Commission's boundary redistribution decision and TeamTINK's community gathering. North Sydney MP calls for AEC reform after seat abolished - ABC Radio, 16 September 2024. Kylea tells ABC's Craig Reucassel that she is disappointed that the two seats abolished — North Sydney and Higgins — were held by women. "I believe the AEC was working within the framework that it currently has, but I can't help but think that that framework is flawed," she says. |
Other relevant posts
Week 113: Now's the time to electrify everything
Week 112: Evidence-based policymaking and an update on aircraft noise over Hunters Hill
Week 111: Have your say on Early Childhood Education and Care
Week 110: The clock is ticking. Our work continues.
A message from Kylea on the AEC's new electoral boundaries
Week 109: The biggest thing you can do for society is to have your say
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