Life's Lottery
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Life's Lottery
People working to change systems from the ground up — community leaders, researchers, activists and practitioners. Through short series and conversations, you’ll hear big ideas, urgent debates, and practical examples of community-led solutions in action. This podcast was previously called Life's Lo...
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16. Introducing My Language My Country
Around 350 languages are spoken in homes across Australia, yet we see ourselves as an English-speaking country.
And we tend to understand Aborig...
15. Life's Lottery becomes Change the Story
Life’s Lottery is changing.
Change the Story is the next chapter - a podcast about what it takes to create real social change.
Where Life’...
S2 EP8 A better start: game-changing preschool reform in NSW & VIC
Jeni Whalan hosts a discussion on the recent commitments from both NSW and Victoria to deliver a year of universal play-based learning for children in...
S2 EP7 Evidence is not enough: a review of Backing Kids
In this bonus episode, hosts Jeni Whalan and Glyn Davis examine the insights gained across this season of conversations about putting children at the...
S2 EP6 Children at the centre: looking overseas
‘Never again’ were words that echoed around the world in the wake of the second world war.
Organisations were formed with the explicit aim of r...
S2 EP5 Strong in culture: backing Indigenous kids
First Nations children in Australia are some of the most disadvantaged and disenfranchised in our society. But they’re also on a journey of discovery,...
S2 EP4 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, so why isn’t action around this at the top of the national ag...
S2 EP3 Building blocks for life: public health and kids
The first five years of a child’s life are crucial for developmental outcomes and long term health. Paediatrician and leading child health researcher,...
S2 EP2 Kids and the Federal Budget
We debrief the 2022 Federal Budget to explore how children are reflected in the national economic plan.
Amanda Robbins and Alicia Mollaun from E...
S2 EP1 Children in the national conversation
We live in a wealthy nation but the experiences of Australian children are diverse, with many experiencing real challenges in their everyday lives. Tw...
S2 EP0 Introducing season 2: Backing Kids
In season 2 of Life’s Lottery we explore how we can best support and back children through better policy making and public investment.
How do w...
S1 EP5 The challenge to philanthropy
If we want to inform better public policy to end poverty and disadvantage, hard data and facts are more important than ever.
This sets up both a...
S1 EP4 Collective impact: communities driving change
No major social problem has a single cause so why would a single approach or organisation be able to solve it? Collective Impact starts with social ob...
S1 EP3 Parents in prison
Most people in jail have experienced disadvantage at some point in their lives, and it’s a legacy that often passes from parent to child.
Could...
S1 EP2 Possibility thinking
We examine systems change and possibility thinking with a leader in the field.
Charlie Leadbeater is a creative systems innovator who works wit...
S1 EP1 On merit
Australians believe our country is the land of the fair go. A meritocracy where if you work hard you can be successful, no matter what circumstances y...
S1 EP0 Introducing Life’s Lottery
Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences can last a lifetime. A child born into disadvantage today will struggle to break out in adulthood - no...