Mitchell Institute

The Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy at Victoria University is one of the country's leading education and health policy think tanks and trusted thought leaders.

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Effective integration of health promotion in early childhood education care settings

3 August 2020

Increasing incidence of chronic disease and mental illness threatens to overwhelm Australia’s health budget. Many of these issues have their roots in childhood, so health promotion in early childhood is essential.

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Papers

Self-care: a game changer for everyone's health

24 July 2020

Australians have been urged to practise self-care and to ‘do our bit’ to protect ourselves and the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper highlights the key self-care learnings from the pandemic.

Increasing the childcare subsidy will help struggling families — & the economy

17 July 2020

As the Commonwealth's early childhood education relief package comes to an end, new analysis shows the financial hit to families could mean children miss out on support that's critical for their healthy development.

JobTrainer explained: What is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?

16 July 2020

The Mitchell Institute's Peter Hurley explores the details of the Commonwealth Government's new skills package and whether the policy goes far enough.