Lisa Bryant

Writer. Early education and care advocate, NDIS advocate, op-ed writer, slightly awesome.

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

Children are not as safe in childcare centres as they used to. What can families do to keep their children safe? Me in @WomensAgenda

https://t.co/I3J6TvTmZw

[Lisa Bryant @LisaJBryant]

@AlanKohler @abcnews Could not agree more!

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Early childhood reform can’t stop at compliance. Safety and quality depend on educators – pay, training, careers and status must match the responsibility, writes Roger Chao.
#EarlyChildhood #EducationPolicy #Workforce #ChildSafety #Australia
https://t.co/QQ8oJtImp5

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Quadrant, current owner of Affinity, not having a great time. #ozearlyed

https://t.co/exanSnTKkF

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I stand by this.

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An editorial comment.

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A ratings snapshot.

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Ah yes, a quick flip.

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Noted.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

No visibility of Affinity's accounts once it delisted.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

Affinity spent barely two years on the ASX.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

Anchorage wins. Affinity off to private equity land.

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Anchorage enters the fray.

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Finance is ... complicated.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

This was an extraordinary time.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

Ok.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

G8 enters the room. This takeover failed spectacularly, and side note, was directly responsible for Jenny Hutson quitting as Chair of G8. Further side note, Hutson was charged by ASIC for her role in the takeover but that is a whole other story so let's not get distracted.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

Doesn't require further elaboration.

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How did Affinity go as a listed company? Yeah, not great. This was approximately 18 months after listing.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

How did Affinity go as a listed company? Yeah not so good.

[Karl Hessian @KeikoServices]

Me, knowing full well Affinity hadn't modelled the ratio changes, because the whole point of Affinity coming into existence was to allow owners to offload services into a corporate structure and transfer the problem of sorting it out to someone else.