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</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Jane Douglas <<a href="mailto:JDouglas@bsl.org.au" target="_blank">JDouglas@bsl.org.au</a>></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject: FW: Reminder - First Brotherhood of St Laurence Lunchtime Seminar for 2015 - Thursday 5 March, Dr Andrew Scott</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Copies of Andrew Scott’s new book<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Northern Lights: The Positive Policy Example of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Reminder, further information and a special arrangement for purchase Andrew Scott’s book:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#E36C0A">You are invited to the first<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#E36C0A">Brotherhood
of St Laurence Research & Policy Centre Lunchtime Seminar on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Thursday 5 March 2015 from 12.00 noon-1.00pm</u>, at the Brotherhood, 67 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in Father Tucker's Room.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Presenter: Dr Andrew Scott</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; background:#F9F9F9">Lessons for Australia from the early childhood policy achievements of the Nordic European nations</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This presentation will outline how Sweden and other Nordic nations achieve high workforce participation rates for women, and comprehensive, quality and affordable early childhood
education and care (ECEC). It will identify how Australia can also achieve these if the nation now considers and properly develops policies for extensive, publicly-provided ECEC, and for a proper balance between work and family life. The economic as well
as the social benefits for Australia of changing course and learning from the Nordic approach to investing in children will be outlined in detail.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; background:#F9F9F9">Dr Andrew Scott is author of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Northern Lights: The Positive Policy Example of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and
Norway<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>which has just been published by Monash University Publishing. See:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.publishing.monash.edu/books/nl-9781921867927.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:windowtext; background:#F9F9F9">http://www.publishing.monash.edu/books/nl-9781921867927.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; background:#F9F9F9"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>is
Associate Professor in Politics and Policy at Deakin University, Melbourne. He is the author of four previous books and numerous book chapters and articles on aspects of politics, policy and history, frequently involving international comparisons. For several
years Andrew has been researching English-speaking nations’ past interest in – and lessons they can learn from – the policy achievements of the Nordic European nations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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