Submission to the Inquiry into the Thriving Kids Initiative
October 2025
With 12.5% of Australian children starting school developmentally vulnerable in two or more key developmental domains, Thriving Kids must be a system-level response that delivers on the principles of equity and inclusiveness.
In our submission to the Inquiry into the Thriving Kids initiative, we suggest Thriving Kids be centred around three core elements to make better use of the existing service systems:
