Karen Thorpe

Academic researcher and group leader in child development, education and care at the Queensland Brain Institute who studies early childhood education and gave evidence to the Senate inquiry on the sector's quality and safety.

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Mar 9, 2026 • 55min

Giving parents more choice in child care and saying goodbye at a living funeral

Christine Bagley-Jones, a resident psychologist on judgment and compassion. Julian Warnock, who organised a living wake to celebrate his wife while she was terminally ill. Professor Karen Thorpe, child development researcher who studies early childhood quality and safety. Cecilia Cobb, founder of For Parents campaigning to let subsidies follow parents. They discuss expanding childcare subsidy choices, evidence and safety for non‑centre care, and the meaning and logistics of living funerals.

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