A ‘think tank’ on early childhood education policy met with Professor Gordon Cleveland, a world-leading Canadian economist from the University of Toronto, at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Bathurst Campus last week. Professor Cleveland, who specialises in early childhood education and care policy, contributed to discussions about the implications of current government policy towards early childhood education. Jennifer Sumsion, Professor of Early Childhood Education from CSU’s Faculty of Education, said, “The forum participants included academics from a range of universities and personnel from the non-government sector and unions. They agreed to identify a research agenda for investigating issues that need to be considered as a result of a market-driven approach to the provision of early childhood education and care in Australia.”