Caitlin Sheahan 🇦🇺

@caitlinsheahan

AuDHD | BEdStuds graduate | MAutND student Learning about neurodiversity, mental health, education, sociology, and weight stigma Lived experience with DSP, NDIS, and the mental health and social housing systems. She/her On Wurundjeri Country (Melbourne)

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Caitlin Sheahan 🇦🇺@caitlinsheahan· May 26

www.facebook.com/share/1EWjUA... #SorryDay #AusPol

Caitlin Sheahan 🇦🇺@caitlinsheahan· Apr 29

Such important words from Louise Dorrat! Early childhood services need to prioritise the needs of children, families, and staff, not the profits of shareholders. Follow @lisabryant.bsky.social to learn more. www.facebook.com/share/p/1ATf... #ECEC #AusPol #EarlyChildhood #ChildSafety

A screenshot of a Facebook post by Louise Dorrat. A photo of Louise is in the top left hand corner next to her name. The text reads:

“Hopefully this will stop other developers thinking they can make money from early childhood. I feel for the educators who have lost their job and for children and families having to relocate HOWEVER great news long term.”

The word “however” is in capital letters.

The text continues:

“- These corporate services suppress wages to protect profits
- Employ trainees and minimally qualified educators
- Ceentre managers were often in their early 20s
- Ratios are cut to the bare legal minimum, tracked minute-by-minute by software
- Burnout and turnover rise
- Chains create their own training arms to fast-track qualifications
- Quality dropped (adapted from Lisa Bryant submission as part of the NSW Legislative House Inquiry into EC sector)

The issue is not male educators.
Remember the words of Detective Superintendent Linda Howlett?

I will say it louder for those at the back…”

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The text continues:

“‘SEX OFFENDERS will SHOP AROUND to work at a place that has EASY ACCESS TO CHILDREN. They will MOVE ON IF THIS IS DIFFICULT.’”

The phrases “sex offenders”, “shop around”, “easy acces to children”, and “move on if this is difficult are all in capital letters.

The text continues:

“It was not difficult for the educator in Victoria who was charged last year with more than 70 sex offences at FIVE G8 centres involving eight children aged from five months to two years at.”

The word “five” is in capital letters.

The text continues:

“This is why this is fantastic news for all of us.”

A screenshot of a Facebook post by Louise Dorrat. A photo of Louise is in the top left hand corner with her name next to it.

There is a Facebook post from The Age below Louise’s name. The text reads:

Australia’s largest private childcare centre operator, G8 Education, is planning to close up to 40 centres- nearly 10 per cent of its local operations- in response to an ongoing occupancy slump, rising costs, and the fall out from last year’s childcare sex abuse scandal.”

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Below this is a large black rectangle. There is a smaller red rectangle near the top of the black rectangle. It has the word “breaking” inside it in white text. The phrase “Australia’s largest private childcare care operator slashes 40 centres” is written below this in large, white letters.

Caitlin Sheahan 🇦🇺@caitlinsheahan· Apr 21

#NDIS #AusPol www.facebook.com/share/1DxxZP...

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They’re announcing changes to the NDIS tomorrow. And I need you to remember that NDIS cuts kill us.
Disabled lives should never be on the chopping block, when there are plenty of other ways to save.
ZS
Zoe Simmons | Journalist and disability advocate

Caitlin Sheahan 🇦🇺@caitlinsheahan· Mar 26

Looking forward to the next phase!

Caitlin Sheahan 🇦🇺@caitlinsheahan· Mar 26

The NDIS is more than just a drain on the economy, but we risk losing so many of its benefits with the changes that are happening now. If we don’t support societal participation and wellbeing we will end up paying more across services like Centrelink and Medicare. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...