For the duration of the COVID-19 crisis, Please Explain is coming to you five days a week. In today's episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire and Jordan Baker discuss the contention around the shut down of Australian schools.

They delve into the confusion parents and teachers are experiencing after hearing different messages from the state premiers and the Prime Minister as well as what this means for childcare services.

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