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Education ministers must act on our woke national curriculum

18 October 2021

11:26 AM

18 October 2021

11:26 AM

In a matter of weeks, Australia’s nine education ministers will decide the fate of the revised national curriculum released earlier this year for public consultation. The document was roundly condemned for prioritising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and spirituality to the detriment of learning about Western culture and Judeo-Christianity. 

The history framework, in particular, was criticised for presenting a black armband view of Australia’s origins and development as a nation, with European settlement described as an invasion leading to genocide and society and its institutions as inherently racist. 

There is no question about the importance of studying Indigenous history and culture.  Of all the lessons to be...

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