New Curriculum Garners Further Criticism From Faith Based and Indigenous Communities

Three women wave the Australian flag at a new installation at the site Lieutenant James Cook is believed to have first stepped ashore on April 29, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

The Australian national curriculum draft continues to attract criticism for its changes to history and civics, which has removed references to Australia’s democratic and Christian heritage and increased the amount of content relating to the perspectives of Aboriginal Australians.

Jacinta Collins, the executive director of the National Catholic Education, said the Catholic sector supported the review’s intent to produce a curriculum that “focuses on essential knowledge and skills.”