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Radical Leftism Is Being Enshrined Australia’s Proposed National Curriculum

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Radical Leftism Is Being Enshrined Australia’s Proposed National Curriculum
Prep students enjoy returning to the classroom at Lysterfield Primary School in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 12, 2020. Daniel Pockett/Getty Images
Bella d’Abrera
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In 2004, the Federal Education Minister, Julie Bishop, proposed the creation of a National Curriculum. Bishop argued that it would benefit all Australians as it would take education out of the hands of ideologues occupying state bureaucracies and give it to a national board of studies that would be made up of educators from the “sensible centre.”

Bella d’Abrera
Bella d’Abrera
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Bella d’Abrera is director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program at the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne, Australia. She has an M.A. in Spanish from the University of St. Andrews and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Cambridge. She is the author of academic works and articles on education, faith, liberty, and culture.
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