Dutton Walks Back Curriculum Overhaul Days Before Final Vote

The Liberal leader also said school funding would not decrease under a Coalition government.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton speaks at a press conference in Frankston, Australia, on April 30, 2025. Dan Peled/Getty Images

Two days before the election, Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton confirmed that the Coalition has no plans to change the national school curriculum.

This comes as he remarked multiple times during the campaign that students were being “indoctrinated” in classrooms.