In short:

The Coalition will not pursue its stated plan to "restore … common sense" to the curriculum.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton previously claimed students were "indoctrinated" by educators.

What's next?

Voters will head to the polls on Saturday, May 3.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dropped his vow to change the national school curriculum, after comments earlier in the campaign that students should be able to think freely without being "indoctrinated" by educators.

Mr Dutton confirmed this morning "we don't have any proposals" to change the curriculum, despite saying in his budget reply address just a month ago that "a Dutton Coalition government will restore a curriculum that teaches the core fundamentals in our classrooms".

But his comments were contradicted by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price just a few hours later, who asserted the Coalition would end "indoctrination" in schools.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What "indoctrination" exactly are they dancing about. The subset of human rights about trans or gay people? Corporations buying the government at the expense of the environment and population? These are not indoctrinations, they're serious problems that we know about and should be able to move past into becoming as better society. Bullshit from both of them and their weak as piss party policy.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think they really know TBH it just has the right vibe to gather up some right wing voters.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

"I don't know what this wokeness is but boy I don't like it!"

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

What's Jacinta's deal?

I'll admit I'm somewhat naive to the struggles of first Australians but I always thought Labor would better represent the interests of minorities.

Why has she thrown in with the conservatives?