Teaching a ‘hatred’ of Australia? No, minister, here’s why a democracy has critical curriculum content

Lucas Walsh

By Lucas Walsh
Community contribution / September 17, 2021

Australian federal Minister for Education Alan Tudge says he doesn’t want students to leave school with “a hatred” of their country because the history curriculum for years 7 to 10 “paints an overly negative view of Australia”.

The minister is critical of proposed changes to the Australian Curriculum. He sees teaching about the contested nature of Anzac ...

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