Coalition coy on curriculum changes despite Dutton’s claims of student ‘indoctrination’

The Coalition has refused to detail changes it would make to the national curriculum after Peter Dutton said students were being “indoctrinated” and pledged in his budget reply speech to “restore” a curriculum focused on “critical thinking, responsible citizenship, and common sense”. Instead, she provided a statement which contrasted with Dutton’s strong language that “classrooms should be for education, not indoctrination”. “Primary principal organisations from every sector say the national curriculum is impossible to teach, but Labor has failed to listen to the concerns of educators. The National Catholic Education Commission welcomed the boarding school funding announcement. The national curriculum was last reviewed and updated in 2021-2022, under a federal Coalition government.