National curriculum needs to ‘balance’ Indigenous history and western heritage by Sky News Australia on YouTube

National curriculum needs to ‘balance’ Indigenous history and western heritage
Education Minister Alan Tudge says the national curriculum needs to “get the balance right” and ensure an increased emphasis on Indigenous history does not come at the expense of “dishonouring” the nation’s western heritage. This comes after some critics argued the draft of the reviewed national curriculum - which was released on Wednesday - paints a false picture of the country’s settlement. “I’m certainly concerned about what I have read to date, now I’ve only just received the draft at the same time as you,” he said. “I think it is a good development that the draft national curriculum includes more emphasis on Indigenous history. “I think we should honour our Indigenous history and teach that well but equally that should not come at the expense of dishonouring our western heritage which has made us the liberal democracy that we are today. “We have to get the balance right and I’m concerned that we haven’t in the draft that’s been put out. “But … it is just a draft. We’ve now got the opportunity for public consultation before it will come to me and the state and territory minister for approval later this year."

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