Christopher Pyne, a staunch Christian, is now reviewing the national education curriculum. He has appointed like minded people to conduct the review, Kevin Donnelly (a former religious Liberal party chief of staff), and Ken Wiltshire (a strident critic of the current curriculum).

Christopher Pyne has obviously appointed people who will provide the result that "Christopher Pyne" wants.

Kevin Donnelly has now been talking on TV about how religion should be taught in our schools, with a strict emphasis on Christianity. He has also talked about how people consider the sexual practices of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people to be "unnatural". He wants Australia's "Western heritage, and Judeo/Christianity" to be emphasised in schools more.

This Liberal/National coalition government is run by Christian fundamentalists like Abbott (ex trainee priest), Scott Morrison (member of the evangelical Pentecostal sect), Hockey (strict Roman Catholic), Pyne (another faithful and strict Roman Catholic), Barnaby Joyce (a radically conservative religious fundamentalist) .... the list goes on and on and on.

It's *obvious* from public comments made so far by the people involved, that this curriculum review will be used to get religion, meaning primarily traditional "Christianity", preached more as a "subject" in schools. It will be integrated with a new emphasis on Westernised Christian values and history.

Then their coup will happen ... through the back door I bet they'll insert Christian creationism into the curriculum.

Their dream will now be complete. Our schools will be more Westernised, more Christian, more "white" centric and the Liberals and Nationals will be celebrating.

'they'll insert Christian creationism into the curriculum.'

sorry PJack to many god deniers and those who hold to the irrational faith of evolution for that to happen in the public zoos.

PJack, I share your concerns.

Just as our country was moving on nicely towards a more sane, secular society, we have the new Holy Liberal party pushing for 'Christian Reform'.
Shudder....

Unfortunately PJack, you may have noticed this forum is populated with a virtual plethora of Abbott loving conservatives, who will be positively salivating and flagellating themselves in delight at this last desperate push to hang on to the past.

If Pyne wants to teach his kids that human life began with Adam and Eve, whose kids must obviously have had to mate with each other to carry on the human race, then so be it.
But leave all the other kids out of that particular fairy tale please.

Keep religion out of schools. Shorten the reach of religion into the realm of social harm.
Wake up people this 2014, Superstition has no place here. Let's face reality, religious people are the most hypocritical & it is hypocricy that is the root of so much injustice & misery.
Make Australia religion free & ban importing ancient superstition. Anyone wanting to live here officially abandons relifious beliefs by signing a statement to that effect.
Let education be for making people smarter not dumbing them down. We can see the folly of dumbing down on an hourly basis everywhere. It's not working. Just look around, past your bank statement & see what's happening to our society all because of religion. Religion is crap, bury it !

@PJack,

<< Our schools will be more Westernised, more Christian, more "white" centric and the Liberals and Nationals will be celebrating>>

Well, we've had a couple of decades now where you and like minded have celebrated them being anti-Western, anti-Christian and anti-white --share the joy around.

@Susie
<<If Pyne wants to teach his kids that human life began with Adam and Eve, whose kids must obviously have had to mate with each other to carry on the human race, then so be it.But leave all the other kids out of that>>

Holy mackerel!

Look PJack, now you've gone and scared Susie, you ought to be ashamed of yourself!

There is zero to no prospect of Adam and Eve being taught in state schools in place of --or even in conjunction with --evolution, Adam and Steve maybe, but definitely no Adam and Eve.

This whole thread is the result of post-election trauma that many in the left are experiencing right now:

Here's a snap shot of a typical lefty couple --on election night:

Partner A:
"What do you mean Abbott won...it wasn't supposed to happen this way". "Boohoo boohooo ..the ABC assured us that Abbott had no chance
boohoo boohoo ...it is the end of the world".

Partner B:
"We can fight this, we can overcome (gently massaging partner A's shoulder) get out there on OLO and spread some wild rumours"
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‘morning P Jack,

<< Is the Education Curriculum Review just a sneaky way to introduce creationism into schools? >>

Well obviously nobody knows the answer because it has not yet happened. So that leaves you with “speculation and alarmism”. That’s OK, we all have creative opinions.

But to speculate on what “might” happen and then launch into a credibility attack on the key players for what they “might” do is a bit rich. Obviously you feel threatened by them and their “potential actions”.

You fit the profile of a fellow traveler of the progressive caravan. You are all alarmism and rhetoric. Since this is what brought down the previous government, please feel free to keep up the good work.

I suspect your alarm is not so much about the end of the last government, more that you realize, albeit slowly, that this is just the “beginning of the end” for progressives.

Just so that you understand how much damage you are doing to your own ideology, I’ve included a link to all the alarmist rhetoric that is blamed on CAGW.

http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm

Please feel free to have a little chuckle at yourself, although I fully appreciate that the loss spontaneity and humor are hallmarks of fellow travelers.