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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Australian Education Legislation
Amendment (Prohibiting the
Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Senator Hanson)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Australian
Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act
2008
and the
Australian Education Act 2013
, and for
related purposes
No. , 2020
Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the
Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008
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Australian Education Act 2013
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No. , 2020
Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the
Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Australian
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Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act
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2008
and the
Australian Education Act 2013
, and for
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related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Australian Education Legislation Amendment
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(Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Act 2020
.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the
Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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Act 2008
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1 At the end of section 7
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Add:
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(6) The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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must perform its functions and exercise its powers to ensure that
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school education in Australia provides a balanced presentation of
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opposing views on political, historical and scientific issues.
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(7) Without limiting subsection (6), the Australian Curriculum,
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Assessment and Reporting Authority must ensure that:
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(a) the national school curriculum is developed and administered
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to provide a balanced presentation of opposing views on
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political, historical and scientific issues; and
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(b) information, resources, support and guidance that promote a
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balanced presentation of opposing views on political,
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historical and scientific issues are provided to the teaching
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profession.
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Australian Education Act 2013
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2 After section 22
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Insert:
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22AA Conditions of financial assistance--prohibiting the
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indoctrination of children
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(1) A payment of financial assistance under this Act to a State or
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Territory is subject to the condition that the State or Territory has
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in force laws that:
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(a) prohibit a staff member (however described) of a school
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promoting partisan views or activities to students when
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teaching a subject or administering the school's affairs; and
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Schedule 1
Amendments
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Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the
Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
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(b) require a staff member (however described) of a school to
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provide students with a balanced presentation of opposing
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views on political, historical and scientific issues as such
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issues arise in the teaching of a subject; and
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(c) enable a court, on the application of a parent or guardian of a
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student at a school, to make an order for the enforcement of
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the provisions of any laws that give effect to the requirements
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set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section; and
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(d) require a school to:
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(i) consult with parents or guardians of students at that
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school to ascertain the extent to which staff members
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(however described) have provided students with a
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balanced presentation of opposing views on political,
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historical and scientific issues as such issues arise in the
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teaching of a subject; and
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(ii) have regard to any feedback received as a result of those
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consultations.
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(2) In this section, school includes a non-government school that
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provides distance education to students.
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(3) This section does not apply to the extent (if any) that it would
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infringe any constitutional doctrine of implied freedom of political
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communication.
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