Pauline Hanson ramps up One Nation’s efforts to protect children from indoctrination
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One Nation has continued to ramp up its suite of policies that protect children, including protection from gender fluidity indoctrination and overly-sexualised school curriculums.
The assurances come as Parliament debated Senator Pauline Hanson’s Private Senator’s Bill that aims to give parents legal rights to protect their children from indoctrination at school.
“We are living in a social climate where our children are bombarded by so many influences, not all of them healthy, and it’s impossible to monitor everything, so this Bill gives parents more power to protect their children from what they feel is damaging curriculum,” Senator Hanson said.
“This Bill gives parents the right to challenge the teaching of things like gender fluidity and realignment theory, so-called safe sexting and man-made global warming, and force schools to also present students with opposing beliefs and theories.
“Educators argue there is no need for legislation to protect children from indoctrination, because school children can use their critical thinking skills. That is a cop out, because students are no match for an adult using their positional power to instruct.
“Parents need to have faith that their children are well educated, encouraged to do research for themselves, and are not being indoctrinated by propaganda or controversial views.”
It’s the latest in One Nation initiatives aimed at restoring protections for children and their education.
In Queensland, One Nation has announced an Education Policy that, along with prioritising curriculum to the foundations of English, maths and science, also removes controversial overly-sexualised sex education.
Link: https://www.qldonenation.org.au/education
In New South Wales, One Nation leader Mark Latham has tabled a Private Members Bill that recognises parental responsibility for their children’s moral and ethical development and their social and political values, including understanding personal identity. The Bill also prohibits the teaching of gender fluidity.
Weblink to the Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3776
Link to full speech transcript: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F9d240fa9-ef9a-4ac9-ae29-3090a8cdcd5e%2F0134%22
