Safe Schools Programme.

[k0llectable5]

 I just read this article from Sydney Morning Herald; 

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-orders-review-of-safe-school-...

An independent review announced on Tuesday will advise Education Minister Simon Birmingham on whether the program's material is "age appropriate" by mid-March. 

The issue dominated discussion in Tuesday's behind-closed-doors meeting of Coalition MPs and senators. 

In the meeting, Liberal senator Cory Bernardi called for the $8 million program to be defunded because he was concerned it was being used to "indoctrinate children into a Marxist agenda of cultural relativism".

Senator Bernardi added he believed the program was prematurely sexualising children, saying he was concerned young people were being instructed how to hide their breasts or **bleep**. He told Fairfax Media he had collected 9500 signatures in a petition from "concerned Australians" in less than a week.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-orders-review-of-safe-school-...
 

Does anyone know much about the framework for this programme? I thought this safe schools programme was about eradicating bullying etc.   

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:

actually, when you click on "resources" from that page.. lots of things come up .. does anyone know which one Mr Christianson is talking about??

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no idea.

there are so many publications in

that link, you would need to download

and read them all. 

[debra9275]

I'll repost this again. because it conflicts with what the Australian Christian Lobby and Cory Bernardi/G Christiansen are claiming

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/there-is-nothing-dangerous-about-the-saf...

Don't believe everything conservative MPs claim: the FACTS on what Safe Schools teaches kids

A 2010 Australian study of more than 3000 same-sex attracted young people found 61 per cent reported verbal abuse because of homophobia, with 18 per cent reporting physical abuse. About 80 per cent of the abuse happened at school.

Meanwhile, mental health experts warn LGBTI people are at a far greater risk of self-harm and suicide than their peers.
Given this, in 2014, the Abbott government launched the Safe Schools Coalition - an initiative conceived under the previous Labor government to stop the bullying of LGBTI students (who make up at least 10 per cent of the school population).

And there is nothing in the Safe Schools material that is explicit or that instructs kids on  ( what bernadi and Christiansen claim)

it's actually some other website apparently... a supporter of safe schools ( mentioned in the Age article)

[Anonymous]

found this.

this person is asking specific questions

so maybe you can find some links there.

also, just by quickly going through it

it looks like the safe school coalition

answered some of the questions.

http://akosbalogh.com/2016/02/16/dear-safe-schools-coalition-i-have-questions/

[debra9275]

see your world through a christian Lens??? what is that Julia??

[debra9275]

from what I can gather, the problem is a youth group called minus18- there must be a support link somewhere in safe schools that imo could be removed

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:

see your world through a christian Lens??? what is that Julia??

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i don't know, looks like a blog ???

the point was, that guy seems

to have read all the material

and has specific questions to which

the safe school coalition responded.

i gave you the link because you were

asking if anyone knew what the 

controversy was.  

[debra9275]

thanks Julia I found what the controversy is over as per my last post

it's another site - not safe schools

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:

from what I can gather, the problem is a youth group called minus18- there must be a support link somewhere in safe schools that imo could be removed

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possibly. from the christian 

lens blog:

I see you’re in partnership with another website, minus 18. No doubt you’re aware this website recommends dangerous practices such breast-binding for females, even though it readily admits:

[Chest binding] has a level of risk attached to it… it has the potential to be lethal.’

Yet nowhere on that web-page does it even recommend getting medical advice before undergoing such a procedure.

the blog goes on about other issues

that you might be interested in

so dont shoot the messenger lol

[debra9275]

when you click on 'our support organizations'  from safe schools, they are on the list there amongst a whole lot of others - so that must be be the only link

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org.au/our-supporters/organisations

[debra9275]

I don't agree that that should be on there either Julia - apparently minus 18 is some sort of youth led group

but you can't even click on their logo- maybe you have to look up the support groups by name to see what they're on about