Recently, the Federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, called upon the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to substantially rewrite the new draft of the Australian Curriculum. Among other subjects, he focused on History and Civics and Citizenship, arguing that, in the new draft, “important historical events are removed or reframed, such as the emphasis on invasion theory over Australia Day. Even…
Tag: Politics
The Public Sphere, Twitter, and Trump
One of the most interesting moments (and there have been a great many) over the last couple of weeks to arise out of the mess in the US has been the action by Twitter, and then other social media companies, to ban actors like the President from their sites. Predictably, such actions aroused the ire…