Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues) Share this | Hansard source

This is why the Howard government supports the recommendation of the Australian History Summit that the teaching of Australian history be a stand-alone subject. It should be mandatory in years 9 and 10. The Australian government calls on federal Labor to support the Howard government’s call for higher standards in our schools through greater national consistency. Specifically, we call on federal Labor to unequivocally support our call for Australian history to be a mandatory stand-alone subject across school curricula.

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