Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. In question time the Acting Prime Minister asserted that I had wrongly claimed that the statement of Senator Carr in the Senate today in relation to the Schools Assistance Bill was a significant clarification of the government’s position and satisfied the assurances the opposition were seeking. This is untrue. Senator Carr’s statement substantially clarifies the position and the role of the national curriculum. Senator Carr said that ‘the national curriculum will not mandate particular classroom practices’. There is no Hansard record of the minister saying this in the House because she has never done so.

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