Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I would hope that, at the end of what will be a fairly quick process, we can all have confidence that this Safe Schools program is meeting its objectives, that the content of the resources that are produced under this program is age appropriate and that it is in accordance with the national curriculum; and, most importantly, that parents and school communities are aware of the resources that are being used and have confidence in the resources that are being used in those schools. I think that is what is important: to ensure we have that degree of confidence that the objectives of this program—which I think, Senator Simms, you and I and, I trust, every member of this chamber, as Senator Brandis rightly said, share support for—to ensure tolerance in schools are being met and are being met effectively and that everybody has confidence that that is in fact the case.