Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for your assistance, Senator. I give notice that on the next day of sitting I will move:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that the Queensland Teachers' Union has committed to ensuring that there are Eureka flags in every school in Queensland in solidarity with the CFMEU;

(b) expresses its disgust at the politicisation of education in Queensland by having the Queensland Teachers' Union attempt to influence students politically;

(c) notes further and reiterates support for the longstanding bipartisan position that Australian schoolchildren should be given the freedom to develop and evolve in an environment that is free from the intrusion of any particular political bias;

(d) calls upon the Queensland Teachers' Union to desist from this unacceptable attempt to politicise classrooms; and

(e) commends the LNP for committing to keeping schools a place of learning rather than politics.