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Sky News AU
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Net zero is ‘inconsistent' with Australian Liberal values
Institute of Public Affairs' Daniel Wild claims net zero is 'inconsistent' with Liberal values in Australia. 'Net zero is a vote loser, time to try something different,' Mr Wild told Sky News host Rita Panahi. 'The Liberal Party though, obviously, net zero is inconsistent with Liberal values.'
Sky News AU
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
CFA volunteers torch uniforms in protest against Victoria's new emergency services tax
Institute of Public Affairs' Daniel Wild discusses how Victorian CFA volunteers across the state are protesting against the government's new emergency services tax. 'CFA volunteers across Victoria have stopped attending callouts, and some have threatened to quit,' Mr Wild told Sky News host Rita Panahi. 'Some have even burnt their uniforms in fury over the state government's new emergency services tax.'
Sky News AU
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Aussies are ‘just over' climate ‘fanaticism'
Institute of Public Affairs' Daniel Wild claims Australians are 'just over' net zero and climate 'fanaticism'. 'Not one single person came up to me and asked me how Australia is going in meeting our nationally determined contribution to cut our emissions to net zero by 2050 under the Paris Climate Agreement,' Mr Wild told Sky News host Rita Panahi. 'Australians are just over the climate fanaticism.'
Sky News AU
15-05-2025
- Sky News AU
‘Real problem': Fines suggested to parents who defame teachers
Institute of Public Affairs' Daniel Wild discusses the 'real problem' in Australian schools as $1,000 fines may be dealt out to parents who defame teachers. 'It is something that is not common, but it does happen,' Mr Wild told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo. 'I was shocked to learn one of the highest burnout rates and one of the highest levels of post-traumatic stress is among principles.'
The Age
22-04-2025
- Politics
- The Age
Counting controversy: IPA sticks to claim that maths curriculum is 3500 pages long
Colleen Harkin, director of the Institute of Public Affairs' schools program and research fellow, recently alarmed the good people of LinkedIn by posting four bulging binders full of Australia's maths curriculum, next to Singapore's slimline curriculum. Harkin explained that Australia's prep to year 10 maths curriculum is '3500 pages long – bursting with ideology: climate change, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders History and Culture, Sustainability, social justice etc ( yes – this is in maths).' According to Harkin, Singapore's maths curriculum is about 80 pages long with 'no ideological pollution'. Astounding. Shocking. Also untrue, according to the body that writes the curriculum. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority says the foundation-to-year-10 maths curriculum is only 273 pages long, including optional resources. The core content – the achievement standards and content descriptions – comes in at a whopping 33 pages. In the face of doubters, Harkin posted to LinkedIn that she would be sticking to her guns: 'Unsurprisingly, some people cannot believe the image of our math curriculum. (See my immediate past post). I don't blame them.' Harkin later told CBD that it would not be honest to suggest that the national curriculum is straightforward. More layers of the onion
