Briefing: Mark Latham's attacks on teachers & LGBTIQ+ students

Mark Latham is bent on waging a culture war in NSW, and his latest piece of legislation attacks teachers, support staff, their unions and LGBTIQ+ students.

Join Penny Sharpe MLC, Ghassan Kassisieh Legal Director of Equality Australia and Audrey Marsh, co-convenor of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby in a discussion about the bill.

Penny, Ghassan and Audrey will brief the NSW Left on the hidden consequences of the Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020,  what the politics of it are in NSW, and what can be done to stop it.

Briefing: Mark Latham’s attacks on LGBTIQ+ students

Speakers: Penny Sharpe MLC, Ghassan Kassisieh - Equality Australia, Audrey Marsh - Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby

When: Wednesday 2nd September 6pm

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The bill would threaten the jobs of teachers and support staff that sought to support LGBTIQ+ students. It also requires schools to present discredited counter narratives when teaching classes like science or history, such as teaching anti-vaccination theories when teaching about immunisation, and legitimising holocaust denial in studies of World War II.

Latham has squarely attacked the Teachers Federation and accused it of ‘radical ideology’ and said his concerns include the teaching of ‘refugee policy, climate change, colonization and gender fluidity.’