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HomeTag: History

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Cross-Curriculum Priorities and the Teaching of History in NSW

Cross-Curriculum Priorities and the Teaching of History in NSW

Bella d'Abrera 6 October 2020 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The Institute of Public Affairs is committed to undertaking research to promote the importance of Western Civilisation in Australian society. The Foundations of Western. Civilisation Program was...

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Australian History’s Last Stand

Australian History’s Last Stand

Bella d'Abrera 14 January 2019 Education and skills, Ipa today,

In the latest IPA Explainer, the IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera discusses the findings of the latest IPA report ‘Australian History’s Last Stand: An Audit of Australian History...

IPA TODAY
Never Forget: We Fought For Freedom

Never Forget: We Fought For Freedom

Bella d'Abrera 26 April 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

The thousands of Australians who enlisted to fight in the First World War did so because they believed that their liberties were under threat. They fought for freedom and democracy. However...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
Asking Britain To Apologise For Its Empire Is Lunacy

Asking Britain To Apologise For Its Empire Is Lunacy

Bella d'Abrera 17 April 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

Emily Thornberry’s call for Theresa May to apologise for Britain’s “historic wrongs” has caused bemusement here in Australia and doubtless other Commonwealth countries. What exactly is it that the...

Originally appeared in The Times (UK)
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Hijacking Eureka

Hijacking Eureka

Bella d'Abrera 17 April 2018 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

The Queensland Teachers’ Union decision to decorate every classroom in the state with the Eureka Stockade flag is blatant indoctrination and propagandising, which has no place in our public school...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
Let’s Honour Our Western Heritage Without Shame

Let’s Honour Our Western Heritage Without Shame

Bella d'Abrera 24 January 2018 Featured, Ipa today,

The overwhelming majority of Australians are not only proud to be Australian, but they are also proud of their history. Furthermore, the majority of Australians want to continue celebrating...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Opinion
A Decade Of Bad Government Since The Rudd Government Was Elected

A Decade Of Bad Government Since The Rudd Government Was Elected

John Roskam 24 November 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Friday marks 10 years since the Rudd government was elected. It’s 10 years to the day since Australia last had good government. On 24 November 2007, after portraying himself as “John...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Opinion
Sex And Gender In The British Empire, Anyone?

Sex And Gender In The British Empire, Anyone?

Bella d'Abrera 28 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

In 440 BC, the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus broke with tradition by collecting primary sources and then systematically and critically arranging them into a narrative. In doing so, he...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
We Risk Being Remembered As The Generation That Forgot History

We Risk Being Remembered As The Generation That Forgot History

Janet Albrechtsen 23 October 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Bad ideas flourish in dark places. The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017, ­released on Monday by the Institute of Public Affairs, exposes...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Opinion
Our Universities Value Identity Politics Over Western Civilisation — And Here’s The Proof

Our Universities Value Identity Politics Over Western Civilisation — And Here’s The Proof

Gideon Rozner 23 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The IPA’s report, The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017, written by Bella d’Abrera, has received a strong reaction since its release last...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
Left Is Parading Social Science As History

Left Is Parading Social Science As History

Bella d'Abrera 17 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The history and substance of Western civilisation that are essential to understanding our present and shaping our future are not being taught to history undergraduates. Instead, the focus of a...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Media Releases
The Rise Of Identity Politics: History In Australian Universities

The Rise Of Identity Politics: History In Australian Universities

Bella d'Abrera 17 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

History undergraduates are not being taught about the history and substance of Western Civilisation, according to a new Institute of Public Affairs report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit...

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