The people who are most affected by Fred Nile’s attempts to undermine ethics classes are children – our children! Many of them could be directly impacted by Nile’s proposition to have ethics classes discontinued, but may not know they can do something about this.

The people who are most affected by Fred Nile’s attempts to undermine ethics classes are children – our children! Many of them could be directly impacted by Nile’s proposition to have ethics classes discontinued, but may not know they can do something about this.

Submissions to Committee Inquiring into Ethics Classes – deadline now set for 24th February 2012 On Friday 11th November, less than a year after legislation was passed to allow ethics classes as an option for children not attending SRE, the NSW government was persuaded by Fred Nile of the Christian Democratic Party to establish a more…

The NSW government has been “persuaded” by Fred Nile of the Christian Democratic Party to establish a committee to investigate ethics classes. The committee will conduct a formal inquiry to examine “the stated objectives, curriculum, implementation, effectiveness and other related matters pertaining to the current operation of ‘special education in ethics’ being conducted in State more…

I just spent my evening reading Fred Nile’s publication “Family World News” Volume 18 Number 9 (September 2011), which had been brought to my attention as a collection of objections to ethics classes. I was not surprised to find titles such as “Ethics Classes: The Case Against” and “Roll Back Children’s Philosophy Classes” but I was surprised by the apparent lack of knowledge and understanding of ethics classes.

The O’Farrell government has been ‘persuaded’ by Fred Nile to establish an inquiry into ethics classes. A committee will investigate “the stated objectives, curriculum, implementation, effectiveness and other related matters pertaining to the current operation of ‘special education in ethics’ being conducted in State schools, and whether the Education Amendment (Ethics) Act 2010 should be repealed.”

What a pleasure it is to be able to say that we now know ethics classes will be introduced as an option for children not attending scripture classes in NSW public schools. It was not much to ask, surely, that a secular option should be offered for children attending publicly funded schools, but it generated more…