Australian Chinese community petition against Safe School program lodged in NSW

A petition against the Safe Schools program with more than 17,000 signatures from the Australian Chinese community has been tabled in the New South Wales Parliament.

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“安全学校计划”是一项由联邦拨款的反对校园欺凌的项目,旨在帮助男、女同性、双性和变性或跨性别学生(LGBTI) ,项目由周和领地的教育部门施行。由于多名保守派议员公开表达了对该项目的担忧,称相关教学材料不符合年龄,也需要更多的家长许可。联邦政府检讨了该计划并进行修改,新州政府认为新修订合理。

根据ABC的报道,这项签名请愿呼吁在新州学校取消这项项目,称该项目“宣传特定的意识形态,包括性别可变性(Gender Fluidity),与我们(华人)的文化和信仰体系相悖”。

图德霍普表示,他所代表的选区是悉尼文化最多元的选区之一,悉尼西北区与悉尼市内各地的移民社区极为关注该计划。

图德霍普认为,移民社区的有一个共通点,就是不允许别人干预他们教育子女的权利,而安全学校计划剥夺了家长的这种权利。

报道指,在议会持有制衡权的基督教民主党党魁尼尔(Fred Nile)事前与州长贝尔德(Mike Baird)会面,敦促他撤销计划。

同时,新州澳华论坛主席谢维礼接受澳洲广播公司访问(ABC)时表示,澳洲华人反对欺凌,他认为请愿的1.7万个签名并不代表整个华人社群对问题的观点。

请愿书将会在9月22日提交新州议会辩论。

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