Influence of ‘Andrew Tate-types’ to be targeted in Victorian schools as government rolls out new materials

Victoria’s new respectful relationship strategies take into account the huge growth in popularity of ‘alpha male’ influencers such as Andrew Tate. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP

The Victorian government will seek to counter the influence of “Andrew Tate-types” on children as it rolls out new respectful relationship strategies to schools.

The education minister, Ben Carroll, on Wednesday said the government’s respectful relationships teaching program would be updated, as part of a push to get it into more Catholic and independent schools.