‘National pride’ and ‘Western values’ the focus of Coalition education plan that would reduce First Nations content

Shadow education minister Julian Leeser unveiled the Coalition’s curriculum plans at a conference in Sydney on Saturday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Content on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture, Australia’s engagement with Asia, and sustainability would be cut from the Australian curriculum under a Coalition plan to teach students about “national pride” and “Western values”.

The shadow education minister, Julian Leeser, revealed during a speech delivered to an education conference on Saturday in Sydney that the Coalition would remove the three cross-curriculum priorities.