---
title: "The National Curriculum: A critique"
author: "Berg, C."
date: "2011-01-01"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/2011/01/the-national-curriculum-a-critique/"
type: "Books"
published_in: "Institute of Public Affairs"
topics: "Education and universities"
---

# The National Curriculum: A critique

![](https://chrisberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/national-curriculum.png)

*Editor, Institute of Public Affairs, 2011*

The legacy of Western Civilisation is rich, complex and essential – the foundations on which Australia’s society and political system, and large
 swathes of our culture and history, have been built.

So why are the basics of Western Civilisation absent from the national curriculum?