Review of the effectiveness of the delivery of the health and physical education curriculum in Year 9, Qld high schools

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Kieran Walsh
30 Helen Street
Teneriffe Qld 4006
Total Signatures - 437
Sponsoring Member: Bonny Barry MP
Posting Date: 6/2/2007
Tabled Date: 6/2/2007
Responded By: Hon Rod Welford MP on 28/3/2007
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The petition of the citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House the alarming level of homophobia in the Queensland community as evidenced in recent research from Latrobe University and reports in local media. Your petitioners therefore request the House to order an urgent review of the effectiveness of the delivery of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum in Year 9 of all Queensland High Schools, specifically those topics which relate to sexual identity, sexual orientation, heterosexism and homophobia.