With the global population predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, one of the biggest challenges in our lifetimes will be securing enough food for everyone.
We have only finite land and water resources, and climate change, environmentally harmful practises and emerging diseases threaten supply chains.
Today, we’ve taken a leap towards bringing insects into mainstream Australian diets, with the launch of CSIRO’s Edible Insects Industry Roadmap. It carves out a comprehensive plan exploring the challenges and opportunities for Australia to become a player in a global industry worth A$1.4 billion by 2023.
The roadmap provides a handy framework for anyone interested in getting a slice of the cricket pie, including new insect start-ups, farmers, food producers, researchers, policy makers and First Nations enterprises. To unlock the farming potential of Australia’s native insect species, we need to form new collaborations, co-develop First Nations-owned initiatives, and conduct
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School students will be taught for the first time that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion under proposed changes to the national curriculum.
The changes, released for discussion by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) on Thursday, also said the terms Aboriginal and Indigenous be replaced with First Nations Australians or Australian First Nations Peoples.
They come after the advisory group raised concerns about the âaccuracy and adequacyâ of the overarching themes of the current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.
ââPerspectivesâ and âinterpretationâ are core concepts in the study of historyâ: ACARA CEO David de Carvalho.
Proposed changes to the national curriculum will see school students taught that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) also advised the terms Aboriginal and Indigenous be replaced with First Nations Australians or Australian First Nations Peoples.
In a report released for discussion on Thursday, ACARA said it found a lack of truth telling about the experience of First Nations Peoples since European settlement, and raised concerns about the accuracy and adequacy of the current curriculum.
Proposed changes to Australia s national curriculum would see school students be taught that First Nation Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion
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School students across the country will be taught that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion under proposed changes to the national curriculum.
The changes, released for discussion by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) on Thursday, also said the terms Aboriginal and Indigenous be replaced with First Nations Australians or Australian First Nations Peoples.
They come after the advisory group raised concerns about the âaccuracy and adequacyâ of the overarching themes of the current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.
ââPerspectivesâ and âinterpretationâ are core concepts in the study of historyâ: ACARA CEO David de Carvalho.
In an overhaul to the national curriculum students learning will be reordered
Students will learn to tell the time in year 2 and will learn multiplication in year 4
It comes as teachers said the existing curriculum was difficult to navigate
The new curriculum is said to have more time to focus on what is most essential
Students will be taught about respectful relationships, abuse, consent, sexting