Australia: Adam Giles says he won't support 'sexuality' element of Safe Schools program
Northern Territory chief minister says he supports anti-bullying parts of program but not ‘grooming kids in their sexuality’
The Northern Territory chief minister, Adam Giles, has gone back on an earlier commitment to enact the Safe Schools program, saying he supported the anti-bullying measures but not those which groomed children’s sexuality.
Giles had been addressing a people’s forum debate before Saturday’s election, which largely focused on how Territorians could trust either party to govern.
Giles said a CLP government would not introduce the Safe Schools anti-bullying program, but at an untelevised debate organised by the NT council of social services (NTCoss) last week he and opposition leader Michael Gunner had both said they would.