One of NSW’s most prominent Jewish leaders wants Premier Dominic Perrottet to make good on his promise to turn his Nazi uniform gaffe into positive action.
One of the state’s top Jewish leaders has called on Dominic Perrottet to make Holocaust education part of the school curriculum in the wake of the premier’s Nazi uniform revelations last Thursday.
NSW Board of Jewish Deputies CEO Darren Bark said he wants to see Holocaust and religious bullying education taught statewide in a move he said could bring about positive social change.
Religious bullying education is currently taught in several Sydney schools in areas with large Jewish populations.
Mr Bark believes the NSW premier should now be the one to roll it out across the state.
“There needs to be more done and there’s a number of layers to this, but at a student level there has to be greater education,” Mr Bark said.
“What is important is to look at what has worked in the past and what is working now. And for those that participate in these programs … they have better outcomes for their students, they have better outcomes for their teachers, and they have better outcomes for their school.”
The NSW premier apologised to the Jewish community and met with Mr Bark after holding an emotional press conference where he revealed he wore a Nazi uniform at his 21st birthday party almost 20 years ago.
Read the article by Bianca Healey in The Daily Telegraph.