Victoria will fund Safe Schools as is with no changes - Canberra won't renew funding nationally

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Victoria (Labor gov) says there will be no changes at all to the Safe Schools prgram for the LGBT, even if Canberra cuts off funds for it. They refuse to be bullied by that horrifying Christensen.

Have they found Turnbull's balls down there? They've gone missing you know and nobody can find them, not even Turnbull. 

Victoria plans to sabotage the Turnbull government’s new ban on homosexual role-playing classes in schools by promising to pay for the Safe Schools program if it loses federal funding. 

Malcolm Turnbull yesterday quelled a backbench ­revolt by conservative MPs by ­ordering the Safe Schools ­Coalition to curb its classroom campaign or lose its remaining $2 million in taxpayer funding. 

The changes give parents the right to veto the controversial gender and sexuality lessons, and will ban the independent Safe Schools Coalition from referring students to third-party websites such as Minus 18, a gay and transsexual youth group that had promoted links to sex shops and gay nightclubs. 

But Victorian Education Minister James Merlino declared that Victoria would pay for the anti-bullying program in full if the Turnbull government cut federal funding. “No changes to Vic safe schools program in wake of Turnbull Govt recommendations,’’ he said in a tweet last night. “Total cave-in to bigots. We know Safe Schools saves lives.’’ 

If Victoria steps in to fund Safe Schools, the independent group will be under no obligation to change its curriculum, which instructs students as young as 11 to pretend they are 16-year-olds going out with someone of the same sex. 

Earlier, Mr Merlino said he was “confident with how the program is being implemented in Victoria’’, where it will become mandatory in all state schools by 2019. “If Malcolm Turnbull pulls the funding, the Victorian Labor government will step in and ­ensure this vital program remains because Safe Schools saves lives,’’ he said in a statement to The Weekend Australian. The Australian

BTW I linked the Minus 18 site there :)

This is significant. Teens in Victoria are now assured that Safe Schools will be there for them well into the future.

It's also significant as the Lieberal education minister in Canberra has said that funding won't be renewed for the program from next year.

Teaching materials would be moved from the Safe Schools ­Coalition website to the Safe Schools Hub — a website supported by education departments across the country, with resources for teachers to combat racism and domestic violence. He said the remaining $2m in funding, which runs out next year, would not be extended in the next budget. The Australian