Influence of ‘Andrew Tate-types’ to be targeted in Victorian schools as government rolls out new materials

Respectful relationships content will teach students how to recognise hate speech and coercive control, education minister Ben Carroll says

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The Victorian government will seek to counter the influence of Andrew Tate-types" on children as it rolls out new respectful relationship strategies to schools.

The education minister, Ben Carroll, on Wednesday said the government's respectful relationships teaching program would be updated, as part of a push to get it into more Catholic and independent schools.

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