Barker College
Co-education in Hornsby, Australiawww.barker.nsw.edu.au
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Sep 2, 2026
Karl DavisGUEST
and work well together as a group to get into the rhythm of first 15.
Karl DavisGUEST
And if you remember back to the game against that Barker College in Sydney, I think we were down by 36 points within 15 minutes and the shockwave hit the boys.
Karl DavisGUEST
Here we are, first 15.
Karl DavisGUEST
And that was a really good sign for us as well, because if you remember the second stage of that game, our boys come back and lost only by a handful of points.
Jamie RogersHOST
more on this cross-culture of ideologies between subjects.
Jamie RogersHOST
It was really making headlines this past week when a geography textbook, and it was found to be at Barker College, which is a private school here in Sydney.
Jamie RogersHOST
And within this book, it was telling students, this is a geography textbook, was telling students that 2GB and Murdoch own media are hostile to action on climate change.
Jamie RogersHOST
And people were ringing into 2GB just blowing up about how on earth are we allowing things like this in a geography textbook but also at a school like Barker College where parents pay a lot of money ultimately to be potentially indoctrinated by the left-leaning ideology?
Colleen HarkinGUEST
Completely.
Colleen HarkinGUEST
And, you know, I mean, that's just one example of thousands.
Ben FordhamHOST
We had the Liberal leader Kelly Sloan on the show the other day saying she's heard many complaints from parents about this type of thing, ideology overtaking the classroom.
Ben FordhamHOST
And a concerned dad at Barker College tipped us off about it.
Ben FordhamHOST
The textbook is called Global Interactions 11 Fourth Edition, and I'm gonna read you a passage.
Ben FordhamHOST
It says, "The Murdoch-owned media outlets are not alone in promoting climate change denialism.
Ben FordhamHOST
Sydney's most commercially successful AM radio station, 2GB, is well known for promoting far-right political causes in the search for advertising revenue.
Ben FordhamHOST
Its very conservative audience has its prejudices reinforced.
Ben FordhamHOST
While the station is now less strident in its climate change denialism, shock jocks continue to ridicule climate scientists and actively promote the interests of the coal industry." Philip Heath is the headmaster of Barker College and he's on the line.
Ben FordhamHOST
Philip, good morning.
Ben FordhamHOST
Ideology overtaking the classroom.
Ben FordhamHOST
And a concerned dad at Barker College tipped us off about it.
Ben FordhamHOST
The textbook is called Global Interactions 11 Fourth Edition, and I'm gonna read you a passage.
Ben FordhamHOST
It says, "The Murdoch-owned media outlets are not alone in promoting climate change denialism.
Ben FordhamHOST
Sydney's most commercially successful AM radio station, 2GB, is well known for promoting far-right political causes in the search for advertising revenue.
Ben FordhamHOST
Its very conservative audience has its prejudices reinforced.
Ben FordhamHOST
While the station is now less strident in its climate change denialism, shock jocks continue to ridicule climate scientists and actively promote the interests of the coal industry." Philip Heath is the headmaster of Barker College, and he's on the line.
Ben FordhamHOST
Philip, good morning.
Ben FordhamHOST
Ideology overtaking the classroom.
Ben FordhamHOST
And a concerned dad at Barker College tipped us off about it.
Ben FordhamHOST
The textbook is called Global Interactions 11: Fourth Edition, and I'm gonna read you a passage.
Ben FordhamHOST
It says, "The Murdoch-owned media outlets are not alone in promoting climate change denialism.
Ben FordhamHOST
Sydney's most commercially successful AM radio station, 2GB, is well known for promoting far-right political causes in the search for advertising revenue.
Ben FordhamHOST
Its very conservative audience has its prejudices reinforced.
Ben FordhamHOST
While the station is now less strident in its climate change denialism, shock jocks continue to ridicule climate scientists and actively promote the interests of the coal industry." Philip Heath is the headmaster of Barker College, and he's on the line.
Ben FordhamHOST
Philip, good morning.
Ben FordhamHOST
He says, "I'm disappointed that bias has become part of my daughter's education.
Ben FordhamHOST
She's being told a view and not allowed to form her own." His daughter attends Barker College in Sydney, and this is what it says in her year 11 geography textbook.
Ben FordhamHOST
And you've gotta remind yourself the subject is supposed to be geography.
Ben FordhamHOST
That means planet Earth, the land, the air, the water, all the living things that can call this place home.
Ben FordhamHOST
Have a look at what happened recently to Carl Stefanovic.
Ben FordhamHOST
He interviewed someone widely labeled as from the far right in Tommy Robinson and Aussie advertisers who were ready to spend on his new project then canceled their plans.
Ben FordhamHOST
The kids at Barker College should ask the geography teacher about that.
Ben FordhamHOST
And by the way, what's any of this got to do with geography? Then they have a crack at 2GB listeners.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
So I looked up Maz, I looked up what you'd done and your website and everything, and then I came across you, Simon, and I think it might've been a LinkedIn profile.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
And the first thing that caught my eye that- Uh, your education was Barker College in '83, '84 or '84, '85.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
And straight away my eyes lit up because Barker was such a big part of my life and I lived in the school.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
My dad was the headmaster.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
Obviously, a childhood accident where I lost my arm that changed everything.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
Ultimately getting into work and finding out what I could do as a career, and now coming back into the community as a volunteer and helping to give people who need services and need things what they need, rather than be the one who seeks it or sought it, as I did when I was younger, when I was a pensioner.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
So in a bit of a snapshot, that's my full circle sort of journey, but I'm sure we'll talk shortly, Sim, about the chance to go back, and for you and I as former students of Barker College, go and talk to the year 10s there, because that was amazing.
Simon HarrisonGUEST
But no, I've never met anybody since I had that accident 30 years ago that really even comes close to sharing those striking similarities with me outside of you, Simone, that's for sure.
Ben EnglishGUEST
They do have autonomy in terms of the text that they choose.
Ben EnglishGUEST
But Barker College has a lot of questions to answer.
Ben EnglishGUEST
And I imagine the independent schools as a whole should be conducting some sort of a review because this is an outrage.
Ben EnglishGUEST
I mean, it's so deeply ideological.
Ben FordhamHOST
He says, "I'm disappointed that bias has become part of my daughter's education.
Ben FordhamHOST
She's being told a view and not allowed to form her own." His daughter attends Barker College in Sydney, and this is what it says in her year eleven geography textbook.
Ben FordhamHOST
And you've gotta remind yourself the subject is supposed to be geography.
Ben FordhamHOST
That means planet Earth, the land, the air, the water, all the living things that can call this place home.
Ben FordhamHOST
Have a look at what happened recently to Karl Stefanovic.
Ben FordhamHOST
He interviewed someone widely labeled as from the far right in Tommy Robinson, and Aussie advertisers who were ready to spend on his new project then canceled their plans.
Ben FordhamHOST
The kids at Barker College should ask the geography teacher about that.
Ben FordhamHOST
And by the way, what's any of this got to do with geography? Then they have a crack at 2GB listeners.
Ben FordhamHOST
The Fight for the Right is on News 24 tonight at 7:00 PM.
Ben FordhamHOST
As someone who's worked at News Corp for a long, long time, I'm keen to get your thoughts on a story we've broken this morning about a year 11 geography textbook, uh, that certainly at Barker College, we don't know how many other schools around New South Wales, but they say in the textbook, "The Murdoch-owned media outlets are not alone in promoting climate change denialism.
Ben FordhamHOST
Sydney's most commercially successful AM radio station, 2GB, is well known for promoting far-right political causes in the search for ad revenue.
Ben FordhamHOST
Its very conservative audience has its prejudices reinforced.
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