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1. 2024 - CEFA Proposal for National Civics Education Campaign 2024

2. 2024 A CEFA driven 2024-2026 Civics Education campaign to promote and strengthen Australians' understanding and appreciation of our parliamentary democratic system of government , the constitutional arrangements that underpin it, and the common values that bind our communities

3. 2024 - CEFA ACC Resources Stage 2 Introductory Units and Topics Index for Curriculum aligned, year-level based, sequenced teaching and learning materials

4. 2024 - List of websites of other civics education stakeholders 

5. 2023 - Report for Government Civics Education Neutral Program - Project: CN 3958778

6. 2018 - Civics Education and Social Justice - The Law Council Report

7. 2014 - CEFA 2014 Submission to the Australian Curriculum Review - The Delivery of Civics and Citizenship to Schools

8. 2014 - CEFA 2014 Australian Constitution Centre Project Plan submitted to the Commonwealth's Attorney-General's Department

 

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