TEACHING AUSSIE VALUES

Federal Education Minister Dr Brendan Nelson wants Islamic schools to teach Australian values or else:

The Minister says it is important for all groups to be integrated into the Australian community, whatever their religion.

"If you want to be an Australian, if you want to raise your children in Australia, we fully expect those children to be taught and to accept Australian values and beliefs," he said.

"We want them to understand our history and our culture, the extent to which we believe in mateship and giving another person a fair go, and basically if people don't want to support and accept and adopt and teach Australian values then, they should clear off."

The vast majority of Australians will support Nelson's position but there's bound to be an outcry from those who don't.