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Victorian Department of Education to overhaul religious education because ONE person complained

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Karen Percy from the ABC wrote the following article:  The way religion is taught in Victorian primary schools will be overhauled after a report found that volunteers from the state's key provider Access Ministries breached its guidelines. (based on the complaint of one person) A Department of Education investigation found that Access Ministries volunteers gave out between 16 and 18 copies of Refuel 2, a "Biblezine", at a Christmas performance at Torquay College in December last year.  Naja Voorhoeve complained to the department after her seven-year-old mildly autistic son, who was not enrolled in special religious instruction (SRI) classes, was given the Refuel 2 magazine by another student.  (So lets get some perspective here. A student hands it to another student then the parent demands the Education Department to overhaul the whole RE program? Does the Education department overhaul EVERY program when ONE parent complains? This response is out of pro...