Michael Turtle (13 de abril de 2007). «States reject performance pay for teachers». PM program. ABC (Radio National). Consultado el 6 de mayo de 2007. «Julie Bishop took in an ambitious plan for national standards in schooling, but none of her proposals were accepted in their original form.»
Justine Ferrari (6 de octubre de 2006). «Canberra to seize syllabus from states». Education (The Australian). Archivado desde el original el 19 de agosto de 2007. Consultado el 6 de mayo de 2007. «Education Minister Julie Bishop will attack state education bureaucrats and accuse them of hijacking school curriculums, distorting them with "Chairman Mao" type ideologies in a speech to the History Teachers Association of Australia today.»
Michelle Grattan (11 de octubre de 2003). «New kid on the block». The Age (Melbourne). Consultado el 28 de noviembre de 2007.
«Thatcher v Mao – what a week for ideology». Opinion (Melbourne). 7 de octubre de 2006. Consultado el 6 de mayo de 2007. «Lead: The latest shots in the culture wars were fired this week in a skirmish that has all the hallmarks of a carefully planned political campaign aimed at jolting Australians out of their complacency.»
Justine Ferrari (6 de octubre de 2006). «Canberra to seize syllabus from states». Education (The Australian). Archivado desde el original el 19 de agosto de 2007. Consultado el 6 de mayo de 2007. «Education Minister Julie Bishop will attack state education bureaucrats and accuse them of hijacking school curriculums, distorting them with "Chairman Mao" type ideologies in a speech to the History Teachers Association of Australia today.»