The recommendations include:

Education ministers should consider establishing a scheme to assist publishers in keeping Australian classics in print;

A group of distinguished writers, teachers and scholars should be convened to establish a list of Australian literary works that form part of the intellectual inheritance of all Australians;

The Howard government will stand on the side of Australian parents in defending the right of every child to be taught our nation’s rich literary heritage, unobstructed by left-wing prejudices, ideological obsessions and postmodernist fads.