Since its inception, the National Curriculum Board has aimed to broadly consult members of the mathematics community. However the compressed time-frame and mechanisms for consultation and feedback have meant that many people with strong views are in danger of not being heard or even aware of stages in the process.
Last Friday, 12 December. the Faculty of Education and Social Work held, of its own initiative, a symposium where all of the present framers of national curricula
The National Mathematics Curriculum Framing Paper may be accessed via the webpage
http://www.ncb.org.au/verve/_resources/National_Mathematics_Curriculum_-_Framing_Paper.pdf
The Framing Paper includes three useful appendices, one of which comprises several pages for giving comprehensive feedback on the document, and an address to send it when filled out.
The next scheduled event is a National Curriculum Meeting on the 10th February 2009, at which representatives from AMSI (Australian Mathematical Science Institute), of which Sydney is a member, will be present. This may be another mechanism for channeling comments or viewpoints. The Director of AMSI is Phil Broadbridge.