Morris Iemma on Australian values

NSW Permier Morris Iemma has just announced that he wants "every day to be Australia Day". He wants 'Australian values' such as 'decency' and a 'fair go' to be part of the school curriculum. I'm always sceptical of claims of 'Australian values', because they're usually universal values dressed in nationalistic clothing, and thus only serve to fragment people, not unite them. I also find the claimed links between the Cronulla Riots and school education to be somewhat dubious. What's alluded to is that our teachers are weakening the country by failing to instill these 'Australian values', and that if we can fix the curriculum, we'll fix intolerance. These kinds of comments are a buck-passing, quick fix exercise. I'm all for teaching children values and morals, but these kinds of claims seem to be made without any evidence that they're not currently being taught.