Curriculum Structure and Development Education must address the knowledge and skills young Australians need to become competent citizens in the 21st century. In 2008, a nationwide curriculum was announced by the then Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Minister for Social Inclusion and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard under Power of the Rudd Labor government (Brady, 2010). Building on the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs [MCEETYA], 2008), the Australian Curriculum, developed by the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [ ACARA], aims to be a more homogeneous approach to education that offers all Australian school students access to a world-class education that has nationally consistent learning outcomes (Marsh, 2010). This essay discusses the philosophies that have been influential in the development of the Australian Curriculum, the impact these changes in the curriculum have on students, teachers and schools, and the extent to which the new curriculum model meets the educational needs of Australia's future. Australian CurriculumThe Australian Curriculum is a national framework that documents the standards of knowledge, understanding, skills and abilities that all Australian students want and are expected to achieve at every stage of their education. It is to be implemented in three phases, with the first phase released by 2011 focusing on the core learning areas of English, mathematics, science and history, and in future years for phases 2 and 3 for geography, languages ​​and the arts; and design and technology, health and physical education...... half of document ......Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdfNew South Wales Board of Studies (2010). K-6 Syllabus. Retrieved from http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/k-6/Smith, MK (2000). Curriculum theory and practice. The encyclopedia of informal education. Retrieved from www.infed.org/biblio/b-curric.htm.Tyler, R. (1949). Fundamental principles of curriculum and teaching (pp. 51-59). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://blogs.ubc.ca/ewayne/files/2009/02/tyler_001.pdfWiles, J. (2005). Curriculum Essentials: A Resource for Educators (2nd Edition). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. Wraga, W. G. (2003). Toward a renaissance of curriculum theory and development in the United States. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35(4), 425-437.DOI: 10.1080/0022027032000098494.