The state government has reshuffled the school curriculum board, dumping union executives to instead introduce “a diverse skill set” with three new members, including the founder of a right-wing lobby group.

The Queensland Assessment and Curriculum Authority (QCAA) has seven members, including the chair, three members each representing an education sector, and three members nominated by the Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek.

The changes reverted the acting chair to a nominated member, and removed the other two nominated members – Queensland Teachers’ Union president Cresta Richardson and Independent Education Union Queensland branch secretary Terence Burke.

In their place, Langbroek appointed former Rockhampton Catholic Education Diocese director of 24 years Leesa Jeffcoat AM and J

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