South Australian parents will still be free to use "moderate" smacking as a form of discipline for their children with the ...

Parents will still be allowed to smack their children in South Australia as the state government decides to reject a Royal ...

The long-term effects of smacking children have been revealed in new Australian research, and the results may make you think twice. New Australian research leaves parents in no doubt that smacking ...

Australian doctors Friday called for the smacking of children by parents to be made illegal, saying it was too easy to blur the line between reasonable discipline and abuse. The Royal Australasian ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Ballina. Followed categories will be added to My News. The recommendations are outlined in the first report to federal parliament by National Children's ...

Family First NZ is welcoming the Australian response to pressure by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to ban smacking in Australia. “Australian politicians have done what NZ ...

THINK smacking children is OK? This video compilation from Sky News (above) of children being slapped, whacked and hit by adults makes for confronting viewing. Child health experts in Australia have ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. More than 4000 people voted in the poll which asked parents whether they smacked their children. Of the 85 per ...

Hundreds of parents have been sent on out-of-court parenting courses since the smacking ban was introduced in March 2022, ...