QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (Question No. 1096)
Senator Bob Brown asked the Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, upon notice, on 8 September 2011: Given that, in May 2010, Australia's children's commissioners and guardians resolved that all children should be protected from physical punishment and all governments should work to ensure the law is consistent with international human rights standards: (1) What is the Commonwealth Government doing to ensure that no child is subject to corporal punishment in Australian non-state schools. (2) Why is corporal punishment not mentioned as an example of a punitive approach in the 'Common Terms and Definitions' section of the National safe schools framework resource manual.