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H/SUN, February 4, 2012, page 12, news item by Nathan Mawby, `Don't ban smacking'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/news/dont-ban-smacking-say-readers/story-fn7x8me2-1226262270275#content

H/SUN, February 3, 2012, page 1, news item by Elissa Doherty, `Time to ban smacking'.
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/time-to-ban-smacking/story-e6frfkvr-1226261362018

H/SUN, February 15, 2012, page 5, news item (photo) by Alex White, `Tough love makes bad kids'.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/tough-love-makes-big-kids/story-fn6bqphm-1226271232627

H/SUN, February 25, 2012, page 3, news item by Janet Fife-Yeomans, `Judge backs smack'.
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/live-in-the-real-world-judge-backs-smacks/story-e6frfkvr-1226281106607

AUST, March 3, 2012, page 16, comment by Angela Shanahan, `In the hubbub over parenting styles, it's not just the mother's story'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/in-the-hubbub-over-parenting-styles-its-not-just-the-mothers-story/story-e6frgd0x-1226287636070

AGE, April 6, 2012, page 9, news item, `No cane, no gain in the behaviour of students'.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/no-cane-no-gain-in-the-behaviour-of-students-20120405-1wflt.html

AGE, July 29, 2013, page 18, editorial, `Why smacking should be regarded as a crime'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/why-smacking-should-be-regarded-as-a-crime-20130728-2qsul.html

AGE, July 26, 2013, page 2, news item by Rachel Browne, `Outlawing the smack'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/outlawing-the-smack-20130725-2qnl5.html