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Members of our Steering Committee are available to contribute to media stories. You are welcome to contact them directly:
• Prof Sophie Havighurst, University of Melbourne
• Prof Daryl Higgins, Institute of Child Protection Studies
• Karen Flanagan AM, Australian Childhood Foundation

OUR CAMPAIGN IN THE MEDIA:

November 2024: To smack, or not to smack? Australia’s outdated dilemma, John Tobin, The New Daily
December 2023: 1 in 4 adults think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids. But attitudes are changing, Divna Haslam, The Conversation
November 2023: It’s time to ban corporal punishment of kids in Australia, Sophie Havighurst, Pursuit, The University of Melbourne
May 2023: Is it Time Australia Banned Smacking? Parenting and Personalities Podcast
May 2023: Corporal Punishment, ABC Behind the News, produced by Joseph Baronio
July 2022: Research shows it’s harmful to smack your child, so what should parents do instead? The Conversation, Daryl Higgins and Sophie Havighurst
May 2021: Evidence shows children who are smacked are more likely to be involved in partner violence in adulthood, Angelika Poulsen, The Conversation

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