IN THE MEDIA​​​​

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• 19 May 2025, It's time to treat children with the same respect and protection as adults, opinion article by Daryl Higgins, The Border Mail (paywall)

• 16 May 2025, It's time to treat children with the same respect and protection as adults, opinion article by Daryl Higgins, Canberra Times (paywall)

• 9 May 2025, Should it still be legal for Australians to smack their children? Interview with Daryl Higgins by Ben Silvester, Newcastle Herald (paywall)

• 8 May 2025, segment covering issues raised by submission by Divna Haslam and consortium on ending corporal punishment in Queensland, 10 News First Sydney

• 8 May 2025: Interview with Divna Haslam in support of the abolition of the defence of domestic discipline in Queensland, with Tegan Taylor on ABC Life Matters 

• 8 May 2025: Push to make smacking kids a crime, Natasha Bita, The Australian (pay wall)

• April 2025: Assaulting kids is never OK, Linda Savage, The West Australian (pay wall)

• 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 Australia’s outdated dilemma, John Tobin, The New Daily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?  Daryl Higgins and Sophie Havighurst,The Conversation

• May 2021: Evidence shows children who are smacked are more likely to be involved in partner violence in adulthood, Angelika Poulsen, The Conversation

• May 2015: The long term impact of corporal punishment, Angelika Poulsen, Sydney Morning Herald/The Age