Smacking and spanking kids to improve their moral development
Or something. Corporal punishment (CP) is defined as “an act carried out with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purposes of correction and control”. Spanking and slapping are a “socially legitimate form [...]
What the hell?
If this is accurate, heads are going to roll: Defence heads have ordered an investigation into claims departmental officials conducted covert inquiries into their minister Joel Fitzgibbon. The unnamed officials investigated the defence minister’s association with a Chinese-born Sydney businesswoman [...]
What's with Victoria Police?
On Lateline tonight, the point was made that other police agencies failed to share information with Queensland Police before the Fitzgerald Inquiry because it was demonstrated that such intelligence was leaked or sold to suspects. Can it be too difficult [...]
Just because you're paranoid
While ASIO routinely over-reached in its early years in its spying on various activists, it seems (at least in terms of what’s come to light) that some of the worst examples of “secret police” surveillance of community organizations has come [...]
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