Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline (see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)H/SUN, September 27, 2011, page 26, comment by Susie O'Brien, `Smacking is brute force'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/adults-should-not-resort-to-smacking/story-e6frfhqf-1226147314048
H/SUN, October 8, 2011, page 16, news item (photos) by Siobhan Duck, `Smacking divides us'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/groups-back-the-rights-of-parents-to-physically-discipline-children/story-fn7x8me2-1226161606845
H/SUN, February 4, 2012, page 12, news item by Nathan Mawby, `Don't ban smacking'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/dont-ban-smacking-say-readers/story-fn6bfmgc-1226262243396
H/SUN, February 3, 2012, page 1, news item by Elissa Doherty, `Time to ban smacking'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/time-to-ban-smacking/story-fn6bfkm6-1226261282961
H/SUN, February 15, 2012, page 5, news item (photo) by Alex White, `Tough love makes bad kids'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/tough-love-makes-big-kids/story-fn6bfkm6-1226271232627
H/SUN, February 25, 2012, page 3, news item by J Fife-Yeomans, `Judge backs smack'.
http://www.news.com.au/national/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