Should I Laugh or Cry ?

[grandmoon]

This is the Young Liberals Vision for Canberra.

Private schools caning pupils, the abolition of ACT self-government, licenses for cyclists, a privatised ACTION bus network and minimum sentences for child sex offenders. Is this what life in Canberra would be like if the Young Liberals were in charge? A set of policy proposals to be considered by ACT party members suggests private schools "should be offered the option of disciplining students through corporal punishment, with the use of a cane". It calls for the ACT Government to be stripped of all legal authority until territory voters support a referendum proposal establishing self government.

[*crikey*mate*]

Private schools can already (or should i say still) use the cane in Qld,

Legally, they can in public schools too, it is just that Education Queensland has a policy against it, so whilst a teacher may have his employment terminated for using a cane in a public school, "school master" is the actual term in the legislation, for breach of policy, he will not have criminal charges bought against him.

[icyfroth]

Could be worse:

Northern Territory teachers say the Education Department is failing to punish violent students in the wake of a new reporting method showing assaults by students at much higher rates than previously recorded.

Recorded physical assaults by students against staff increased from 37 last year to 253 so far this year.

Student on student violence rocketed from just 10 reported incidents last year to almost 3,000 so far this year.

Entire Article Here

[i-need-a-martini]

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

Private schools can already (or should i say still) use the cane in Qld,

Legally, they can in public schools too, it is just that Education Queensland has a policy against it, so whilst a teacher may have his employment terminated for using a cane in a public school, "school master" is the actual term in the legislation, for breach of policy, he will not have criminal charges bought against him.

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Corporal punishemnt is illegal in all government schools throughout Australia except NT.

NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas have blanket bans across ALL schools whether govt or private.

Qld, WA and SA are the only states that still allow it in private schools.

[grandmoon]

I am more concerned with their wish to "minimum sentences for child sex offenders."

[icyfroth]

what do they want to minimum to be?

[grandmoon]

They haven't said. 

[icyfroth]

what's the current minimum?

[debra9275]

Scary!

[grandmoon]

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@icyfroth wrote:

what's the current minimum?

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I can't find anything on the minimum sentence