Smacking should be banned to stop parents abusing their children under the guise of discipline, a landmark inquiry into family violence says. Vote in our poll. Children have told of being beaten or ...

Children have told of being beaten or kept like prisoners by parents or carers who argue it is necessary to “correct” their behaviour. Now royal commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja, who heard their ...

“I was freezing. I didn’t take a jacket, I didn’t pack anything,” she told The Advertiser years later. “One of my thongs on my feet actually broke … so I ended up barefoot. I had bruises everywhere, ...