It has emerged that a church in Australia has backed the right of parents to smack their children, as it opposes a push towards a ban on corporal punishment.
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In a submission to a state Parliamentary inquiry, the church said the charter could be used to dump the common law right to smack children provided the 'force wasn't unreasonable or excessive,' the report said.
"Many Australian families use reasonable physical discipline from time to time," the church said.
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The Presbyterian church submission said Australia was being pressured to ban corporal punishment by a United Nations committee overseeing implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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