Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, upon notice, on 14 March 2012:

With reference to the answer to question on notice no. 1096 (Senate Hansard, 7 February 2012, proof p. 176), relating to corporal punishment in non-state schools:

(1) Can an explanation be provided regarding the situation of corporal punishment in non-state schools in Queensland?

(2) What is the Commonwealth Government's understanding of Section 280 of the Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899, in relation to the use of corporal punishment in non-state schools?