Chinchilla Christian College – a relic of an educational era, long past

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This article describes the last school in Australia known to 'swat' children with the cane or paddle. It clarifies some recent confusion in the media about the use of corporal punishment at Chinchilla Christian College. It also explains the legal status of corporal punishment, how the State Government justifies the right of non-state schools to use it, why two independent statutory bodies do nothing about it and what must be done to eradicate it.