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The Katter’s Australian Party is calling for a return to corporal punishment in Queensland, as party leader Robbie Katter, Bob Katter’s son, campaigns before the state election.Asked to respond to the proposal on Seven’s Sunrise, Nationals senator Matt Canavan joked that the online stories gave him “PTSD”, resurfacing memories of getting the strap in year 3.“I think it should stay with parents. I don’t think teachers want this kind of responsibility,” Canavan said.
“I think they don’t get the disciplining and they struggle from growing from the boy into the man and you have to realise there are consequences for bad conduct and the sooner you realise that, the better you will end up being.”Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek told Sunrise she was against the proposal.“I think you would find it pretty hard to find teachers who got into teaching so they could hit kids,” she said.
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