Scoop Coverage: 87% No Vote In Smacking Referendum

Monday, 24 August 2009, 4:59 pm
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Smacking: Terms Of Reference For Review Announced

Prime Minister John Key today released Terms of Reference for a review of policies and procedures used by the New Zealand Police and Child, Youth and Family around the issue of smacking. The review stems from Cabinet decisions a fortnight ago introducing safeguards to give parents comfort they will not be criminalised for lightly smacking their children. More>>

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• Nigel Latta - S59 Review Process
• Family First - Smacking Panel Must See the Real Evidence
• Family First - Key ‘Softening Ground’ For Smacking Amendment

Wouldn't Cover His Question: Baldock Announces Plan For Meta-Referendum

... the wording of the question would focus on the issue of whether Citizens initiated referenda seeking the repeal or amendment of any law passed by parliament should be binding. More>>

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• Werewolf - Lyndon Hood: Bullet Points Will Solve All My Structure Problems

John Minto: Rugby Brawling And The Pro-smackers

Just what are we teaching our kids in school sport? The spectacle of an all-in brawl involving players and supporters from Kelston Boys’ High and Auckland Grammar 10 days ago was an ugly symptom of a bigger problem. More >>

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• The Kiwi Party - New referendum petition possible
• ACT - Boscawen Challenges Local MPs To Front

Gordon Campbell: A Few Extra Reasons Why The Boscawen Bill Should Be Dumped

Interesting that Act MP John Boscawen wants to introduce legislation that will try to re-define what is or isn’t a permitted means, and level, of parental discipline. He belongs to the same party that opposes an exemption for GST on food... Meaning: Boscawen appears willing to go through all sorts of definitional contortions to enable parents to ‘discipline’ kids, while maintaining it is far too hard and messy to enact exemptions to ensure they can be fed. More >>

ALSO:

• John Minto - John Minto: Rugby brawling and the pro-smackers
• Audio & Images - Key Gives Pro-Smacking Bill The Smackdown
• The Kiwi Party - Open Letter to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Family First - Dictatorship or Democracy For Families?
• Maxim Institute - Law Makers Need To Act In Our Best Interests
• Salvation Army - Move on from smacking distractions
• SAVE - Youth let down by referendum

Shwaack: Key Gives Pro-Smacking Bill The Smackdown

National will vote against John Boscawen's so called "pro-smacking bill" when it comes before the house in two weeks time. Speaking to assembled media this afternoon John Key said the referendum made it clear there is some public unease over the issue, but the question didn't ask whether the law should be changed. Labour are also likely to vote against the bill, guaranteeing its early demise. More >>

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• Greens - Reject Boscawen's bill
• The Kiwi Party - PM between a rock and a hard place
• ACT - Boscawen's Bill Offers Solution For All
• Scoop Full Coverage - 87% No Vote In Smacking Referendum
• TV3 Video - Key squashes Boscawen's anti-smacking bill
• Tom Frewen - Today In Parliament 26.08.09

It's Official: 'No' Vote Plummets 0.2% In Final Count

For the response Yes / 201,541 / 11.98 %
For the response No / 1,470,755 / 87.4%
More >>

ALSO:

• Family First - Vote Against Smacking Law Exceeds Vote For MMP
• The Kiwi Party - Democracy in danger?
• Libertarianz Party - Parents Want Justice, Not ‘Comfort’
• Family First - Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Essential

Response: Key's "Safeguards To Give Parents Comfort"

Prime Minister John Key today announced Cabinet decisions to introduce safeguards to give parents comfort they will not be criminalised for lightly smacking their children. The safeguards follow the Citizens Initiated Referendum on smacking. More >>

ALSO:

• NZ Govt - Report to guide crack-down on family violence
• Greens - Assurance for parents welcomed
• NZ Police - Two year police monitoring of section 59 completed
• NZ Police - Police happy to provide info on law's operation
• Public Service Association - Govt puts CYF staff in difficult position
• The Yes Vote coalition - Protocols Review Timely and Appropriate
• Family First - More Window Dressing on a Rejected Law
• Te Kahui Mana Ririki - Te Kahui Mana Ririki applauds child law stance
• NZ Playcentre Federation - Playcentre continues call for positive parenting ed.
• Scoop Audio - PM’s Presser: No Maori Seats & Smacking 'Comfort'
• TV3 Video - Smacking parents are not being criminalised, police report shows
• TV3 Video - Key: smacking law will only change if ineffective

Gordon Campbell: The Referendum About Hitting Kids

Diversion, as every parent knows, is a useful ploy in good parenting. You divert the angry child’s attention away – with a game, or another activity – from the thing that would otherwise lead to a violent confrontation. Basically, you change the subject. How ironic then that the entire smacking debate has now evolved into a golden diversionary tactic for the Key government for any public concerns about its wider activities. More >>

ALSO:

• Ministry of Justice - Preliminary Result of Citizens Initiated Referendum
• TVNZ - Q+A’s Guyon Espiner interviews Prime Minister Key
• TVNZ - Q+A Panel Responds to John Key Interview
• NZ Govt - Turia: No shade of violence is acceptable
• Greens - Referendum result inconclusive
• ACT - Result No Surprise
• ACT - Time For The Politicians To Listen
• ACT - Time To Listen To The People
• Office of the Children's Commissioner - Law should stay as it is, Children’s Commissioner
• Yes Vote Coalition - Some positive value in referendum
• Yes Vote Coalition - Time for Real Action on Child Abuse
• Family First - Families Commission Must Represent Families
• Family First - Cabinet Ministers Urged To Speak Up
• Family First - NO to Anti-Smacking Law – Politicians Must Listen
• Family First - John Key Was Right
• Family First - Cabinet Ministers Swamped With Emails
• The Kiwi Party - Kiwi Party Leader Thrilled By Result
• The Kiwi Party - Is the law really working as intended PM?
• Sensible Sentencing Trust - Is National to become a one-hit wonder?
• Lindsay Perigo - 'No' Vote a Defeat for Political Correctness
• Auckland Cathedral Of The Holy Trinity - Dean rejects claim to God-given right to smack
• Shine Group - Preliminary results indicate ‘No’ to dumb question
• Barnardos - Child discipline law still the best option for NZ
• Women's Refuge - Predictable Referendum Result On A Stupid Question
• EPOCH NZ - Referendum has had some positive value
• Parents Centre - Parents Centre supports a law that is working
• National Council of Women - NCWNZ stands by the child discipline law
• Plunket - Plunket Asks NZ To Support Positive Parenting
• SAVE - Open Letter - Referendum
• TV3 Video - Pro-smacking lobbyists funded by overseas Christian group
• TV3 Video - Preliminary results show most referendum voters say 'no'
• TV3 Video - Pro-smacking lobby: change the law, or else

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• Meat And Wool NZ - Farmers urged to vote

Scoop Satire: Anti-Smacking Lobby Gets "Thrashing", Still Don't Learn

Opponents of the smacking referendum have been left nursing their wounds after being seriously thrashed in the recent referendum. But despite this beating, they refuse to do what they're told - and continue to act just as lippy, if not more so. No-vote Lobbyists have been left wondering how big a whipping it would take for these people to learn. More >>

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