That is up 5 per cent on the previous 12 months. More than two-thirds of the callers were aged under 15.
General manager of research Wendy Reid is urging parents to take account of the long-term effects of physical abuse.
"A large person laying hands on small person, we don't do that our friends, we don't even do it to the criminals in our society, [?]" Ms Reid said.
"We would advocate that parents look for alternative means of disciplining their children and managing their children."
Ms Reid says many parents lack appropriate support.
"Parents are losing their temper, they feel helpless, they feel stressed," she said.
"Many parents, especially those in rural and remote areas, don't have the sorts of supports and connects that many parents in metropolitan areas It's a combination of factors and, unfortunately, it's the kids who are at the receiving end."
By No Smack 9 September 04
Ed: The Department of Corrective Services do assault prisoners in society, so do the Police Force, that's why they changed their name from Police Service to Police Force and so does the military.
The way to prevent violence and domestic violence is to lead by example. How can the government say they are trying to prevent violence when they use it to get things done?
End all forms of corporal punishment now! There should be no violence. None! Such notions as reasonable force by anyone only promotes more violence.
Dialogue solves issues better in the long-term. A baby can be spoken to, just by the tone of your voice. A child can be picked up and moved to safety.
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Children are ordinary citizens, too
A so-called compromise amendment was passed, allowing parents to carry on hitting babies and children. The proponent was one of the country's most eminent lawyers, [ruling class], Lord Lester of Herne Hill. (It is a sad reflection of children's low status that a human rights lawyer can make a day's job out of defending parental violence.)
Apologise to children abused in care: report
A Senate report on children placed in institutional care has called for the Federal Government to apologise to those who were harmed by their experience.
Aboriginal Children's Day focuses on family violence
"Our childhood, our chance" is the theme of today's national Aboriginal Children's Day. This year's event will be marked by the launch of an Aboriginal family violence prevention kit.
Qld puts forward national child abuse strategy
Queensland's Minister for Child Safety, Mike Reynolds, will take the idea to Hobart and says all levels of government should be working closely to protect vulnerable children.
International No-Smacking Day April 30 2004
A Cure For Violence and Domestic Violence simple as ABC.
Three slaps? Three bad lessons!
A MOTHER became a convicted criminal yesterday, for smacking her three-year-old son at a supermarket. She lost control after her son threw a tantrum in the middle of Coles at Dee Why. As a Coles employee and a shopper watched, the mother hit the kicking and screaming child about the head two or three times. She then dragged him to where his father was waiting at the checkout.
Valuing children now!
The 2001 legislation specified where a child could legally be hit, which only perpetuates the view that physical punishment is normal and a parent's right, Bernadette Saunders, of the Child Abuse and Family Violence Research Unit at Monash University, says.
ATSIC call to smack kids?
Aboriginal parents should be able to smack their children to improve discipline, ATSIC Northern Zone Commissioner Kim Hill said yesterday.
No-Smacking Day for Children in NSW
Patmalar Ambikapathy the Children's Commissioner, HOBART Tasmania spoke to Gregory Kable a caseworker at Justice Action at the Controlling Crime Conference at Redfern in Sydney yesterday and we both realised how parallel our ideas about crime prevention were.
WA police ministers quick fix on domestic violence
Western Australian Police Minister Michelle Roberts says recommendations from the Gordon Inquiry into family violence in Aboriginal communities has led to a coordinated police approach to the crimes.
Development problems hit 1 in 4 kids: study
Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley has described the results of a groundbreaking study into child development as frightening.
Spanking-ban critics offer compromise?
London: An unlikely alliance of lawyers, child professionals and politicians is condemning as unworkable plans to "jail" parents in Britain who administer anything stronger than a light smack to their children.
