QLD - Gov Youth Justice Group to Include Advocate for Caning

[Irrev-Black]

Toontown, so fuckin' civilised, if you count 19th Century civilisation.

Cunliffe, who had his Landcruiser stolen two years ago in Toowomba’s Middle Ridge, says he wants victims of crime to have more financial support, better access to counselling and the power to consult the government on youth justice.

This month he got his wish: the Palaszczuk government announced Cunliffe had been appointed to Queensland’s youth justice strategy reference group as a victims’ representative.

But a deeper look at Cunliffe’s social media posts raises questions about his views on youth justice problems.

Cunliffe has said he believes schools should consider bringing back the cane as a form of punishment.

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In another comment Cunliffe says he believes there is a place for “court-administered corporal punishment”.

“Done properly, they would think twice about coming back for more,” he writes.

When asked about the posts, Cunliffe told Guardian Australia that he believed there could be a place for the cane in schools.

“My personal thoughts are that [the cane] could help,” he said.

“But … it’s got to be done very carefully and well thought out, not an abuse at all.

“If the parents of kids aren’t able to exercise discipline … then the state needs to be disciplining these kids as well.”

Cunliffe has also criticised steps taken to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 in several states. In one Facebook post he says children as young as seven “know right from wrong” and if they “repeatedly do wrong with no consequences, criminal behaviour becomes reinforced”.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... tice-group