Safer schools set to take action against bullying

Australian schools will be better equipped to deal with student bullying, with School Education Minister Peter Garrett launching the revised National Safe Schools Framework in Brisbane today. [...]

Minister for School Education Peter Garrett has today launched the new Bullying No Way! Website and the Take A Stand Together mobile app, to help students and parents address bullying in schools. [...]

ANONYMOUS “bully boxes” are being installed in schools as part of the fight to combat schoolyard bullying. The electronic boxes let victims and witnesses email reports of bullying [...]

WORKSAFE sacked one of its employees just hours after she lodged a compensation claim for bullying. Former WorkSafe health adviser Jillian Ramsden, 46, lodged the claim on July 27 after months of [...]

A CLAIM of unfair dismissal has been lodged against Fair Work Australia, the official umpire for workplace disputes, over allegations of workplace bullying in its Melbourne office. The claim, by [...]

WORKPLACE bullies could be charged with stalking and face jail for the first time in Queensland. In a major shake-up to workplace laws, bosses and staff who victimise workers could be left with a [...]

Employers and unions say new laws in Victoria to protect employees from bullying need to be supported by education on what constitutes bullying.

ELIZABETH JACKSON: The issue of workplace bullying is again in the spotlight this morning, with the launch of a lawsuit worth more than $9 million against one of Australia’s most prominent [...]

STEPHEN LONG: And in the world of the web is cyber bullying an abuse of human rights? The answer’s yes according the Australian Human Rights Commission. It’s developing a new [...]

BULLYING happens in every school and it is one of the most likely causes of contact between parents and teachers. Unfortunately it can also be one of the most difficult problems to solve and if [...]