Schools play a crucial role in reducing bullying by creating environments where students feel safe, supported, and empowered.
More »The problem of school bullying part II: Teachers
Bullying in Australian workplaces is a problem – a 2015 report from Safe Work Australia (SWA) found 9.4 per cent of its respondents had been bullied in their workplaces in the past six months. This was an increase from seven ...
More »The problem of school bullying part I: Students
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2022 report Australia’s Children says 70 per cent of children aged 12–13 experience at least one bullying-like behaviour a year, and almost half of those students (46 per cent) go on to ...
More »Opinion: Addressing bullying and school-related stress
Unfortunately, bullying and school-related mental stress in its various forms are considered commonplace in our society. Despite current rhetoric around social media and its links to wellbeing and social exclusion, it is not the root cause for most. Mental stress ...
More »‘Huge jump’ in violent incidents in SA schools
Reports of violence, bullying, and drug taking in South Australian schools have risen to over 10,000 last year. Incidents of violence in school spiked by over 550 to 2915 last year with increasing reports of verbal abuse, intruders on campus, ...
More »Vic govt to pay for failing to protect Jewish students
The state of Victoria must apologise and pay over $435,000 in compensation for failing to protect five Jewish students from anti-Semitic bullying at a Melbourne state school. The case was brought by former Brighton Secondary College (BSC) students Joel and ...
More »New anti-bullying method proves efficient: study
A new approach to bullying focussing on building an "anti-bullying climate" in classrooms could reduce peer pressure at school, education experts have said. For the past decades, youth bullying rates have increased exponentially; in 2009, 27 per cent of year ...
More »Teachers can do more to address anti-LGBT bullying
Australia’s teachers need to do more to protect their LGBTIQA+ students from bullying and harassment, new research says. Researchers from the University of South Australia asked over 400 teachers about how they chose to intervene in bullying incidents against sexually ...
More »NSW teenager acquitted of plotting school massacre
A teenager from regional NSW who was bullied with homophobic taunts has been found not guilty of conspiring to murder his schoolmates after a judge found his disturbing diary entries were merely a window into his torment. The teenager, who ...
More »NSW holds first anti-bullying roundtable
The NSW government has held its first anti-bullying roundtable to improve schools’ response to youth mental health needs and antisocial behaviour. Led by Education Minister Sarah Mitchell, the meeting was the first of an ongoing series that aims to tackle ...
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