Federal Parliament to Investigate Workplace Bullying
June 8, 2012, Hits:443
On 31 May 2012 the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten MP, asked the Committee to inquire into and report on workplace bullying. The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the ...
Read moreTake a stand to stop bullying on national day of action
March 16, 2012, Hits:928
The Australian Human Rights Commission has urged Australians to get behind today’s National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. The brainchild of Bullying! No Way, this year’s theme focuses on parents and families playing a role in prev...
Read moreThe Key To End Bullying
April 27, 2011, Hits:969
Eradicating notorious school yard bullying needs to begin at national level, says International expert Christina Salmivalli. The Professor of Psychology from Finland’s University of Turku explained the key to elimination lies with bystander responsi...
Read moreBullying Against Teachers has to stop!
April 12, 2010, Hits:2315
You can help! Hardly a day goes by where one or more of the media outlets have a story on a bullying incident by students to students, out of school, in school.It seems to be getting more common and more violent and that is because, based on statist...
Read morePolice, education to work together toreduce antisocial behaviour
August 18, 2009, Hits:1353
WA Police will work with the Department of Education and Training as part of a two-pronged strategy to address antisocial behaviour, reduce truancy and improve behaviour at schools.Police Minister Rob Johnson and Education Minister Liz Constable toda...
Read moreCourt threat for pupils' parents
June 29, 2009, Hits:1135
Parents of unruly pupils could be taken to court by teachers under plans to be announced by ministers. The initiative will be used to support existing home-school agreements which set out what is expected of parents and their children in the educati...
Read moreProgress reported on school bullying
December 15, 2008, Hits:918
STEPHEN O'DOHERTY, the chief executive of Christian Schools Australia, readily agrees there is bullying in schools - he copped it himself at school and long afterwards - but he believes Australia has made progress in the past 15 years. Standing just...
Read moreOur kids in worst class of bullies
December 14, 2008, Hits:679
BULLYING in Australian primary schools is in the worst category in the world, a new study of education standards has found. In the Trends In International Mathematics And Science Study, which surveyed schools in about 40 countries, more than a quart...
Read morePreventing crime
May 16, 2008, Hits:538
Gary O'Reilly isn't the kind of guy you’d want to mess with. He’s big, bald and looks like he might just be a crim. It's not far from the truth. Gary was an inmate at Fremantle Prison as a young man during the 1970s and 80s. He spent more than eight...
Read morePunchbag: Our teachers deserve better!
May 14, 2008, Hits:1751
I’m old fashioned I don't like it very much when my wife arrives home from school (not her current school) and tells me that when she asked a Grade 7 student for his homework he told her: “Go f*** yourself!”. And then at 11pm that night when I asked ...
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