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| UpdatedOne Nation candidates in the WA election are threatening to disobey their own party on the controversial preference deal struck with the Liberal Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, bullying, wa
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| UpdatedQueensland police complete an investigation into an assault that left Brisbane teenager Tyrone Unsworth hospitalised with a broken jaw, a month before he took his own life.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, activism-and-lobbying, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedIn November 2016, Tyrone Unsworth killed himself after years of homophobic bullying. He was 13. His school claims it knew nothing, but the warning signs were there.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA quarter of 14- to 25-year-olds have been bullied in the past 12 months, a survey reveals, prompting mental health service ReachOut to remind victims and their support groups to take action fast.
Topics: bullying, education, mental-health, health, community-and-society, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedKate Rich, a comedy writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live, is suspended following a tweet ridiculing US President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron.
Topics: social-media, bullying, united-states
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The truth is we all played a role in the death of Tyrone Unsworth, and we all have a burden to bear.
Topics: bullying, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, schools, parenting, suicide, aspley-4034
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The Andrews Government defends its decision to cut ties with the founder of the Safe Schools program, Roz Ward, six months early saying the program will be delivered by the Department of Education.
Topics: bullying, education, gays-and-lesbians, state-parliament, melbourne-3000, vic
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The Department of Education says it has finalised inquiries into complaints relating to staff at Wilcannia Central School, in far west New South Wales.
Topics: bullying, education, wilcannia-2836
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Staff at Wilcannia Central School in far west New South Wales allege they have been bullied by other staff.
Topics: education, bullying, wilcannia-2836
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The treatment of a school boy from Fukushima has shone a light on the problem of bullying in Japanese schools.
Topics: bullying, education, disasters-and-accidents, nuclear-accident, japan
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| UpdatedThe plight of a schoolboy from Fukushima focuses attention in Japan on the problem of bullying in schools.
Topics: bullying, schools, education, disasters-and-accidents, human-interest, japan
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| UpdatedA Brisbane mother speaks of her anguish at her son's death, after he was allegedly subject to continuous bullying because of his sexuality.
Topics: education, bullying, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, suicide, aspley-4034, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedTwitter has announced new filtering tools in the fight against online abuse and trolling. But will it actually work?
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, mobile-phones, computers-and-technology, bullying, australia
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An ongoing squabble between two Tasmanian politicians over an alleged bullying incident finally comes to an end.
Topics: bullying, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedAfter being taunted by other students, teenager Monique Mastrobattista has launched a campaign that encourages people to value kindness over school grades.
Topics: author, bullying, youth, human-interest, albert-park-3206, vic, australia
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Topics: bullying, melbourne-3000, port-melbourne-3207
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| UpdatedWith a growing number of single-sex schools in Australia converting to co-ed, Samantha Selinger-Morris looks at how attending gender segregated schools impacts students' emotional wellbeing and worldview.
Topics: parenting, relationships, youth, schools, bullying, discrimination, australia
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A former MP has labelled Safe Schools "disgusting" as Tasmanian Liberal Party members pass a motion at the party's annual state conference calling for the education program to be abolished.
Topics: liberals, schools, government-and-politics, education, bullying, women, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedA conversation in a car park opens the door to a resolution over the ongoing Ruth Forrest v Rene Hidding saga that has dogged the Tasmanian Government.
Topics: bullying, government-and-politics, tas
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A black 15-year-old in the US describes how his white schoolmates put a noose around his neck and pulled it tight.
Topics: schools, education, bullying, united-states
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| UpdatedBallarat's base hospital says its first ever recorded deficit is a direct result of the economic costs associated with efforts to address workplace bullying.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health-administration, business-economics-and-finance, bullying, health, ballarat-3350
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| UpdatedYoung males, who have limited social support at work, and those who work in stressful environments, are found to be most at risk, research reveals.
Topics: bullying, work, community-and-society, mental-health, health, australia, melbourne-3000
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Topics: bullying, melbourne-3000
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Nationals MP Vince Catania renews calls for an independent investigation into the Shire of Carnarvon, after a former employee alleged she experienced bullying during her time at the shire.
Topics: bullying, local-government, carnarvon-6701
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Yamatji artist Bonni Ingram alleges she experienced a series of racist bullying incidents while employed by the Shire of Carnarvon
Topics: bullying, aboriginal, carnarvon-6701