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Discrimination

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Stories (11)

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Staff and students at Australian universities allege that they are being bullied

Universities & TAFE2010Unresolved or unknownhub_extractWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsMental and physical harm to teachersDiscrimination

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Staff and students at Australian universities allege that they are being bullied. - Bad Apple Bullies Australian universities: bullying of staff and students. There have been many complaints about wor…

882 words · 4 min read

My own true story

Queensland2000Dismissedpersonal_accountDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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A Queensland teacher's true story of workplace bullying, mobbing, harassment, defamation, victimisation, 'payback', falsification of my official Department of Education records and the Queensland Labo…

5,046 words · 25 min read

My true story (part 1)

Queensland2000Dismissedpersonal_accountDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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In November 2000 a mob of local people in the Queensland Department of Education and the Queensland Labor party seemed to have agreed that they were going to destroy me - to destroy my health and…

2,268 words · 11 min read

Gjh, Reader's Comment 10 of 22, SOS sent to young teachers across NSW, Kate Siko

New South Wales8 December 2011Unresolved or unknownhub_extractDiscrimination

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gjh, Reader's Comment 10 of 22, SOS sent to young teachers across NSW, Kate Sikora, The Daily Telegraph, 8 December 2011: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/sos-sent-to-young-teachers-ac…

250 words · 1 min read

Australian teachers: their stories of classroom violence, workplace bullying, harassment, etc……

National / generalLeft teachinghub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportDiscrimination

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Australian teachers: their stories of classroom violence, workplace bullying, harassment, etc. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Teachers' Stories: Australian teachers talk a…

440 words · 2 min read

A Reader's Comment: A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket scie

National / general4 October 2012Transferredhub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersDiscriminationcontent warning

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A Reader's Comment: A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket science, Jane Caro, The Drum, Opinion, ABC, 4 October 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4293550.html Graeme Sleeman, for…

1,773 words · 9 min read

NSW Kindergarten teacher (discussed in a series of emails)

National / general2008Unresolved or unknownhub_extractDiscrimination

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I was a Kindergarten Teacher in NSW and I had been offered a full year's contract. But I was pregnant. The principal told me that I could no longer remain on the class because I was…

885 words · 4 min read

NSW Ex-teacher" emailed The ABC

National / general2007Dismissedhub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscrimination

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He got out of the NSW system the day he turned 55. He doesn't get much in the way of superannuation but he is a lot healthier and a lot happier. At his last school, the…

2,342 words · 12 min read

The falsified records

National / generalMultiple outcomes reportedpersonal_accountTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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How your Education Queensland "official records" can be extensively falsified. And how decisions concerning you can be based on these falsified "records". An abusive school principal can "edit" the do…

62,486 words · 312 min read

UQ PhD student’s story

Universities & TAFE2003Dismissedpersonal_accountDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscrimination

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A University of Queensland former PhD student's story. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria A former University of Queensland PhD student's story. Editor's Note: This story was sent to me i…

1,588 words · 8 min read

What did they do?

Queensland2000Unresolved or unknownpersonal_accountWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsMental and physical harm to teachersDiscriminationcontent warning

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During the ten years since November 2000, I have disclosed / whistleblown to hundreds of Queensland public servants, Queensland government departments and Queensland Members of Parliament - the advice…

668 words · 3 min read

Background material

Research, guides, hubs and commentary — not counted in the unique-story total above.

About Bad Apple Bullies

National / general23 June 2002Multiple outcomes reportededitorialTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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Australian teachers are being bullied into ill health and out of work. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - a…

2,144 words · 11 min read

Bullyproof yourself

National / generalMultiple outcomes reportedguideDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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How can Queensland teachers protect themselves against workplace bullying, harassment, mobbing, victimisation, and discrimination? Are you at risk of being bullied at work? Sue Bushell writes that the…

6,431 words · 32 min read

Changing the culture

Queensland16 July 2004Forced retirementguideDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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It is not sufficient simply to run are-training course and hope that Bad Apples will change their behaviour. Bad Apples do not understand their own behaviour. That is the problem. Any re-training cour…

1,401 words · 7 min read

Contact

National / general2005editorialWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationDiscrimination

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Please keep in mind that the suggestions made on this web site do NOT constitute professional advice. They are intended as informal indications on how to proceed, based largely on research, discussion…

599 words · 3 min read

Crime and misconduct

National / general01 October 2002Ill-health retirementguideTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | "Other Ways" | Research | Changing the culture | For Administrators | Mob Theory | Crime and Misconduct | News |…

1,963 words · 10 min read

Discrimination

National / general2000guideViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscrimination

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I did not want to work at Lynch-Mob State School in 2000. FOI Document 2733 File G Administrative Law Services Branch documents 49-51 (using the numbers at the bottom of the page) are copies of my…

2,103 words · 11 min read

Feedback

National / general2005editorialWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationDiscrimination

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Dealing with Bad Apple Bullies: feedback from teachers who have had to deal with workplace bullying, harassment, mobbing, discrimination and victimisation. * * * * * IMPORTANT NOTICE MARCH 10 2005 The…

224 words · 1 min read

For administrators

National / general2005guideTeacher improvement and performance plansViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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Bad Apple Bullies inservice: Dealing with Workplace Psychopaths - An inservice course for Queensland Department of Education and the Arts administrators. Why do Queensland Department of Education ( DE…

3,547 words · 18 min read

Freedom of information

National / general24 September 2003guideWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Freedom of Information | The falsified records. | The Queensland Ombudsman | "Other Ways" | Research | Changing the c…

3,812 words · 19 min read

Internal review

National / generalguideTeacher improvement and performance plansWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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What happens if Education Queensland tell you that they are going to have an "internal review" of your complaint? Watch the wording that the Education Queensland officers use very carefully. An "Inter…

5,389 words · 27 min read

Investigations

National / generalDismissedguideDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersDiscrimination

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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Changing the culture | Mob Theory | News | Contact | Feedback How Bad Apple Bullies investigate themselves and find t…

1,080 words · 5 min read

Letters

National / general23 June 2002Multiple outcomes reportededitorialTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscrimination

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In Dangerous Liaisons Robert Needham has reminded us of the words of Aldous Huxley - "the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced". If I were invited to speak to the APSACC conference…

27,082 words · 135 min read

News

National / general2004Multiple outcomes reportededitorialDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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Bovver-boy bosses are a menace to society. Their autocratic ways and narcissistic personalities crush those who work for them. A survey of 3000 workers by the ACTU in 2000 found more than half had exp…

2,373 words · 12 min read

Other ways

National / general2004Multiple outcomes reportedguideDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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The Queensland public service cannot be held to account. Find another way to get justice. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Mark Lauchs: there is no real transparency or acco…

4,132 words · 21 min read

Research

National / general30 October 2013Multiple outcomes reportedresearchTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationTeacher shortages and loss of experienced teachers

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Research into the working conditions of Australian teachers. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria COAG Report: many Australian adults lack the basic literacy and numeracy required to functi…

6,464 words · 32 min read

Stage 1 grievance

National / generalguideTeacher improvement and performance plansViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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What happens when you make a Stage 1 Grievance to an Education Queensland District Director? The person whose behaviour you are complaining about may be asked to investigate their own behaviour. Educa…

4,591 words · 23 min read

The Queensland Ombudsman

Queensland21 December 2006guideTeacher improvement and performance plansWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Freedom of Information | The falsified records. | The Queensland Ombudsman | "Other Ways" | Research | Changing the c…

2,616 words · 13 min read

Verifact investigations

National / generalDismissedguideTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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What happens if Education Queensland appoint a Verifact Investigator to investigate your complaint about workplace bullying or harassment? Verifact investigation records are excellent. You can underst…

28,942 words · 145 min read

Related issues

Teacher improvement and performance plans · Dismissed, forced out or career ended · Violence against teachers · Accounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversal · Workplace bullying, mobbing and isolation · Whistleblower retaliation or payback · False, secret or defective investigations · Student behaviour and lack of administrative support · Mental and physical harm to teachers · Union, regulator or departme

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