Archive · Issues · Mental and physical harm to teachers
Accounts of stress injury, psychological breakdown, depression, trauma, attempted suicide, suicide, or workers compensation claims linked to workplace harm. Content warnings apply on sensitive pages.
This archive preserves historical reporting, personal accounts and commentary from the former Bad Apple Bullies website. Inclusion or classification does not establish that every allegation is correct. Readers should consult original decisions, official records and contemporary reporting where available.
How a northern NSW teacher was bullied, isolated and driven to attempt suicide - then won Worker's Compensation and a six-figure settlement. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departm…
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Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Workers Compensation loss. A northern NSW story. Other VIC principals say... A teacher…
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How a Victorian teacher was bullied into retirement. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria A Victorian teacher's own story. Hi there, I have visited the Bad Apple Bullies website on and off …
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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…
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Bullied Academics website, July 2010. Canberra Institute of Technology - former and current staff allege "a culture of bullying and harassment" at the institute. Juliana Knight and her former Canberra…
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Another devastated academic, Reader's Comment, 11 July 2011, Bullying at Work, Hagar Cohen, Background Briefing, ABC Radio, 10 July 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2011/325768…
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Joe, Reader's Comment, Fee-paying uni students bully academics for good marks, Tracey Spicer, The Punch, 9 March 2010: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fee-paying-uni-students-bully-academics-for-g…
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The teacher who took a transfer to Wilcannia Central School, NSW. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - and ou…
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A NSW science teacher has been refused Workers Compensation for 'workplace bullying'. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health…
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Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. Other VIC principals say... A teacher's story: Victoria Early childcare Help Robina Elth…
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Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Workers Compensation loss. A northern NSW story. Other VIC principals say... A teacher…
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Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School students 'buy drugs, including marijuana, speed and ice with their lunch money' - but their teachers are blamed for their poor behaviour. - Bad Apple Bullies B…
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Katherine High School teacher David Arnold had to have his leg amputated after a brutal student attack. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teache…
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South Australian teacher James Jackaman's story. - Bad Apple Bullies Working conditions for Australian teachers. A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina James Jackaman worked as a teacher, deputy prin…
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Matthew McDermott, teacher at Temora High School, NSW, suicided after allegations were made concerning him. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Matthew McDermott went to teach …
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Mrs GR - Acting Principal and Labor Party Campaign Manager. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina The Labor party destroys people. If you are thinking of joining the Labor party …
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Mr Woods battles Rate My Teacher. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - and out of work! A Workers Compensatio…
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Music teacher Christine Mickle was defamed by a student on Twitter. She fought back. - Bad Apple Bullies Working conditions for Australian teachers. A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina NSW teacher…
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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…
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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…
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Walgett Community College primary school executive principal - Nathaniel Train's story. The following information is already in the public domain. But if you would prefer your name not to appear on th…
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Reader's Comment, The human cost of NSW's teacher oversupply, Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2014 East Hills Boys High: teachers worried about security. A group of teachers at East …
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Teacher of Sydney, Reader's Comment, 'Toxic teacher' warning as debate rages on lifting uni entry marks, Catherine Armitage, Rachel Browne, 3 October 2012: http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-educ…
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He arrived to find the school was very dysfunctional. The principal working at the school before 1995 had verbally abused the children, especially 12-year-old girls. "During his time child molesters a…
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Ash, Reader's Comment 44 of 56, School management gets the power to hire and fire dud teachers, Simon Benson, The Daily Telegraph, 11 February 2012: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/schools-to-hi…
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Posted by Experienced, Reader's Comment, Rookie teachers call it quits, Donna Page, 25 June 2011, The ( Newcastle ) Herald: http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/rookie-teachers-call-it-…
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Appsie of Townsend NSW, Reader's Comment 11 of 15, Survey shows nearly two-thirds of teachers want to quit, Martina Simos, The Advertiser, The Courier-Mail, 5 April 2011: http://www.couriermail.com.au…
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Editor: This is the first time that I have heard of the police arresting a person for making false allegations against a teacher. Well done, NSW police! It is far, far too easy for a classroom…
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Dragnet, Reader's Comment, Teachers are powerless to stop schoolyard violence, NSW High School Teacher, 01 September 2009: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/teachers-are-powerless-to-stop-schoolyard…
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Bec, Reader's Comment, Teachers are powerless to stop schoolyard violence, NSW High School Teacher, 01 September 2009: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/teachers-are-powerless-to-stop-schoolyard-vio…
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Top Territory Teachers of NT, Reader's Comment 69 of 81, Spear threat to NT teacher, Nigel Adlam, NT News, 24 January 2012: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/01/24/285031_ntnews.html Ex Northern T…
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Another bashed up ex teacher of Darwin, Comment 20 of 81, Spear threat to NT teacher, Nigel Adlam, NT News, 24 January 2012: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/01/24/285031_ntnews.html Northern Ter…
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John and Doni of Gove, ex teachers, Reader's Comment 74 of 81, Spear threat to NT teacher, Nigel Adlam, NT News, 24 January 2012: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/01/24/285031_ntnews.html Norther…
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Victorian school principals say the department needs to give them more support. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and o…
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Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - and out of work! A Workers Compensation loss. A northern NSW story. Other VIC principals say…
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Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Workers Compensation loss. A northern NSW story. Other VIC principals say... A teacher…
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Posted by Anonymous reader, Reader's Comments, Teachers hit by assaults, Danielle McKay, www.themercury.com,14 April 2011: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/04/14/222401_tasmania-news.html How…
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Reader's comment: Jan Wositzky: I sympathise with the teacher awarded compensation last week, The Age, 11 September 2014. Teacher being forced into early retirement: what a joke it all is! Just consid…
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when teachers are given proper jobs, not contracts that bar many from applying for housing loans; when salaries come close to matching those of education department bureaucrats; when school cleanlines…
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Robyn, Reader's Comment, Teacher entry ranking tumbles, Benjamin Preiss and Craig Butt, 18 January 2013 Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/data-point/teacher-entry-ranking-tumbles-20130117-2cwb5.html#ix…
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The Teachers are Alright, Reader's Comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro, The Drum, ABC News, 11 March 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4565396.html My brothers are teac…
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mjl, 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 Ex-teacher: I sa…
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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 A message from a teac…
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1) the way WA public schools manage behavioural issues at the school level; 2) workplace bullying - often in relation to concerns and issues about / related to student behaviour management; and 3) the…
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Polony, 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 I have seen f…
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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…
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Bruce the Goose, Reader's Comment, The reality of teaching 'in the trenches', Lachie Gaylard, The Drum, ABC, 25 January 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3790748.html Sacred Heart Parish School, S…
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Petros, Reader's Comment, 22 March 2011: Pay-rises and productivity: getting the best out of teachers, Winston Smith, Unleashed, ABC, 18 March 2011: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/45264.html Teachers…
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To be blunt I am shocked at the conditions teachers are forced to endure in the state system. The private system and the state system are, with a couple of exceptions, hard to compare. I understand…
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I send a student who has just told me to go 'F*** Yourself' down to the office. Half the time they're back within ten minutes as no one wants to mind them down there. In one…
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Teaching Widower: 30 Apr 2010 2:13:05pm, Reader's Comment: The Drum Unleashed: A day in the life of a teacher, Winston Smith, ABC, 29 April 2010: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2884844.htm T…
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Rob Wiltshire is an Indooroopilly State High teacher. Yesterday Rob Wiltshire said that Education Queensland had failed to act on repeated warnings that asbestos and debris had fallen from damaged cei…
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and enrolling him in the school when it is not safe for his teachers or for the other students. Nine-year-old dragged teacher by hair, court said, Kim Arlington, The Independent Weekly, 13 Oct 2009: h…
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DB, Reader's Comment, Teachers are powerless to stop schoolyard violence, NSW High School Teacher, 01 September 2009: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/teachers-are-powerless-to-stop-schoolyard-viol…
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I taught in Sydney primary schools during the 70's and 80's. Children simply were not disruptive and violent in those days. I began teaching in Queensland at about the time that the cane was banned in…
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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…
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How false allegations ruined one young teacher's life. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Workers Com…
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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…
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A New South Wales Teacher-Librarian's Story. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina A New South Wales High School Teacher-Librarian's letter to his school P and C Association. The…
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A South Australian PE teacher warns men not to take up teaching as a career. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out …
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28 April 2009: Werribee Secondary College Humanities teacher Paul Unsworth sued the Victorian Education Department. In 2005 Werribee Secondary College Humanities teacher Paul Unsworth became depressed…
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Teacher Tracy Marshall became stressed at work, drove into a cyclone and vanished. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria 2008 Tracy and Iain Marshall moved to Karratha, WA. In 2008 Tracy Mar…
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CW of Melbourne, Reader's Comment 5 of 25, Millions wasted training teachers, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 25 March 2013 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/millions-wasted-…
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He had spent 18 months trying to survive in a toxic, bullying working environment in the Victorian State Education system. The Department of Education had failed to deal appropriately with workplace b…
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Disheartened, Reader's Comment, November 3 2011, Exodus could lead to teacher shortages, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, The Sunday Times, 5 February 2011 Victoria: teachers put up with a workin…
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Ballynure of Melbourne, Reader's Comment, Beware the workplace psychopath, James Adonis, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 2011 http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/blogs/work-in-progress/beware-the-…
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Reality of Victoria, Reader's Comment, Full marks for teachers who make a difference, Dr Tanveer Ahmed, a psychiatrist, The Age, 5 April 2011 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/full-…
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Margaret of Melbourne: Reader's Comment 13 of 13, Teacher seeks bullying payout, John Masanauskas, The Herald Sun, 20 July 2010: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/teacher-seeks-bullying-payout…
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I have visited the Bad Apple Bullies website on and off over the past 6 years as I found it to be a place of validation after my experience of bullying at the hands of a…
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When I met John Ryan in Brisbane on 13 October 2004, he asked me if I wanted to make a 'Victim Impact Statement'. At the time I told him that I was very reluctant to describe…
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cd44, Reader's Comment 29 of 65, Teachers flip parents the bird, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, PerthNow, 13 November 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/teachers-flip-paren…
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You call the story again, Reader's Comment 1 and 2, Dozens of assaults on teachers each month, Daniel Emerson, The West Australian, 23 March 2011: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/9056864…
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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…
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Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Workers Compensation loss. A northern NSW story. Other VIC principals say... A teacher…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 |…
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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…
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What happens when you try to make a Public Interest Disclosure (PID) to the CMC Liaison Officer in Education Queensland Head Office? The CMC Liaison officer may not respond to your email. The people t…
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Teachers can find themselves destitute if a false allegation is made concerning them. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health…
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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…
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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…
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The Bad Apple Bullies webmaster has come to the conclusion that what teachers who are dealing with workplace abuse really need is good legal advice. Teachers - you need good legal advice right from th…
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Please help Robina Cosser research the workplace bullying in Australian schools. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Robina Cosser has contacted the webmaster to ask for help i…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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About 50 per cent of young teachers resign from teaching in less than five years. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and…
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by senior officers of Education Queensland seems to encourage Queensland school principals to abuse the MUP and Grievance policies - and to drive good Queensland classroom teachers into ill health and…
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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…
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There seem to be common problems with NSW and Queensland Department of Education " Investigations". Queensland teachers are not the only Department of Education employees who seem to be having problem…
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Research into the working conditions of Queensland teachers. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - and out of …
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Queensland teachers write about their working conditions. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - and out of wor…
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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…
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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…
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Living conditions for teachers working in the regional areas of Queensland. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill healt…
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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Freedom of Information | The falsified records. | EQ Discipline Files | The Queensland Ombudsman | Crime and Miscondu…
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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…
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The IBAC investigation into the Victorian DET Ultranet project. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Wo…
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Research into the working conditions of West Australian teachers. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria How many West Australia teachers are being assaulted at school? There were 464 physica…
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Teachers who have tried to report misconduct and corruption in Queensland schools. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into il…
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