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Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm.
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- Australia's Institute of Health and Welfare: Australia's children'In the Data section, updated data related to bullying are presented in Data tables: Australia’s children 2022 – Justice and safety...'
- Australian Human Rights Commission: What is bullying?Bullying is when people repeatedly and intentionally use words or actions against someone or a group of people to cause distress and risk to their wellbeing. These actions are usually done by people who have more influence or power over someone else, or who want to make someone else feel less powerful or helpless.
- National Centre Against BullyingNews & Blog: A convenient repository of news, articles, opinions and blogs around the topic of bullying.
- eSafety Commissioner: Bullying online'Bullying online, or ‘cyberbullying’, is similar to offline bullying. Both happen when someone causes mental harm to another person who feels unable to stop it happening, which can also lead to physical suffering..'
- Bullying researchGood quality research on bullying in schools is critical to guide effective practice.
- Bullying research projectsThe Australian Government is contributing funding towards a five year study to determine which programmes are most effective in addressing bullying in schools.