"The Department has a clear Anti-Bullying Policy through the strategy 'Safe
Schools are Effective Schools' which highlights that every student has the right
to feel safe from bullying at school.
All forms of bullying, whether it be physical, verbal or cyber are not
tolerated at any level in Victorian government schools.
As noted in the Department's Anti-Bullying Policy, all Victorian government
schools must develop and implement a Student Code of Conduct. The Student Code
of Conduct must now be updated to include cyber bullying.
See the Department's anti-bullying
Policy & Code of
Conduct
."
Cyber bullying is a term used to describe covert, psychological bullying behaviours among mainly teenagers through email, chat rooms, mobile phones, text messages, mobile phone cameras and websites (Campbell 2005; � J� ��� � )�� �� � � Brown, Jackson & Cassidy�y2006). As a relatively new phenomenon, there is limited research on cyber bullying. The rise of cyber bullying is attributed primarily to increased adolescent access to the internet and mobile phones, facilitated by the anonymity provided by the internet.