NSW to introduce mandatory anti-bullying training for teachers following rapid review

New South Wales will mandate anti-bullying training for all public school teachers and expand student wellbeing programs as part of the state's response to the federal Anti-Bullying Rapid Review. NSW Education Minister Prue Car announced the measures following consultation with principals and school counsellors, acknowledging gaps in early detection of cyberbullying that occurs outside school hours on social media platforms. The changes will be implemented across the state's 2,200 public schools starting in 2025, alongside updates to complaint and escalation protocols.

Training equips educators to respond once harm is visible, but cyberbullying often escalates in private direct messages outside classroom or staffroom hours. As a Meta Business Partner and world-leading AI safety platform, Guardii operates where teacher observation ends: its cyberbullying filter monitors conversation patterns across platforms in real time, detecting sustained targeting and coercive exchanges that signal a child under attack and surfacing the threat to those with duty of care before it reaches crisis threshold. The system flags hostile contact before it reaches the target and reports threat patterns rather than message content, giving schools an operational layer that complements staff training with automated early warning at the point where abuse begins.