South Australia's Department for Education has announced strengthened anti-bullying and cyberbullying measures for public schools, including expanded training for staff, clearer escalation pathways for serious incidents, and enhanced collaboration with the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. The measures respond to interim findings from the federal Anti-Bullying Rapid Review and reinforce the state's existing Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum and Wellbeing Framework. Schools will be required to complete updated anti-bullying action plans by the end of September 2026.
Expanded training and escalation pathways still depend on adults witnessing or being told about abuse that typically occurs in private messages beyond their view. Guardii intercepts cyberbullying at the source, monitoring children's direct messages in real time on Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, Roblox and other platforms, blocking or flagging hostile contact before it reaches the child. As a Meta Business Partner backed by Startmate, Guardii detects threat patterns rather than reading every message, surfaces a child in crisis to parents, schools or professionals immediately, and enables rapid escalation to the right authority including the eSafety Commissioner in an emergency, delivering the point-of-contact prevention that training programs and action plans cannot.
