recommendations. The Queensland Government will be seeking to partner with a number of community organisations, schools, national bodies, other governments and social media platforms to progress key initiatives and lead cultural change. To the government’s implementation, the Taskforce recommended the establishment of an Implementation Advisory Committee. The Queensland Government is committed to The Queensland Government has accepted all of establishing the Queensland Anti-Cyberbullying Implementation recommendations to support students and Advisory Committee by February 2019 as recommended and will school communities and will be implementing them engage with the Committee to ensure that implementation is progressively in the coming year. effective. The Taskforce also recommended biannual reports on progress to The government has accepted Taskforce recommendations to: implement the recommendations and the Queensland Government commits to reporting to Parliament biannually commencing with the work with universities to ensure pre-service teachers progress report in mid-April 2019. receive education in strategies to prevent and intervene in bullying and cyberbullying commission an independent review of the effectiveness of current processes to address reported incidents of cyberbullying in all school sectors commission a separate evaluation of relevant programs and resources to assist school leaders to reduce the prevalence of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying as a national issue The government will continue to advocate for these issues to be considered at a national level, as this is not an issue that only affects Queenslanders. This includes consideration of Commonwealth legislation, the need for national research on the prevalence and impact of cyberbullying, and for social media providers to improve access to privacy settings, blocking, and reporting cyberbullying on their platforms. The government will also advocate with the Commonwealth Government in particular to ensure adequate resources are provided to the Commonwealth eSafety Commissioner to provide services and support for all Queenslanders. Implementing the Report Implementing the Taskforce’s report will involve resources and time to ensure effective design and rollout of many
The Queensland Government has accepted all of recommendations to support students and school communities and will be implementing them progressively in the coming year. The government has accepted Taskforce recommendations to: work with universities to ensure pre-service teachers receive education in strategies to prevent and intervene in bullying and cyberbullying commission an independent review of the effectiveness of current processes to address reported incidents of cyberbullying in all school sectors commission a separate evaluation of relevant programs and resources to assist school leaders to reduce the prevalence of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying as a national issue The government will continue to advocate for these issues to be considered at a national level, as this is not an issue that only affects Queenslanders. This includes consideration of Commonwealth legislation, the need for national research on the prevalence and impact of cyberbullying, and for social media providers to improve access to privacy settings, blocking, and reporting cyberbullying on their platforms. The government will also advocate with the Commonwealth Government in particular to ensure adequate resources are provided to the Commonwealth eSafety Commissioner to provide services and support for all Queenslanders. Implementing the Report Implementing the Taskforce’s report will involve resources and time to ensure effective design and rollout of many recommendations. The Queensland Government will be seeking to partner with a number of community organisations, schools, national bodies, other governments and social media platforms to progress key initiatives and lead cultural change. To the government’s implementation, the Taskforce recommended the establishment of an Implementation Advisory Committee. The Queensland Government is committed to establishing the Queensland Anti-Cyberbullying Implementation Advisory Committee by February 2019 as recommended and will engage with the Committee to ensure that implementation is effective. The Taskforce also recommended biannual reports on progress to implement the recommendations and the Queensland Government commits to reporting to Parliament biannually commencing with the progress report in mid-April 2019.