Status and Details

Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.

Bullying Prevention Policy

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Status Current Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date 23rd February 2017 This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date 23rd October 2019 The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority Vice-Chancellor and President The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date 21st February 2017 This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date Not Applicable This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head Michelle Falconer
Director, Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing
96787370
This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact Michelle Falconer
Director, Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing
96787370
General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

16 April 2021 – Document updated to reflect unit title change for the Equity and Diversity Unit to Equity, Diversity and Support.


30 November 2020 – the document has been amended to reflect the renamed position title Executive Director, Human Resources to Chief People Officer.


This Bullying Prevention Policy and Guidelines have been reviewed to update terminology in relation to sexual orientation and non-binary gender, as required by recent changes in legislation and the benchmarking requirements of the Employer Award scheme of the Australian Workplace Equity Index (AWEI). See clauses 6d and 6e of the policy.



Clauses Amended

Policy: 1, 4, 6

Guidelines: 6, 15, 16



16/06/2021: Division name changed from Equity, Diversity and Support (E,D&S) to Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing (E,D&W)

17/06/2021: Division Office of Human Resources (HR) replaced with Office of People and Success (People and Success)

17/04/2023: Division Office of People and Success (People and Success) replaced with Office of People (Office of People)