Key points

Bullying includes hitting, pushing, name calling, leaving people out and teasing.
If someone often feels scared or hurt when they are with a particular person or group, they may be being bullied. Bullying is a form of aggression that can escalate into violence.
Cyber-bullying is a particular form of bullying through the internet and mobile phones. Cyber-bullying can include spreading malicious rumours about a person, sending threatening messages, sharing embarrassing images, and excluding people from social networking groups.
Children who are being bullied need adults to intervene and provide support.
Workplace bullying is repeated, unreasonable behaviour directed toward an employee, or group of employees, that creates a risk to health and safety (definition used by WorkSafe Victoria). Four key elements of workplace bullying are:
- a workplace conflict that:
- is enduring and repeated in nature
- is inappropriate and possibly aggressive
- results in a level of (physical and/or psychological) distress.

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