SYDNEY - Students transferring schools mid-term will be required to sit down with a counsellor under changes to be introduced by the NSW government after the suicide of bullied schoolboy Alex Wildman.
The 14-year-old took his life on July 25, 2008 at his family's home at Goonellabah, near Lismore, after being beaten and bullied by other pupils at Kadina High School.
Following an inquest into his death in Ballina earlier this month, Deputy State Coroner Malcolm MacPherson made a series of recommendations.
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